Assignment:
Response to the following in 75 words each question:
1- Evaluate one specific area of a colleague's office environment to measure (e.g., chair, keyboard, desk). Discuss how the measurement process works and what your findings would be. What advice do you have to improve the workspace?
2- Explain a stretching routine for your work environment. As you consider your routine, keep in mind the specific individuals within your work environment who will be using this plan. How will you account for differences in sizes, ages, and cultures?
3- Why is it important for the safety practitioner to use macro thinking? Provide one or two examples that support your discussion.
4- What are some of the advantages of a safety management system that emphasize processes rather than individual behavior?
Response to the following in 200 words each question:
5- Journal - Reflect on the engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE) that are involved in your workspace. Do you believe they are effective, or does more need to be done?
6- As a person serving in the role of a safety practitioner, how would you explain to a new worker the use of administrative controls and how they relate to a specific work environment? Be specific in your response, and include examples of your work environment.
7- As a person serving in the role of a safety practitioner, how would you explain to a new worker the difference between engineering and administrative controls and how they relate to a specific work environment? Be specific in your response, and include examples of your work environment.
8- In the conclusion to Chapter 4, Manuele states: "To avoid hazard-related incidents resulting in serious injuries, human error potentials must be addressed at the cultural, organizational, management system, design, and engineering levels, and with respect to the work methods prescribed." Briefly discuss how each of these levels contributes to human error. Which one of these levels, if addressed, is likely to result in the greatest benefit for reducing human error reduction?
9- Discuss two innovations that could be used to provide the necessary focus on injury and fatality prevention that you feel should be adopted in your current (or past) organization and discuss how you would proceed in implementing them.
Essay:
This final project paper will utilize many of the sections of material you have studied during the duration of this course. You will make use of your own personal observations and occupational experiences to enhance both quality and quantity of the final paper.
Whether you are employed in the public sector of safety or the private sector of safety and health management, your expertise and knowledge of dealing with other human beings will provide you with ample value in producing the finished paper.
Part I :
In your Introduction to this essay please discuss what you learned after completing the first seven units to include a description of the relationship between the contents of this course and your present occupational position or your desired future occupational position.
Your relationship between concepts and knowledge to your present or desired future occupational position should be limited to a minimum of one page but should not exceed two pages.
Part II :
Discuss how the concepts and knowledge, along with standards and professional qualifications, you have gained in this course relate to the following professional occupational positions:
• fire marshal,
• plan examiner,
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• fire inspector,
• life safety educator, and
• fire investigator.
Your explanation of the concepts and knowledge related to the five positions should be limited to a minimum of two full pages but should not exceed three pages.
Include specific references to specific topics found in the textbook (e.g., fire prevention and protection methods, fire protection systems, and record keeping and preservation). These are but a few of the possibilities. Do not limit your paper strictly to the example given.
Your paper should be in APA format and include both in-text and reference citations. Your sources should include: textbook, related journals or magazines, and related sources from the Internet.