Safety Inspections Technician (SIT) Independent Study - General Industry

Certification:

Safety Inspections Technician (SIT)

Course Objectives:

A workplace inspection is a critical part of a comprehensive safety and health program in which the workplace is examined closely on a regular basis for the purpose of:

• Identifying and recording potential and actual hazards associated with buildings, equipment, environment, processes, and practices
• Identifying any hazards which require immediate attention, whether they are unsafe conditions or unsafe acts
• Ensuring that existing hazard controls are functioning adequately, and where appropriate, recommending corrective action More

Learning Outcome:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and record potential and actual hazards associated with facilities, equipment, environment, processes, and practices; be able to identify and report any hazards which require immediate attention; be able to determine that existing hazard controls are functioning adequately and recommend corrective actions when necessary.

Online Exams:

 

The student  will take a comprehensive online exam at the end of the course.  You must score 80% to receive certification.  You have three opportunities to pass the exam.

Optional Credits:

The estimated time required to complete the course is 5 hours, but can be done at the student's own pace.

One half credit hour (.5) CEU is offered through the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for this course. If you are interested in receiving CEU s for this course, upon successful completion of the exam please either download the form and instructions here or the obtain form and instructions from a Member Services Representative by calling 800-922-2219.

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Course Objectives (cont.):

Within any safety program, there may in fact be a variety of types of inspections, for example:

• Spot inspections may be undertaken on a random basis as part of general safety responsibilities;
• Pre­operation checks of special equipment or work processes are often necessary before work is carried out;
• Critical parts inspections are regular planned inspections of those critical parts of a machine, piece of equipment, or system which have a high potential for serious accidents. They are often part of planned or preventive maintenance procedures, or hazard control programs;
• New equipment inspections are thorough inspections and checks before operations begin;
• Regular planned inspections are done on a regular basis in a defined workplace and cover all conditions including work practices and procedures.

There is no more important skill to the safety professional than the ability to discover and remedy hazards before they can injure workers. The course materials include inspection forms with CFR references designed for twenty different areas of your facility.

This course can also be taken as one section of the Certified Safety Auditor course.
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