...A specialization in Environmental Health & Safety Technology

The Safety Compliance Technician Specialization program is designed to provide you with opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills to help companies comply with current Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Texas Workers. Compensation Commission (TWCC) regulations. The curriculum includes instruction in the hazards of machines, safe work methods, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures. As a safety compliance technician, you may anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control industrial health hazards and arrange a plant layout for safety.

The EHS department offers instruction focusing on the safety compliance field for positions like safety compliance officer or safety director. These professionals must ensure that industry complies with safety regulations, while not inhibiting economic progress.

The EHS department offers a two-year curriculum that focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to help companies establish programs to prevent industrial and occupational injuries. Safety compliance technicians are responsible for interpreting and implementing safety regulations, policies and procedures and for enforcing government safety codes.

The Safety Compliance Technician Specialization program culminates in an Associate of Applied Science degree and offers an in-depth study of current Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Texas Workers. Compensation Commission regulations, including maintaining accident and illness records.