Safety Technician Certificate
Program
What is the Safety Technician Certificate
Program?
Good question! The North Carolina
Occupational Safety and Health Education & Research
Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill has designed and developed the Safety Technician
Certificate Program to recognize those
individuals who have completed a selected set
of requirements outlined for an Safety Technician.
Upon successful completion of two required courses
and elective courses, a program certificate and
plaque will be awarded. The program requirements
are listed below. This program should not be
confused with being a Certified Safety Professional.
Supervisors, listen up! Have you ever had difficulty
finding qualified Safety Technicians, or do you
feel that you must spend valuable time training
new techs? Well this program should be of interest
to you. The Safety Technician Certificate Program
is designed to provide an independent external
assessment of technician expertise to assist
you. In addition, the program gives you a wonderful
opportunity to support your technician training.
This is a great way to show your support for
their efforts to improve safety technician knowledge.
So in essence, the program offers a win-win opportunity
for both you (the Supervisor) and you (the Safety
Technician). The NC OSHERC will also bring the
Safety Technician Certificate program to your
organization on a contract basis.
What are the requirements?
Program participants are required
to obtain six credits through successful completion
of two required courses and elective courses chosen
to complete the credit requirements. An exam
must be passed at the end of each course. Only
courses offered at the North Carolina Annual
Occupational Safety and Health Winter and Summer
Institutes will be accepted as program credit.
Program participants will be required to take
the two required courses listed below and pass
an exam after each course:
Fundamentals
of Occupational Safety (Required - 2 Credits)
Offered at the 2008 Summer Institute
Complying
with OSHA - 30-Hour General Industry (Required - 2 Credits)
Offered at the 2008 Summer Institute
The two remaining elective
credits may be chosen from the Institute class
list. View our
2008
Summer Institute course listing.
Courses
are designated as required or elective courses.
Any course designated
as an elective may be chosen for the Safety
Technician Certificate Program. An elective course may be used as
credit in only one certificate program.
You must submit a Technician
Certificate Application Form with the $60
application fee before you can be accepted into
a certificate program and be eligible to sit
for an exam.
Frequently Asked Questions About
the Safety Technician Certificate Program
Q. How can I enroll in the program?
A: Click
here to obtain a certificate program application
form. Complete
the application form and return it with the
$60.00 non-refundable application fee to NC
OSHERC, PO Box 16248, Chapel Hill, NC 27516-6248
. You will receive a letter notifying you of
program acceptance. If you are not accepted
by the review board, you will be notified by
letter stating the reason. This letter will
also advise you of what will be needed for
program acceptance. Upon completion of these
requirements, you may then resubmit your application.
Q: Are there any prerequisites for this
program?
A: Yes, to be accepted to this program you must
have at a minimum a high school diploma or GED
equivalent.
Q: What is required for program completion?
A: Each participant must earn six credits.
Two credits must be from the Fundamentals of Occupational
Safety course, two credits from the Complying
with OSHA course and two credits from
elective
courses listed for the upcoming 2008 Summer Institute.
Successful completion of an exam at the end of each
course is required.
Q: How quickly can I complete the program?
A: The program can be completed in one year
if courses are taken at three consecutive Institutes.
For example, you take Fundamentals of Occupational
Safety at the first Institute and earn two credits.
The following Institute you take Complying with
OSHA and earn two credits. At the last institute
you take electives to earn a total of two elective
credits giving you a total of six credits to
complete the program. Each participant has a
maximum of three years to complete the program
beginning with the date of the first course.
Q: I have previously taken some of the
electives with the NC OSHERC, can these count
toward the Safety Technician Certificate Program?
A: If you have taken any of the required
or elective courses with the NC OSHERC within the last
three years before you entered the program,
and have not used the course for another technician
program elective, you may qualify to take the exam
at the institute. If a course is eligible,
you must pass the current course exam to obtain program
credit. Please contact our office at 888-235-3320
to discuss the course eligibility. An
elective course may be used as credit in only one
certificate program.
Q: How many exams are there and what
do they consist of?
A: There will be an exam after EACH course.
The exams will consist of approximately fifty
multiple-choice questions related to material
covered in the course. A maximum of two hours
is given to complete an exam.
Q: What do I need to pass the exam?
A: With each exam, a passing score of 70%
or higher is required. If you do not pass an exam,
the details of a retake can be arranged on
an individual basis with the NC OSHERC.
Q: How will I know if I have passed
an exam?
A: After the institute, a letter will be mailed
to each participant with exam results.
Q: How is the Safety Technician Certificate
awarded?
A: After successful completion of your course
of study and examinations, the Safety Technician
Certificate Program plaque and final certificate
of completion will be sent to each program graduate.
How can I get information or enroll
in the program?
Click here to obtain a certificate program
application form.
If you would like information about
the Safety Technician Certificate Program, call
the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health
Education & Research
Center at toll free 1-888-235-3320, 1-919-962-2101,
Fax 1-919-966-7579, or email osherc@unc.edu.
CONGRATULATIONS to the 19th
graduating class of the Safety Technician Certificate
Program! (Summer Institute 2008)
Joseph G. Bland
Marianne Psipsikas
Jose M. Rivera Velez
Keith Ruddell
Gary Stokes
Robert Scott Williams
Click here for a list of all our graduates.
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