Baccalaureate Safety Curricula: A Survey of Practitioners

Since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970, which established mandatory health and safety standards in the US, the importance of safety education has increased dramatically. Safety educators face a dilemma of balancing the scope of curriculum content with the constraints of...

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Published inProfessional safety Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 44 - 48
Main Author Ferguson, Lon H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Des Plaines The American Society of Safety Engineers 01.11.1995
American Society of Safety Engineers
Subjects
Core curriculum
Curricula
Education
Employers
FEATURES
Hazardous materials
Internships
Life sciences
Occupational safety
Performance evaluation
Professionals
Questionnaires
Safety management
Safety training
Statistical analysis
Studies
Teachers
United States > US
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Summary:Since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970, which established mandatory health and safety standards in the US, the importance of safety education has increased dramatically. Safety educators face a dilemma of balancing the scope of curriculum content with the constraints of a 4-year baccalaureate degree program. Practicing safety professionals were surveyed to examine the appropriateness of major content topics in baccalaureate safety curricula. Topic appropriateness was determined based on perceived importance of the topic for proficiency in the field and its use in current job activities. Topics ranked very important by more than 50% of respondents were: accident causation and investigation, behavioral aspects of safety, computer applications, environmental safety, ergonomics, ethics, fire safety, hazardous materials, industrial hygiene, performance measurement, safety and health regulations, risk management, safety internship, safety management, safety training, workers' compensation and written and verbal communications.
ISSN:0099-0027
2163-6176