MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3762 Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2017 Fall Last Admit Term: 2018 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 63-75 CIP Code: 15.0701	Primary College: Initiating College: Gateway Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: College-Specific Field of Interest: Not Found Instructional Council: Applied Technology (57) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 29-9011?

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Occupational Safety and Health Technology program is a two-year degree program which is designed to prepare a safety professional to manage health and safety programs that comply with Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) standards in a variety of settings. Occupational Safety and Health professionals have specialized knowledge of state and federal rules and regulations and code books that serve as safety guidelines. They identify safety problems and develop programs to apply those rules in specific industrial setting.

Suggested Course Plan Sequenced by Semester

Required Courses

COM230, ENG101, ENG111 and MAT112 are General Education contextualized courses connected to specific OSH core courses. For specifics see the program sequence.

BIO105 Environmental Biology (4) OR
BIO160 Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology (4) 4

+ CHM130 Fundamental Chemistry (3) AND
+ CHM130LL Fundamental Chemistry Laboratory (1) OR
+ CHM151 General Chemistry I (3) AND
+ CHM151LL General Chemistry I Laboratory (1) 4

COM230 Small Group Communication 3

+ ENG101 First-Year Composition (3)AND
+ ENG111 Technical and Professional Writing (3) 6

GBS110 Human Relations in Business and Industry (3) OR
MGT101 Techniques of Supervision (3) 3

HMT/OSH101 Introduction to Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Technology 3

MAT112 Mathematical Concepts and Applications 3

OSH102 Introduction to Industrial Hygiene 3
OSH106AA Industrial Safety 3
+ OSH107 Occupational Safety Principles and Practice 3
+ OSH189AA Professional Leadership and Development for Occupational Safety and Health I 1
+ OSH203 Health and Safety Program Management I 3
+ OSH204 Health and Safety Program Management II 3
OSH206 Risk Management and Loss Control 3
+ OSH218 Ergonomics 3
+ OSH220 Safety and Emergency Management 3
+ OSH230 Safety and Environmental Response to Hazardous Spills and Waste 3
+ FAC/OSH240 Facilities Special Systems and Codes 3

Credits: 57

Restricted Electives
Students may select zero (0) to nine (9) credits from the following courses below to obtain an additional skill set or to transfer to the university. Students should consult with the Occupational Health and Safety Program Director. BLT140 Environmentally Responsible Building 3 BLT263 Building Codes 3 CNS175 Working Drawing Analysis: Blueprint Reading 3 CNS180 Building Construction Methods, Materials, and Equipment 3 ELN101 eLearning Design Level I 3 ELC/FAC/HVA105 Electricity for Industry (3) and ELC/FAC/HVA105LL Electricity for Industry Lab (1) 4 FAC/HVA231 Codes 3 GLG110 Geological Disasters and the Environment (3) and GLG111 Geological Disasters and the Environment Lab (1) 4 MET131 Lean Manufacturing 3 MIT120 Industrial Technology Fundamentals 3 + OSH189AB Professional Leadership and Development for Occupational Safety and Health II 1 PPT120 Energy Industry Fundamentals 3 PPT121 Power Plant Components 3 SUS100 Introduction to Sustainability 3 TQM240 Project Management in Quality Organizations 3 + OSH270AA Occupational Safety and Health Internship (1) OR + OSH270AB Occupational Safety and Health Internship (2) OR + OSH270AC Occupational Safety and Health Internship (3) 1-3 + OSH290AC Case Study and Research Project 3 Recommended for students intending to transfer to the university: MAT150 College Algebra/Functions (5) OR MAT151 College Algebra/Functions (4) OR MAT152 College Algebra/Functions (3) OR Equivalent course OR Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course 3-5	Credits: 0-9

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 6-9

General Education Core	Credits: 0-3

First-Year Composition	Credits: 0
First Year Composition is met by ENG101 and ENG111 in the Required Courses area.

Oral Communication	Credits: 0
Oral Communications is met by COM230 in the Required Courses area.

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR + CRE111 Critical Reading for Business and Industry (3) OR Equivalent by assessment 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 0
Mathematics is either met by MAT112 in the Required Courses area OR met by satisfactory completion of mathematics course from the Restricted Electives area.

General Education Distribution	Credits: 6

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Humanities, Arts and Design area OR SSH111 Sustainable Cities 3 (SSH111 is recommended)

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course from the Social-Behavioral Sciences area 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 0
Met by CHM130 and CHM130LL, or CHM151 and CHM151LL in Required Courses area 0

Program Competencies
1. Identify environmental health hazards in the workplace by applying scientific principles from chemistry, and biology. (ENG101, OSH101, OSH102, BIO105, BIO160, CHM130, CHM130LL, CHM151, CHM151LL) 2. Demonstrate environmental monitoring techniques. (MAT112, OSH101, OSH102, OSH107) 3. Describe the impact of various regulatory agencies that govern workplace health and safety. (OSH101, OSH102, OSH106AA, OSH107, OSH220, GBS110, MGT101) 4. Plan, implement, and evaluate hazardous materials controls in accordance with state and federal regulations. (OSH101, OSH102, OSH106AA, OSH230) 5. Perform workplace hazard assessments and accident investigations and determine administrative controls, engineering controls and/or training to reduce or eliminate risk to employee health and safety. (COM230, ENG111, MAT112, OSH102, OSH107, OSH203, OSH220, FAC/OSH240) 6. Identify safety precautions for machine use and materials handling. (OSH106AA, OSH107) 7. Read and accurately interpret rules, regulations, standards and guidelines governing employee health and safety in the workplace. (OSH106AA, OSH107, OSH220) 8. Demonstrate OSHA 200 log record keeping methods and develop accident statistics and reports. (ENG111, OSH107, OSH203) 9. Utilizing various accident statistical reports, develop appropriate risk management/loss control programs. (OSH107, OSH203, OSH204, OSH206) 10. Outline a fire prevention plan. (OSH107, OSH203, FAC/OSH240) 11. Plan, design and evaluate formal and informal safety training programs utilizing a variety of media and teaching techniques. (OSH203, OSH204) 12. Given simulated or actual workplace situations, develop safety program management strategies. (COM230, ENG111, OSH189AA, OSH203, OSH204, GBS110, MGT101) 13. Evaluate human performance, work design and man-machine integration to recognize symptoms, causes and solutions to human factors issues and risk factors. (OSH102, OSH189AA, OSH218, GBS110, MGT101) 14. Analyze machinery, building systems, and implement controls including the control of hazardous energy sources. (OSH106AA, OSH189AA, OSH218, FAC/OSH240) 15. Describe and explain historical events and components of an integrated emergency system, including the role of development and processes for assessing threat. (OSH107, OSH203, OSH220, FAC/OSH240)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 13, 2016

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.