ROLES AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS FOR SAFETY

AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

In this lesson, you will learn:

Understand the importance of role clarity within safety and health teams.
Recognize the need for diverse expertise and collaboration in safety and health management.
Gain awareness of the role of safety personnel and required certifications in the high-tech age.
Appreciate the significance of incorporating safety measures into product design and
engineering.

Today, it is important for safety and health managers to understand not only their role but also the
roles of all members of the safety and health team. In addition, potential and practicing safety and
health managers should be informed about the role of safety personnel and the required certifications
in the high-tech age.

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It is unreasonable to expect one person to be an expert on the many complex and diverse issues
facing the modern work world. For this reason, safety and health management is a team sport in the
era of high technology. It is impossible for a single person to have expertise in all of these areas. In
small businesses, a person may need to wear multiple hats and enter into a care contract for these
services.

The Need for a Strong Commitment to Safety and Health

A key member of the safety and health team is its organizers. Companies that are committed
to securing a safe and healthy workplace at the corporate level. The position of manager in the
organizational structure is an indication of the company's commitment and priorities. It puts the
company's safety and health program above anything else. The role diversity and complexity weren't

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enough, there are several potential issues that safety and health officials could face.

By incorporating safety into the product, engineers can make a significant impact on workplace and
market safety. The engineering fields most closely related to design are aerospace, electricity,
nuclear power and mechanics. Not all safety engineers are engineers. In fact, graduates with various
technical degrees may have a more formal education in security than graduates with an engineering
degree. Occupational hygiene scientists are interested in the following:

Recognizing the impact of environmental factors on people.

Assessing the potential risks of environmental stressors.
Prescribing ways to eliminate stressors.

Health physicists are primarily interested in radiation in the workplace. Their missions include
monitoring air radiation, measuring radioactivity levels in biological samples, developing radiation
components in corporate emergency action plans and overseeing decontamination activities.

Occupational physicians are doctors who specialize in work-related health problems and injuries. In
the past, industrial physicians treated injuries and illnesses when they occurred. Today's occupational
physicians are more focused on predicting and preventing problems.

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Occupational health nurses are interested in protecting the health of workers through prevention,
awareness and treatment. Like occupational therapists, occupational therapists are more focused on
prediction and prevention than ever before. Risk management involves implementing risk mitigation
strategies and transferring the remaining risk to insurers. Professional certification is an excellent way
to establish the trust of safety, health and environmental management professionals.

Reference

Top 10 Safety Certifications for Safety Professionals. Available at:

https://naspweb.com/blog/top-10-safety-certifications/

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