STS-C Exam questions well answered
graded A+
AIHA - correct answer ✔✔American Industrial Hygiene Association
ASSE - correct answer ✔✔American Society of Safety Engineers
NFPA - correct answer ✔✔National Fire Protection Association
IIE - correct answer ✔✔Institute of Industrial Engineers
NSC - correct answer ✔✔National Safety Council
SFPE - correct answer ✔✔Society of Fire Protection Engineers
SSS - correct answer ✔✔System Safety Society
Career Paths in Safety - correct answer ✔✔Education
Experience
Certification
STS - Safety Trained Supervisor
STS C - correct answer ✔✔Safety certification for new safety professionals
Four years experience in industry, if not a supervisor
Or two years experience, one as a supervisor
30 hours of safety related training
Two hour, 100 item examination
,Quality & Recognition, National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) - correct answer ✔✔-
Accrediting body of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA)
- NCCA accredits certification programs/organizations that assess professional competency
What is Certification? - correct answer ✔✔Third-Party Validation of:
Education and Training, Experience, and Demonstrated competence with a
body of knowledge by examination
VALUE of Certification - correct answer ✔✔- Identifies individual as a source of expertise by lengthy
examination.
- Associates organization name with globally recognized certification.
- Enhances reputation of organization by having certified individuals in safety, health, and environmental
positions.
- Improves relations of organization within safety, health, and environmental community.
- The mark of a PROFESSIONAL.
VALUE of Certification - correct answer ✔✔- Exemplifies enhanced professional credibility because of
standards of practice required to obtain and maintain certification.
- Demonstrates that certificate holders have been reviewed and tested by an impartial commission and
deemed to have met nationally accepted criteria.
- Provides an examination basis to assess employee competency.
- Recognizes the highest level of professionalism in certified safety, health, and environmental
executives.
What is STS? - correct answer ✔✔- Certification process
- Not safety practitioners
- Safety responsibility
- Establishes minimum general safety competency
- Process for a culture change
STS Targeted Toward: Supervisors - correct answer ✔✔Crew Chiefs
,Foremen
Future Supervisory Candidates
STS Targeted Toward: Group Leaders - correct answer ✔✔Safety Committee Members
Departmental Safety Liaisons/Champions
STS Targeted Toward: Leaders - correct answer ✔✔Senior Executives
Managers at all levels within the organization
STS Qualifications - correct answer ✔✔- Education:
30 hours of safety-related training
- Experience:
Two years industry experience plus one year as supervisor OR
Four years industry experience if not a supervisor
- Competence:
Demonstrated through examination
Program/Certification Benefit: Improves - correct answer ✔✔Safety Culture
Productivity/Profits
Work Quality
Accountability
Program/Certification Benefit: Reduces - correct answer ✔✔Injury Frequency and Severity
Insurance Premiums
Regulatory (OSHA) Liabilities
STS: Observed Benefits - URS - correct answer ✔✔85% reduction in recordable injuries & illnesses
85% reduction in worker's compensation costs
Increased competence in supervisory safety decisions
, Improved quality of safety inspections & audits
Demonstrated commitment to employee professional development
Enhanced technical confidence level
Improved productivity and profitability on projects
Continued professional development
Demonstrated commitment to Zero Injuries vision
What best describes the job safety analysis (JSA)? - correct answer ✔✔A JSA is a method where
employees participate in the identification of hazards and unsafe work practices and implement
measures to reduce the associated risk.
A masonry crew uses a mortar mixer that is powered by a gasoline engine. A V-belt drive runs between
the motor sheaves attached to the gear mechanism for the drum. What hazard requiring guarding does
the belt drive exhibit? - correct answer ✔✔Pinch point or nip point
Once a supervisor reads the operating manuals for new equipment, what should the supervisor do with
them? - correct answer ✔✔Review the manual withy the employees who will be using the new
equipment
When one or more employees enter a permit-required confined space, what must be shown on the
permit? - correct answer ✔✔The measured level of oxygen and airborne flammable and toxic materials
present in the confined space
What is the primary reason for conducting a safety inspection? - correct answer ✔✔To identify unsafe
conditions and practices
A work environment where safe work practices and habits are part of the culture starts with a
commitment by the organization's: - correct answer ✔✔Top management
In general, fall protection required - correct answer ✔✔6' or more
A change in elevation 19" or more requires a - correct answer ✔✔ladder or stairs, for access
graded A+
AIHA - correct answer ✔✔American Industrial Hygiene Association
ASSE - correct answer ✔✔American Society of Safety Engineers
NFPA - correct answer ✔✔National Fire Protection Association
IIE - correct answer ✔✔Institute of Industrial Engineers
NSC - correct answer ✔✔National Safety Council
SFPE - correct answer ✔✔Society of Fire Protection Engineers
SSS - correct answer ✔✔System Safety Society
Career Paths in Safety - correct answer ✔✔Education
Experience
Certification
STS - Safety Trained Supervisor
STS C - correct answer ✔✔Safety certification for new safety professionals
Four years experience in industry, if not a supervisor
Or two years experience, one as a supervisor
30 hours of safety related training
Two hour, 100 item examination
,Quality & Recognition, National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) - correct answer ✔✔-
Accrediting body of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA)
- NCCA accredits certification programs/organizations that assess professional competency
What is Certification? - correct answer ✔✔Third-Party Validation of:
Education and Training, Experience, and Demonstrated competence with a
body of knowledge by examination
VALUE of Certification - correct answer ✔✔- Identifies individual as a source of expertise by lengthy
examination.
- Associates organization name with globally recognized certification.
- Enhances reputation of organization by having certified individuals in safety, health, and environmental
positions.
- Improves relations of organization within safety, health, and environmental community.
- The mark of a PROFESSIONAL.
VALUE of Certification - correct answer ✔✔- Exemplifies enhanced professional credibility because of
standards of practice required to obtain and maintain certification.
- Demonstrates that certificate holders have been reviewed and tested by an impartial commission and
deemed to have met nationally accepted criteria.
- Provides an examination basis to assess employee competency.
- Recognizes the highest level of professionalism in certified safety, health, and environmental
executives.
What is STS? - correct answer ✔✔- Certification process
- Not safety practitioners
- Safety responsibility
- Establishes minimum general safety competency
- Process for a culture change
STS Targeted Toward: Supervisors - correct answer ✔✔Crew Chiefs
,Foremen
Future Supervisory Candidates
STS Targeted Toward: Group Leaders - correct answer ✔✔Safety Committee Members
Departmental Safety Liaisons/Champions
STS Targeted Toward: Leaders - correct answer ✔✔Senior Executives
Managers at all levels within the organization
STS Qualifications - correct answer ✔✔- Education:
30 hours of safety-related training
- Experience:
Two years industry experience plus one year as supervisor OR
Four years industry experience if not a supervisor
- Competence:
Demonstrated through examination
Program/Certification Benefit: Improves - correct answer ✔✔Safety Culture
Productivity/Profits
Work Quality
Accountability
Program/Certification Benefit: Reduces - correct answer ✔✔Injury Frequency and Severity
Insurance Premiums
Regulatory (OSHA) Liabilities
STS: Observed Benefits - URS - correct answer ✔✔85% reduction in recordable injuries & illnesses
85% reduction in worker's compensation costs
Increased competence in supervisory safety decisions
, Improved quality of safety inspections & audits
Demonstrated commitment to employee professional development
Enhanced technical confidence level
Improved productivity and profitability on projects
Continued professional development
Demonstrated commitment to Zero Injuries vision
What best describes the job safety analysis (JSA)? - correct answer ✔✔A JSA is a method where
employees participate in the identification of hazards and unsafe work practices and implement
measures to reduce the associated risk.
A masonry crew uses a mortar mixer that is powered by a gasoline engine. A V-belt drive runs between
the motor sheaves attached to the gear mechanism for the drum. What hazard requiring guarding does
the belt drive exhibit? - correct answer ✔✔Pinch point or nip point
Once a supervisor reads the operating manuals for new equipment, what should the supervisor do with
them? - correct answer ✔✔Review the manual withy the employees who will be using the new
equipment
When one or more employees enter a permit-required confined space, what must be shown on the
permit? - correct answer ✔✔The measured level of oxygen and airborne flammable and toxic materials
present in the confined space
What is the primary reason for conducting a safety inspection? - correct answer ✔✔To identify unsafe
conditions and practices
A work environment where safe work practices and habits are part of the culture starts with a
commitment by the organization's: - correct answer ✔✔Top management
In general, fall protection required - correct answer ✔✔6' or more
A change in elevation 19" or more requires a - correct answer ✔✔ladder or stairs, for access
