Safety performance educational requirements

The first-line supervisors or team leaders should be educated, trained, and motivated to make safety, health, and loss prevention part of their everyday activities. First-line supervisors and team leaders must be provided the tools with which they can effectively manage the safety, health, and loss prevention function just as they manage production, quality, and the other job requirements. Necessary to acquire the appropriate buy-in are the commitment and motivation of upper-level management combined with the necessary education and training (i.e., the tools ) for supervisors or team leaders to manage safety and loss prevention effectively, as well as holding the supervisor or team leader accountable for the safety performance or achievement of the goals or objectives. 

Professional requirements for safety persoimel with regard to education, experience, accomplishment, and executive ability in those organizations whose cultures require superior safety performance have been moved up a few notches in recent years. Model companies expect their safety personnel to maintain professional competency and provide opportunities to do so. Their safety professionals are expected to be active in safety committees of trade associations and in technical societies. Also, they are encouraged to (a) expand their horizons through additional education and (b) increase their knowledge of operations so as to better understand and relate to the organization. 

Of particular importance for safety professionals is Section 101 (8). This section defines a qualified individual with a disability as any person who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that such individual holds or desires. .. consideration shall be given to the employer s judgment as to what functions of a job are essential, and if an employer has prepared a written description before advertising or interviewing applicants for the job, this description shall be considered evidence of the essential function of the job. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides additional clarification of this definition by stating, an individual with a disability who satisfies the requisite skill, experience and educational requirements of the employment position such individual holds or desires, and who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of such position... 

Safety Audit means an examination of a motor carrier s operations to provide educational and technical assistance on safety and the operational requirements of the FMCSRs and applicable HMRs and to gather critical safety data needed to make an assessment of the carrier s safety performance and basic safety management controls. Safety audits do not result in safety ratings. 

In an educational laboratory, fume hood space requirements are substantial, since so many students need a hood at the same time. Many operations that used to be performed on the bench must now be done in a hood for safety reasons. Inadequate hood space has caused many problems even in fairly modem university chemistry buildings. 

The company must have sufficient employees with suitable education, training, and experience to perform method development, validation, and performance. Also, the laboratory staff will require such supporting staff as administrative, supervisory, maintenance, safety, and shipping and receiving. The company should therefore have an organizational chart that clearly defines the role and responsibilities of each employee. Additionally, each employee must have a well-defined job description and a curriculum Vitae, that delineates the employee s work history and educational experience. 

Figure 4.1 illustrates the nature of a job s safety risk profile, and what an employee can potentially encounter when they begin a new job. Education, experience, and training can prepare a new employee for normal and known safety risks. However, a number of other factors can add safety risks to a job. Figure 4.1 shows a number of these factors equipment safety issues, task assignment, workload and performance requirements, scheduling and work hours, environmental variance, co-worker behavior, supervision, and employee silence and safety voice. These... 

In seeking a creative solution for this bedrock issne within the safety and health profession, we need to search inward to determine whether or not we are truly a profession or simply a collection of individuals performing the same or similar job functions within the American workforce. Although governmental involvement to establish mandatory educational requironents, mandatory testing requirements, mandatory licensure and enforcement of a code of professional conduct and ethics has been offered, is there a better way to truly create and maintain safety and health as a recognized profession The ball is in your court. 

The driver may not perform a safety-sensitive function until his/her employer is satisfied that he/she has been evaluated and has successfully completed education or treatment requirements in accordance with the self-identification program s guidelines. 

Protection of Staff Who Report. Staff members who appropriately report a patient safety event to the Office of Patient Safety will not be subject to retaliation for reporting. This does not remove The Health Care Organization s obligations to take appropriate educational or performance actions to protect patients, nor does it require The Health Care Organization to protect staff members who engage in acts of malfeasance that compromise patient safety. 

Safety education is most effective when integrated into the overall company s training in performance requirements and job practices. It can range from the simple precautionary warnings given to new employees when they are first shown the job to more elaborate, formalized instruction [1,3]. 

Education of employees is just as important as training. The purpose of safety education is to create a positive safety attitude and change behavior. Effective training makes sure the employees understand why the safety rule, procedure, or requirement is important. Safety training is concerned with helping the employee develop the needed abilities, knowledge, and skills to use safety equipment or perform procedures safely. 

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