METC 2300

Manufacturing Safety & Leadership

Credits: 3

Description: This course is designed to be a safety course combining the technical aspects of industrial safety with the leadership skills required to function in a position responsible to others for their safety and coaching. The course will examine specific principles and practices of health and safety in the industrial environment and will emphasize common techniques and methods used to deliver such content in order to simultaneously provide the learner the skills to both practice the safety content presented and teach the content to others in the workforce. Topics covered include product safety, process safety, personal safety, legal considerations, personal liability, and supervisory responsibilities. This course is targeted for learenrs that as part of their job will be responsible for the safety of others either directly or indirectly in jobs such as applied engineering, manufacturing, electronics, dratfing, design, automation, robotics, fluid power, industrial technology, operations management, maintenance or others that need to understand industrial safety at a technical level and provide the leadership role. Prerequisite(s): METC1070, 2020, PHIL1201 OR SAFE1011, 1022, PHIL1201

Credit Breakdown: 3/0/0 (Lecture/Lab/On the job training)