Occupational Safety and Health Training Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Funk KH II ; Veltri A
• Description:
  Oregon State University's "Occupational Safety and Health Training Grant" was created to provide students with a sound educational experience in occupational health and safety, including academic coursework, practical experience and research. The program was a coordinated graduate degree program in occupational safety and health within the Departments of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and Public Health (PH) at Oregon State University. Separately administered academic programs led to a Masters of Science (M.S.) degree in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in human systems engineering, or an M.S. degree in Environment, Safety and Health Sciences with an emphasis in occupational safety. The program was designed to prepare students for careers as ergonomists, human factors engineers, and safety specialists in both the private and governmental sectors. The core curriculum for the program consisted of 5 quarter courses in Public Health focusing on safety and industrial hygiene, and 5 quarter courses in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering focusing on ergonomics and human factors engineering. Additional courses within the program of each student were selected to fulfill the requirements of each academic degree program (IME or PH) and to reflect each student's interests, background, and employment objectives. All students were required to complete an M.S. thesis directed at a research topic in occupational safety, or to complete a research project-in-lieu-of-thesis. Non-thesis research projects for students supported by the training grant addressed in-plant applied research problems. Five trainees were recruited into the program and supported with NIOSH funding. All have gone into industry or government safety, ergonomics, or human factors positions. Four completed all studies, earning Master of Science degrees. A fifth plans to complete and defend his thesis, thereby meeting all graduation requirements, by the end of the year. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Human-factors-engineering Industrial-engineering Industrial-hygiene Industrial-hygiene-programs Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031396
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-104893
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T01-OH-008407, 2006 Sep; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 118 Covel Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2407
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20020701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20060620
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2f11ca0851deb638b61d313ebe5a018db02cb88cc8df1ededce65a90988ddb51d8f72f3c610ae17c798a45566b842ee09ecc4a6ca8a41be92af3cf81bfb885ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218340/cdc_218340_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.33 MB ]