Emergency Medical & Allied Health Programs: Safety Technology: Course Descritions

SAFT 113 General Physical Science for Safety Technology (3)
A fundamental survey of physics and chemistry with special emphasis on practical application in fire prevention, fire hazards, and fire suppression.

SAFT 151  Fundamentals of OSHA (3)
This course provides a detailed review of various Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations including: Hazard Communication, Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout, Personal Protective Equipment, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans and Respiratory Protection.

SAFT 180  Hospital Security Management (3)
An introduction to hospital security management practices, this course covers program development, implementation and management, budgeting, personnel staffing, identification of security vulnerabilities, investigation techniques, and information management practices applicable to healthcare facility security.

SAFT 205 Building Code and Inspection (3)
This course gives the student an understanding of blueprint reading, plans review, code enforcement and compliance and understanding of various building codes and how they related to today’s society.

SAFT 209  Industrial Hygiene (3)
This course examines the principles of industrial hygiene applicable to various industries.  Topics covered include the recognition of chemical, physical, biological, and environmental hazards, methods of hazard control and mitigation and use of various environmental testing and monitoring equipment.

SAFT 210 Introduction to Emergency Management (3)
This course gives the basic principles of emergency management. This course discusses prevention, mitigation, response and recovery to human environmental, natural, and radiological hazards. This course is designed to give a starting point in developing a hazard vulnerability analysis, which will prioritize hazards and attempt to reduce the impact of the hazard through preparation.

SAFT 211 Introduction to Environmental Management (3)
This course provides the basics in understanding environmental laws, and regulation in relation to the workplace and will give the safety professional a starting point to evaluate environmental issues in the workplace and strategies how to deal with those issues.

SAFT 220  Safety Management I (3)
Students learn to analyze hazard problems, to evaluate alternative solutions, and to design the required hardware, devices, and methods needed to eliminate hazards in a variety of industrial applications.  Industrial and accident prevention laws pertaining to industrial safety and health, including workers’ compensation laws, OSHA regulations, and industrial property protection laws, are examined.

SAFT 221  Safety Management II (3)
A continuation of SAFT 220 Safety Management I, this course introduces the more advanced techniques and principles of safety program management.  Using real-life scenarios as study models, the course overviews the elements or a viable safety program.  Prerequisite: SAFT 220.

SAFT 232  Hospital Safety I (3)
An introduction to hospital safety management practices, this course covers program development, implementation and management, job safety analysis, hazard recognition, safety inspections, safety committees, fire safety and industrial hygiene practices applicable to healthcare facilities.

SAFT 233  Hospital Safety II (3)
A continuation of SAFT 232, this course provides an in-depth review of safety and environmental compliance issues applicable to healthcare facilities.  Topics Include blood borne pathogens, radiation safety, laser safety, biological, and hazardous waste management.

SAFT 234 Security Management (3)
This course looks at personnel, loss control, electronic and other various means of facility security. This course will look at the management of resources, purchasing of equipment of the cost/benefit in investing in various security practices and systems.

SAFT 235 Construction Safety (3)
This course is designed to give the student an understanding and basics of construction safety. This course will review CFR 1926 standards and how they apply to construction. The course is for the safety manager who works with construction on-site or managing safety for a construction company or contractor.

SAFT 240 Industrial Fire Protection (3)
This course emphasizes principles of industrial fire protection systems, including alarms, detection, and sprinkler protection. The course also provides information on employee response to emergencies in the work setting, following CFR 1910.38, CFR 1910.156, and NFPA 600 standards.

SAFT 241 Accident Investigation (3)
This course assists the safety manager to conduct thorough and complete investigations for incidents or events in a systematic approach. This benefits the safety manager by giving proper information and procedure needed to complete accurate incident reports.

SAFT 242 Loss Control and Recovery (3)
This course evaluates eliminating and reducing losses to the business environment through evaluation of injuries, near-misses, and property damage. This course evaluates environmental controls, personal protective equipment, and elimination/substation to work with a variety of workplace hazards. This course also looks at injury reports, workers compensation statistics and other loss contributors to the workplace.

SAFT 280 Directed Study Safety Technology (1-6)
This variable credit course allows students to pursue a Safety Technology research project of particular interest.  Students registering for this course must have prior approval from the Program Coordinator for Safety Technology.

SAFT 292 Internship In Safety Technology (3)
This course involves practical experience in fire service organizations in which the student engages in on-the-site activities of a practical nature.  Interns learn how to translate classroom theory and methods into professional skills.  Activities are under the supervision of trained personnel.  Application for the internship must be made to the fire science program advisor.

SAFT 293 Safety On-the-Job-Training (1-13)
This course is designed to award credit to those persons who have participated in a supervised on-the-job training program in safety technology. Credit is awarded upon receipt of a letter from the on-site supervisory stating successful completion of on-the-job training assignments and the total number of actual hours involved in the training. (Credit hours earned for On-the-Job Training are calculated as 1 credit hour = 150 actual hours. Therefore, a student must work 1950 actual hours to receive 13 credit hours.)

SAFT 295 Safety Degree Evaluation (2)
This capstone course is designed to “put it all together” for the student who is about to graduate with an A.S. in Safety Technology. This course evaluates the student’s knowledge of the program, including but not limited to chemistry, industrial fire protection, emergency management, basic fire suppression, strategies and tactics, fire investigation, and management practices.