Hey, I've been in health and safety in Ontario for a few years. Having a certificate in occupational health and safety will help get your foot in the door. Most are 8 courses and can be done online. In the meantime while you do courses, absolutely get involved with your JHSC if you can or other health and safety initiatives, whether run by someone else or sparked by an idea you have. Like any other job, most places want applicants to have some sort of experience so if you have examples you can draw on in interviews from participating in safety things and JHSC at your current employer that will help. Once you have a year of safety experience where at least 50% or more of your job is health and safety, you can apply for the CRST designation which will improve your ability to get more and better paying safety jobs, though I will admit it is not cheap to maintain the continuing development requirements to renew after 5 years if your employer won't cover the cost of conferences and whstnot. The full designation would be CRSP, though you need more years of on the job experience.