OLS 43000 - Environmental Health And Safety Management

Prerequisite(s): OLS 30000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

Credit Hours: 3.00. Designing and developing a management system to ensure safety and health for employees and environment where they work. Survey of designing a management system to ensure safety and health for employees operating processes and equipment, through the use of control measures that include hazard identification, risk assessment, and job safety analysis. The students will design a safety, health and environmental system that include the techniques for management of the designed system. Typically offered Fall.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Recognize the importance of management commitment and employee involvement in the development of safety and health program/culture. 2. Identify and demonstrate how to conduct worksite hazard analysis. 3. Identify and explain how to prevent and control hazards. 4. Describe the importance of safety and health training and explain responsibilities by those employees, supervisors, and managers. 5. Identify and explain how to evaluate and improve the safety and health program within an organization. 6. Describe critical role that project manager plays in safety. 7. Identify and describe various safety management systems. 8. Measure performance by incorporating safety metrics.

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