NCCER Safety Module 1
Introduction to Safety Technology
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, What is the role of a safety technician? In this role, you will have the opportunity to save lives, prevent injuries and
disabilities, and help your employer to be profitable and competitive.
What is a way to reduce illness and injury on a job site? to be fully aware of the causes and costs of incidents. In addition, it also helps to
have a company-wide standardized safety program.
What are some of their main responsibilities? -coordinating safety policies and safety procedures, performing audits and
inspections, recordkeeping, and risk analysis.
- Safety technicians are also responsible for
knowing the local, state, and national regulations with which the company must
comply. These safety regulations are established to achieve in-jury-free and
incident-free work sites.
Safety technician responsibilities • In the absence of a site safety manager or supervisor, represent the company
One of a safety technician's most important during visits by regulatory agencies.
responsibilities is to serve as a resource to site
management on safety, health, and in some cases, • Provide safety training for both new and experienced workers.
environmental regulations.
• Participate in the development, review, or revision of any Job Safety Analysis
A safety technician is a trainer, motivator, auditor, (JSA) or Task Safety Analysis (TSA), as well as work plans, incident reporting
planner, and advisor—in short, a key player in any forms, and emergency action plans.
organization.
• Audit and inspect the job site or work activities.
What are some other responsibilities that safety
technicians have? • Focus safety programs on the prevention of the Fatal Four (falls, caught-
in/between, struck by, and electrocution).
• Audit compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Use proper coaching techniques to correct un-safe behavior and provide
recognition for safe behavior.
• Conduct safety meetings. • Audit compliance with work permits and permit-
required work areas.
• Assist site management in conducting incident investigations.
• Monitor industrial hygiene and perform employee exposure monitoring.
• Serve as a liaison between the job site and insurance company
representatives.
• Provide or coordinate first aid and access to follow-up medical care
Some of the basic terms and concepts that a safety - safety
technician needs to know are defined as follows: -risk
-hazards
-incidents
-unsafe acts
-unsafe conditions
What is safety? A general term denoting an acceptable level of risk, or the relative freedom from
or low probability of harm. It is the control of recognized hazards to attain an
acceptable level of risk.
What is risk? A measure of both the probability and the consequences of all hazards of an
activity or condition. It is a subjective evaluation of relative failure potential. It is
the chance of injury, damage, or loss.
What is hazards? Conditions, changing sets of circum-stances, or behaviors that present the
potential for injury, illness, or property damage.
What are incidents? Unplanned and sometimes harmful or damaging events that interrupt the normal
progress of a task. Incidents are invariably pre-ceded by an unsafe act,
condition, or a combi-nation of both.