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    Safety engineering aims to provide acceptable levels of safety by eliminating or controlling hazardous conditions. A safety engineer applies engineering principles and techniques to ensure safety in areas like equipment operations, human error, and workplace environments. To become a safety engineer requires a bachelor's degree in an engineering field as well as skills in communication, safety assessments, compliance with regulations, and developing safety programs and training. The role of a safety engineer is to monitor workplaces for hazards, inspect buildings and machines, investigate accidents, and recommend safety improvements to processes and products.

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    Jhondy P.

    Barcelona 01-25-29
    Bsme-3 Jayson P. Pimentel

    Eng’g Safety Management


    Safety Engineering
    Assignment no. 1

    What is safety engineer?

    Safety engineering is an engineering discipline which assures that engineered systems provide
    acceptable levels of safety. It is strongly related to industrial engineering/systems engineering,
    and the subset system safety engineering.
    The safety engineer eliminates or controls hazardous conditions resulting from human error,
    equipment and machine operations that may lead to human injury and/or property damage. This
    role must apply advanced mathematical techniques; professional engineering principles,
    methods and techniques; safety-related elements of the physical sciences, ergonomics,
    psychology and physiology; and safety principles, standards, practices and analytical
    techniques.

    How to become a safety engineer?

    Providing a safe and healthy workplace is a top priority for employers. It is the role of a Health
    and Safety Engineer to ensure the health and safety of the workers, clients and visitors in a
    workplace. The skill set required for this position includes:

     A Bachelor's degree in a safety or technical engineering field of study


     Possess excellent computer skills as well as technical communication skills
     Ability to work independently and as part of a team within the workplace
     Acquire knowledge of health and safety engineering technology and principles
     Provide health and safety training to staff and administration
     Undergo regular health and safety assessments and audits
     Capability to maintain accurate logs and reports of assessment information
     Develop corrective action plans for assessment results and mentor staff to follow through
    with corrective actions
     Attend to worker's compensation cases and be knowledgeable about cases that occur in the
    workplace; determine details about the case and procedures that can be put into place to
    eliminate incident reoccurrence
     Determine the personal protective equipment (PPE) that is required for the workplace and
    ensure that inventories are stocked appropriately
     Comply with all health and safety laws and regulations and ensure that all staff are in
    compliance
     Desire to improve and maintain the health and safety of all employees in the workplace
    A Senior Health and Safety Engineer will manage and oversee the health and safety programs
    on a larger scale. The skill set required for a senior position will include many of the skills required
    for an entry-level position as well as:

     Hold a Bachelor's degree in a safety or technical engineering field of study, as well as several
    years of experience managing and working in the field of health and safety
     Capability to verbally communicate technical matters in a concise manner to different groups
     Ability to ensure that corrective actions are being met and produce results authoritatively
     Develop new safety training programs and provide these programs to staff
     Capacity to multitask several projects at any particular time
     Develop detailed budgets outlining health and safety needs of the company, such as required
    PPE and any maintenance costs of corrective actions
     Manage and coordinate health and safety programs and initiatives
     Develop health and safety policies and procedures
     Oversee progress of corrective actions to ensure they are completed efficiently
     Analyze all aspects of investigations related to health and safety at the workplace
     Promote a safe work environment for all staff, customers and visitors

    Education requirements for health and safety engineer

    Health & Safety Engineers require, at the very minimum, a bachelor's degree. It should be in
    recognized engineering subjects such as electrical engineering, mechanical, civil, chemical and
    so on. Industrial hygiene may be a suitable substitute where possible too. Essentially, you are
    looking for science and design subjects centered on engineering. As this is a practical role,
    students should choose those degree programs that include an extensive program of on the job
    experience. Students should enter college already with strong grades in math and the hard
    sciences (chemistry, biology, physics or any combination thereof). Recommended minor and
    elective choices should focus on workplace safety, environmental health and other engineering
    and safety associated choices. Whichever degree you take, ensure that it is ABET accredited.

    Masters degrees will be required for those who wish to work on more complex problems and
    contracts, or to manage their own projects. A master's is advisable in most cases, but not
    essential, especially in geographical areas where competition is likely to be higher. Doctorates
    are not essential unless the candidate expects to enter a career in research and teaching.

    Essential Functions

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform


    the essential functions.

    1. Assist in identification, analysis and control of occupational hazards requiring the


    application of professional engineering knowledge, skill and abilities.
    2. May advise on structural safety requirements based on failure mode analysis of such
    factors as fatigue, stability, stress, concentration and creep; develop and apply methods
    for the safe installation of storage and piping systems for compressed gases; design
    protective equipment or safety devices for machines and redesign machines and plant
    equipment to eliminate occupational hazards; and/or review proposed occupational
    safety policies, guidelines and standards to determine their consistency with accepted
    engineering principles and practices and recommend technical changes as needed.
    3. Apply knowledge of psychological and physiological factors to assist in the design of
    safety features and controls, compensating for the possibility of human errors in the
    operation of machinery and equipment.

    Safety Engineers make sure workplaces are safe. They monitor the general work environment,
    inspect buildings and machines for hazards and safety violations, and recommend safety
    features in new processes and products. Safety Engineers evaluate plans for new equipment to
    assure that it is safe to operate and investigate accidents to determine the cause and how to
    keep them from happening again. Safety Engineers also design special safety clothing and
    safety devices to protect workers from injury when operating machines. They may educate
    workers through safety campaigns or classes. Some Safety Engineers specialize in fire
    prevention They analyze the design of buildings and the items in them to determine the best
    place to put fire extinguishers, sprinklers and emergency exits. Others specialize in product
    safety. They conduct research to make sure products are safe and recommend how a company
    can change its product design to make it safe.

    References:

    https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/job-
    descriptions/pages/cms_009381.aspx

    https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/health-safety-engineer

    https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/job-
    descriptions/pages/cms_009381.aspx

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