What is a safety professional? Although it’s often easier to define the role of a lawyer, doctor or teacher; the function a safety professional performs is just as vital to society. Being a safety professional involves protecting America’s workforce, the public, and the environment from injury, illness, and damage. In this era of technological and scientific advancement, safety has become one of the most challenging and rewarding career options.
The field of safety is concerned with the interaction between people and the physical, chemical, biological, and psychological forces that affect their well-being. Today’s safety professional studies materials, structures, codes and operations to determine how to best use resources to control hazards that can lead to accidents, illness, fires, explosions and other adverse outcomes. The safety practitioner maintains a collection of skills and management techniques, as well as knowledge of scientific methods and people, to help solve difficult problems.
Where do safety professionals work? While not an all-encompassing list of employers, many safety professionals work in manufacturing, production, health care, insurance, public safety, law enforcement, consulting, Federal, and State regulatory agencies, construction, utilities, communication, and transportation industries. Job opportunities exist. Salary and benefits are competitive. You CAN make a difference!
Several of the topics covered in NSU’s Safety Management Major include: Federal, State, & Local safety laws, rules, & regulations; Risk Assessment; Loss Control; Workers’ Compensation; Toxicology; Ergonomics; Process Safety Management; Construction Safety; Fire Safety; Electrical Safety; Materials Safety; Facility Safety; Emergency Planning; and Transportation Safety of Hazardous Materials.
Northeastern State University
700 North Grand Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464-2399
918-456-5511
http://www.nsuok.edu/
Katy Ellis, CSP
Instructor of Safety
Department of Industry
918-456-5511 Ext. 2962
elliske@nsuok.edu
BS, Safety Management
