1. Roles and Professional Certifications for Safety and Health Professionals
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2. Modern Safety and Health Teams

3. Modern Safety and Health Teams
Diverse issues that concern modern safety and health managers:
stress; explosives; laws, standards, and codes; radiation; AIDS; product safety and liability; ergonomics; ethics; automation; workers’ compensation; and an ever- changing multitude of others.

4. Modern Safety and Health Teams
SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGER
SAFETY ENGINEER
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST
HEALTH PHYSICIST
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE
OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN

5. Safety and Health Manager
most important member of the safety and health team
manager’s position in the hierarchy is an indication of the company’s commitment and priorities.
OSH Act - job descriptions of safety and health professionals

6. Job of the Safety and Health Manager
Duties :
hazard analysis,
accident reporting,
standards and compliance,
record keeping,
and training to emergency planning

7. Role in the Company Hierarchy
Has line authority over all other members of the safety and health team
In some companies, the safety and health manager may also have other duties such as those of a production manager or personnel manager.

8. Role in the Company Hierarchy
Line authority - the safety and health manager has authority over and supervises certain employees [other safety and health personnel].
Staff authority - the safety and health manager is the staff person responsible for a certain function, but he or she has no line authority over others involved with that function.

9. Problems Safety and Health Managers Face
Lack of Commitment
Production versus Safety
Company-Wide Commitment to Safety and Health
Lack of Resources
Productivity, Quality, Cost, and Response Time
Image and Service

10. Education and Training for Safety and Health Managers
associate degrees in applied science or science degrees with such program titles as industrial safety, occupational safety, environmental technology, safety and health management, and industrial hygiene.

11. Engineers and Safety

12. ENGINEERS
can make significant contributions to safety
They can cause accidents that may result in serious injury and property damage
Opportunity for both good and bad comes during design process

13. ENGINEERS INVOLVED IN DESIGN
AEROSPACE ENGINEER
The Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Aerospace Engineering) program incorporates a solid foundation of physical and mathematical fundamentals which provides the basis for the development of the engineering principles essential to the understanding of both atmospheric and extra-atmospheric flight

14. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical Engineering is a science-oriented branch of engineering primarily concerned with all phases and development of the transmission and utilization of electric power and intelligence.

15. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Mechanical Engineering is the professional field that is concerned with motion and the processes whereby other energy forms are converted into motion. Mechanical engineers are the people who are responsible for conceiving, designing, manufacturing, testing, and marketing devices and systems that alter, transfer, transform, and utilize the energy forms that ultimately cause motion.

16. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Industrial Engineering is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems which include people, material, equipment, and energy.

17. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
Nuclear Engineering Sciences comprises those fields of engineering and science directly concerned with the release, control, and safe utilization of nuclear energy.

18. DESIGN PROCESS
The design process is a plan of action for reaching a goal. The plan, sometimes labeled problem-solving strategy, is used by engineers, designers, drafters, scientists, technologists, and a multitude of professionals.

19. DESIGN PROCESS Problem Identification Synthesis
Analysis and Evaluation
Document and Communicate
Produce and Deliver

20. SAFETY ENGINEER
Person responsible for the traditional aspects of the safety program, such as preventing mechanical injuries and acceleration injuries.

21. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS AND SAFETY
Industrial engineers are the most likely candidates from among the various engineering disciplines to work as safety engineers. Their knowledge of industrial systems, both manual and automated, can make them valuable members of a design team, particularly one that designs industrial systems and technologies.

22. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS AND SAFETY
Environmental Engineering Sciences is a field in which the application of engineering and scientific principles is used to protect and preserve human health and the well- being of the environment.

23. CHEMICAL ENGINEERS AND SAFETY
Increasingly, industrial companies are seeking chemical engineers to fill the industrial hygiene role on the safety and health team. Modern chemical engineers, who are also called process engineer are concerned with the physical and chemical changes of matter to produce a product economically or result that is useful.

24. Industrial Hygienist, Health Physicist; Occupational Physician; Occupational Health Nurse

25. Industrial Hygiene
Industrial Hygiene is defined as:
The science and art devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control, and management of those environmental factors or stresses, arising in or from the workplace, which may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort and inefficiency among workers or among citizens of the community.

26. Industrial Hygienist
a person having a college or university degree or degrees in engineering, chemistry, physics, medicine, or related physical and biological sciences who, by virtue of special studies and training, has acquired competence in industrial hygiene.
To protect the health and well being of employees by eliminating or reducing health hazards that arise from the workplace environment.

27. Health Hazards Chemical
Biological (e.g., bacterial, viral, insects, animals, allergens)
Physical (e.g., radiation, pressure, noise vibration, temperature)
Ergonomic (e.g., repetitive motion, body stress)

28. Health Physicist Concerned primarily with radiation in the workplace.
Employed by companies that generate or use nuclear power.
monitoring radiation inside and outside the facility, measuring the radioactivity levels of biological samples, developing the radiation components of the company’s emergency action plan, and supervising the decontamination of workers and the workplace when necessary.

29. Health Physicist
Nuclear engineering and nuclear physics are the two most widely pursued fields of study for health physicists
A study conducted by Moeller and Eliassen gave the following breakdown of the academic preparation of practicing health physicists:

30. Health Physicist Degree Percentage Associate degree 5.41
Baccalaureate degree
28.38
Master’s degree
42.43
Doctorate degree
19.46

31. Occupational Physician
Appraisal, maintenance, restoration, and improvement of the workers’ health through application of the principles of preventive medicine, emergency medical care, rehabilitation, and environmental medicine.
Promotion of a productive and fulfilling interaction of the worker and the job, via application of principles of human behavior.

32. Occupational Physician
Active appreciation of the social, economic, and administrative needs and responsibilities of both the worker and work community.
Team approach to safety and health, involving cooperation of the physician with occupational or industrial hygienists, occupational health nurses, safety personnel, and other specialties

33. Occupational Physician
Occupational physicians are fully degreed and licensed medical doctors.
Bernardino Ramazzini is widely thought of as being the first occupational physician.
The Diseases of Workers (1700)
The first leading occupational physician in the United States was Alice Hamilton, MD. According to the NSC

34. Occupational Health Nurse
“Occupational health nursing is the application of nursing principles in conserving the health of workers in all occupations. It involves prevention, recognition, and treatment of illness and injury, and requires special skills and knowledge in the areas of health education and counselling, environmental health, rehabilitation, and human relations” According to the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)

35. Occupational Health Nurse Objectives
To adapt the nursing program to meet the specific needs of the individual company
To give competent nursing care for all employees
To ensure that adequate resources are available to support the nursing program
To seek out competent medical direction if it is not available on-site

36. Occupational Health Nurse Objectives
To establish and maintain an adequate system of records relating to workplace health care
To plan, prepare, promote, present, and broker educational activities for employees
To establish and maintain positive working relationships with all departments within the company

37. Occupational Health Nurse Objectives
To maintain positive working relationships with all components of the local health care community
To monitor and evaluate the nursing program on a continual basis and adjust accordingly

38. Occupational Health Nurse
Occupational nurses are concerned about cost containment
Cost containment is the driving force behind the emphasis on activities promoting health and accident prevention
Occupational nurses typically report to an occupational physician when he or she is part of the on-site safety and health team.
In companies that contract for off-site physician services, occupational nurses report to the overall safety and health manager.

39. Risk Management

40. Risk Specific contingency or peril.
Because the situations that put organizations at risk can be so expensive when they do occur, many organizations employ risk managers.
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41. Risk Management
Consists of the various activities and strategies that an organization can use to protect from situations, circumstances, or events that may undermine its security.
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42. How to manage risk Reduction Transference
There are 2 strategies para ma manage ang risk. Kungwari nagdadrive ka. Edi shempers nilalagay mo na yung sarili mo sa risk nun. Risk na maaccident ka tapos makasira ka ng ibang property.
Sa reduction, pwede mareduce ang risk sa pagdadrive by using seatbelt, sumunod sa batas trapiko.
San transference naman, ipapasa mo sa kungwari insurance company. Parang ipapasa mo yung liability. Ganern
In terms of risk managemen naman, ang risk managers Risk managers work closely with safety and health personnel to reduce the risk of accidents and injuries on the job. They also work closely with insurance companies to achieve the most effective transference possible.

43. Certification of Safety and Health Profession

44. CERTIFICATION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Certified Safety Professional
Certified Industrial Hygienist
Certified Professional Ergonomist
Certified Occupational Health Nurse
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45. Certified Safety Professional
is a bachelor’s degree in safety from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
Application:
Apply to the BCSP
Meet an academic requirement
Meet a professional safety experience requirement
Pass the Safety Fundamentals Examination
Pass the Comprehensive Practice Examination
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46. Certified Industrial Hygienist
ensure that professionals working in this field have the skills and knowledge needed in the practice of industrial hygiene
Certification Process:
Technical Knowledge
Professional Reference Questionnaire (PRQ)
Maintenance:
Accumulation of points
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47. Emerging Role of Safety Professional

48. Emerging Role of Safety Professional
the safety professional’s core duty is the prevention of events that that lead to injuries to personnel and damage to property or the environment
the skills they will need to fulfill this duty are changing

49. Emerging Role of Safety Professional
being an expert in a specific safety and health-related discipline is no longer sufficient.
safety professional will need to be able to partner with the top leaders in their organizations in ways that promote the establishment and maintenance of a safety- first corporate culture

50. Opportunities
partnering with leadership in enhancing organizational culture and performance
safety professionals position themselves as consultants to the organization and trusted advisors to the line organization and its leaders.

51. Threats Independently deciding resources are unavailable
Adding layers of complexity
Insertion into the disciplinary process
Failure to investigate and analyze new initiatives and approaches

52. Independently deciding resources are unavailable
to what extent safety professionals should be concerned about, and influenced by, production and profitability targets. 
It is the professional’s job to be proactive in anticipating safety needs and to prepare solutions that fit those needs as they arise

53. Adding layers of complexity
safety professional gives little or no consideration to the organizational structure or its capacity for change.

54. Insertion into the disciplinary process
safety professionals see themselves as the people who should decide whether discipline should be administered to a person who violates the rules or procedures.

55. Failure to investigate and analyze new initiatives and approaches
The worst thing that can happen to a safety professional is to become known as the person who thinks only tactically or presents solutions he has not fully investigated.

56. Failure to investigate and analyze new initiatives and approaches
Effective and credible safety professionals must think beyond problems and issues and learn to recognize problems in the interactions among systems and programs