Offers exposure to the various safety, health, environmental, and safety issues directly associated with the process industries. Includes hazard recognition, types of hazards, cyber security, engineering controls, administrative controls, personal protective equipment, safety-related equipment, first aid, and governmental regulations. Emphasizes extensive hands-on experiences.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Hazard Types and Their Effects
- Recognizing Chemical Hazards
- Recognizing Biological Hazards
- Equipment and Energy Hazards
- Fire and Explosion Hazards
- Pressure, Temperature, and Radiation Hazards
- Hazardous Atmospheres and Respiratory Hazards
- Working Area and Height Hazards
- Hearing and Noise Hazards
- Construction, Maintenance, and Tool Hazards
- Vehicle and Transportation Hazards
- Natural Disasters and Inclement Weather
- Physical Security and Cyber Security
- Recognizing Ergonomic Hazards
- Recognizing Environmental Hazards
- Introduction to Hazard Controls
- Engineering Controls: Alarms and Indicator Systems
- Engineering Controls: Process Containment and Process Upset Controls
- Administrative Controls: Programs and Practices
- Permitting Systems
- Personal Protective Equipment and First Aid
- Monitoring Equipment
- Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Response Equipment
- Discuss the safety, health, and environmental hazards found in the process industries.*
- Describe the intent and application of the primary regulations impacting the process industries:*
-Discuss, locate, and utilize OSHA 1910.119 – Process Safety Management (PSM).
-Discuss, locate, and utilize OSHA 1910.132 – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
-Discuss, locate, and utilize OSHA 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication (HAZCOM).
-Discuss, locate, and utilize OSHA 1910.120 – Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER).
-Discuss, locate, and utilize DOT CFR 49.173.1 – Hazardous Materials – General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging.
-Discuss, locate, and utilize EPA CFR 264.16 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). - Describe the role of the process technician in achieving successful compliance with all local, county, state, and federal regulations.
- Describe the personal attitudes and behaviors that can help to prevent workplace accidents and incidents.*
- Describe the components of the fire triangle and the fire and fire tetrahedron.
- Identify the consequences of non-compliance with regulations:*
-Legal
-Moral and Ethical
-Safety, Health, and Environmental - Explain the managerial and engineering controls used in the industry to minimize hazards and maximize worker and system protection in the workplace.
- Describe and demonstrate the correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE).*
- Describe the intent of the OSHA – Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).
- Describe the application of the International Organization of Standards (ISO)-14000 as it relates to the process industries.
Assessment and Requirements
Students will be required to complete Chapter Reviews as assigned. Each Chapter Review will have an assigned point value.
Students will be administered four online Module Exams. Module Exams will cover specific course material as assigned.
Students will be required to participate in a minimum of four online discussions of select topics using an online Discussion Board.
Students will be required to create a Safety Resource Library.
Students will be required to complete four (4) Assignments, each with an assigned point value. Assignments can be downloaded and completed. A hard copy of the completed Assignments must be turned in for credit.
Students will be administered an online comprehensive Final Exam.
Students will be required to maintain a student spreadsheet - recording attendance, Chapter Review scores, Discussion Board scores, Module Exam scores, Assignments, and Final Exam score. Completed spreadsheet will be turned in and will be used as part of the calculation of the final grade.
The scores of the scheduled Chapter Reviews, Module Exams, Discussion Boards, Safety Resource Library, Assignments, Final Exam, and Student Spreadsheet will be used to calculate the semester grade.
Texts, handouts, and/or workbooks will be determined by the TAE Department.
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
This course is identified as a departmental course for which a learner can receive college credit for prior college-level learning and/or skills acquired outside the traditional classroom. Terms of the HFC Credit for Prior College-Level Learning Policy may be met by review of the appropriate documentation, skill, certifications, and/or knowledge acquired by the learner and submitted for evaluation by the appropriate departmental faculty. As required, one or more of the following may be considered in the evaluation process: 1)Field experience, 2)Licenses held, 3)Completing course exams and/or, 4)Performance sequences and/or, 5)Competing a portfolio, 6)Assessment of private trade school or other extensive college level industry training and learning by a departmental faculty member.