A.A.S. Occupational Safety Degree Course Descriptions

This sheet provides the catalog course descriptions for the four Occupational Safety courses being offered this fall in the AAS Occupational Safety degree program (AAS.SAFE.OSAF). You may provide this information to your employer to verify the course content and credit hours.

SAFE250 Management of Safety Work (2 credit hours)
Course presents theories and principles of safety regulatory issues and their practical uses in the workplace. This course focuses on providing practical input about design ergonomics, desired safety features, and human factors. Tools are provided to understand and deal with the role and project management responsibilities of projects. Also, addresses designing, developing and operating systems that have an inherent capability to harm people, property, and the environment and mitigation of this harm.

SAFE 251: Hazard Communication and Right-to-Know (1 credit hour)
The Hazard Communication Standard or Right-to-Know provides information to workers and employers about various chemical hazards that exist in the workplace, and what protective measures they can take in order to prevent the adverse effects of such hazards.  Students will learn and understand the purpose of the standard, MSDSs and recognize the hazards and recognize identification symbols.

SAFE252 Environmental Management 2 credit hours)Course introduces environmental management issues, programs, and regulations. An in-depth look is provided for these specific topics: Air Pollution Control and Mitigation, Water and Wastewater, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Materials Spills and Responses, and various management systems for environmental management.

SAFE253 Safety Health and Training (1 credit hour)The objective of this course is to learn how to assess, develop, carry out, and evaluate a training program. Regulatory issues will be explained as well as the theory of training, needs assessment and development of a program.

SAFE254 Worker’s Compensation (1 credit hour)Course provides an understanding of workers’ compensation (WC) laws and regulatory issues. An understanding of WC policies will be explained and how premiums are calculated. The classification system will be explained and how to correct mistakes and control costs.

SAFE255 Fleet Safety (1 credit hour)Provides an understanding to DOT, OSHA and other regulations are related to fleet safety. Also, addresses vehicles and accidents, and vehicle engineering and ergonomics. Tools are provided on how to pave the way to a safer, more dependable and cost-effective fleet.

SAFE256 Risk Assessment and Hazard Control (3 credit hours)Course provides an understanding of risk management principles and regulatory issues in the context of safety and health management. Specific hazard control issues that are addressed are: Systems and Process Safety, Electrical Safety, Permit-to-Work Systems, Basic Safety Engineering and Pressure Vessels.

SAFE257 Emergency Preparedness (1 credit hour)Course addresses emergency preparedness and management. Also, covers all aspects of planning for, and recovering from, a disaster. A rationale is provided for systematically identifying and evaluating the hazards that create the potential for disaster, along with guidelines for minimizing the impact of those events.

SAFE258 Fire Prevention and Protection (2 credit hours)Examine measures directed toward avoiding the inception of fire, among which are fire prevention education, fire safety inspection, fire codes, and investigation of fire to determine causes. Provides an overview of fire protection and fire loss analysis. Fire dynamics, prevention and control, and fire suppression and detection are introduced and discussed.

SAFE 259 Industrial Hygiene (2 credit hours)
Course provides an introduction to the practice of industrial hygiene.  Also, covers history, regulations, basic principles, standards, and measurements.  Chemical, physical, and biological hazards are identified, described and explained.

SAFE 260 Personal Protective Equipment  (1 credit hour)
Course provides knowledge concerning the proper selection, care and use of personal protective equipment.  Students will be presented the requirements for compliance and the role of PPE in controlling exposure to hazards in the workplace will be explained.  Parts of the body will identified as the most vulnerable to injury.  Students will be able to name hazards and describe the appropriate PPE.

SAFE 261 Ergonomics and Human Factors (1 credit hour)
Course reviews the principles and practices of ergonomics in a working environment.  The focus is on the human operator and their effective functioning in such an environment.  Work physiology and principles of human factors are explained to reduce injuries.