Occupational Safety and Health - Construction Safety Technician Certificate

Students will demonstrate General Education/Related Instruction Learning Outcomes in each of the following areas:

Communication Skills: Write in clear, effective ways, adapted to audience, context, and purpose.
Quantitative Skills: Apply mathematical, quantitative or symbolic models to solve problems, draw inferences, or support conclusions appropriate to an individual discipline.
Human Relations/Group Interaction: Identify and explain how to apply the skills needed to maintain effective working relationships in multicultural settings.
Cultural Diversity: Apply multiple perspectives when examining cultural differences and interacting in multicultural settings.

Upon completion of the Program Learning Requirements for this degree, students will be able to:

• Ability to think critically about historical and current political and social trends surrounding the profession of occupational safety and health.
• Awareness of diversity issues that affect historical and current trends as well as their affect on the communication and training process of diverse populations.
• Ability to communicate effectively through writing, presentation, training and through daily interaction with others.
• Comprehension of and commitment to best practices in sustainability and global consciousness.
• Ability to utilize basic computation skills necessary to support the above basic skill set.
• Promote a culture of health and safety within organizations by communicating to workers and management about risks and hazards, training workers how to avoid accidents and how to protect themselves and others.
• Reduce harm to workers, property, the environment, and the general public by identifying hazardous conditions/practices and implementing corrective measures.
• Collect data on work environments at construction sites for on-going analysis that may predict risks and hazards.
• Conduct job site inspections and determine which areas may not be in compliance with State and Federal laws and/or company policies.
• Maintain complete safety and health records as required by law and by company policy and preparing reports that may be used in legal proceeding and financial planning.
• Exhibit a basic understanding of the format, organization and function of architectural drawings and specifications.
• Utilize construction documents to pre-plan for construction job site safety.
• Demonstrate a basic working knowledge of typical construction materials and methods.
• Utilize various WAC Safety Standards as a resource for developing site specific safety plans.
• Career Management: Demonstrate the ability to research employment opportunities, prepare an effective employment package, and present oneself positively in a job interview.