Prereq: Consent of instructor.
The course provides students the opportunity to visit various work sites and industries in our region. Students are provided on-site, direct experience recognizing hazards and evaluating control measures to reduce occupational health and safety risks across a wide spectrum of industry sectors. The students will employ knowledge and skills obtained in other courses to successfully recognize and assess the hazards associated with the various work practices and industrial processes. Students will evaluate hazard monitoring and implementation of control measures to reduce workers' health and safety risks. This is a cross-disciplinary course for graduate students in occupational medicine, nursing, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, agricultural safety and health, mining health and safety, occupational epidemiology, and athletic training.
The course provides students the opportunity to visit various work sites and industries in our region. Students are provided on-site, direct experience recognizing hazards and evaluating control measures to reduce occupational health and safety risks across a wide spectrum of industry sectors. The students will employ knowledge and skills obtained in other courses to successfully recognize and assess the hazards associated with the various work practices and industrial processes. Students will evaluate hazard monitoring and implementation of control measures to reduce workers' health and safety risks. This is a cross-disciplinary course for graduate students in occupational medicine, nursing, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, agricultural safety and health, mining health and safety, occupational epidemiology, and athletic training.