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Bachelor of Science in Safety ScienceMeet some of our graduates
I landed with KPA, one of the nation's top Environmental Health & Safety engineering consulting firms. I run the Pennsylvania office which services Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. We mainly deal with new automotive dealerships and have over 3,000 clients across the country. In my territory, I handle about 65 client accounts. We manage our clients' safety and environmental programs, provide training for their employees (i.e. annual emergency response/ right to know, PPE, respiratory protection and fit testing, etc), hold management safety committee meetings, and perform quarterly facility safety inspections. It's a lot of work but the freedom is great. I make my own hours, work with different people every day, and I'm always doing something new. We have 21 field offices throughout the country and are always looking for hard-working, dedicated, safety professionals to add to our team. Our Web site is www.kpaonline.com Name: Nick Subbotin I'm a 2003 graduate from the Safety Science program at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach campus. I currently work for the FAA's Airport Technology R&D Branch working under the Airport Safety Research Section. I'm located at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, NJ. My job title is an Airport Research Specialist working as a project manager on various programs such as the Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF), New Large Aircraft (NLA), and Runway Surface Technology Research Programs. Embry-Riddle has given me a solid aviation background that has helped me through my career. Embry-Riddle has a strong and well respected reputation within the aviation industry.
Name: Joe Koziuk I have dealt with the world of aviation safety from a different perspective. Being an air traffic controller for the Navy, I have already witnessed an F-18 and National Guard uh-1 helicopter crash. I have also experienced aircraft fires, faulty landing gear and runway incursions. I'm stationed at NAS North Island located at Coronado, California. Our airspace is quite complex for the type of aircraft we handle and the limited airspace we own. San Diego International Airport is seen from my tower directly behind us at 2 miles along with the city. From my current position I have been able to experience first-hand what controllers and pilots experience during mishaps and accidents and I have learned that human factors is a major portion of safety.
I am the safety coordinator on one of our job sites at a Georgia Power Plant. We are doing all of the electrical work for this project, Plant Bowen FGD Project. To simply describe the project, they are building a "scrubber" which will change the plant's emission process. The "scrubber" when complete will reduce the plant's sulfur emissions. My job, in general, is to ensure White Electrical is providing its employees with a safe work place and providing its employees with the "tools" to work safely and, of course, that we are in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other state and federal governing agencies. I conduct weekly audits with a different supervisor each week and sometimes a craft level employee. I conduct the new employee site orientation training; investigate any incidents and accidents or near misses; and develop new procedures and policies. Future plans include working with our corporate safety director and help with revising the company safety program. I have already made some changes to the site-specific safety program. that he was impressed with. Our corporate safety director said he wished he could have started at a job like this when he graduated he said I am going to be exposed to a lot of things on this project and I am going to gain some very good experience. It is also a fun job because I am working with a lot of veteran safety people and I have learned the importance of networking. All in all I just can not wait to see where this is going to take me and I am having a lot of fun in this profession.
Although the Safety Science curriculum was strong, the Safety faculty members are the first thing that comes to mind when I think of my Embry-Riddle education. Class sizes were small, facilitating highly discussion- based, interactive learning. All of my professors were passionate about safety and providing valuable instruction to all of their students. Their enthusiasm and dedication carried outside of the classroom. My professors' commitment to my education and career opened many doors for me, including several internships and ultimately, my first job as Safety Specialist with ASA. Now, less than two years out of school, I am Manager, Operational Performance. The focus of my current role at ASA is airline metrics. I collect, analyze, and present all operational numbers for the company which are used to make cost justifications, among other business items affecting the bottom line. The analytical skills I acquired while at ERAU have proven enormously valuable to my professional growth, and I am confident that I would not be where I am without the education I received at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
I graduated from the Daytona Beach campus in the Fall of 2002, and began working at my current job in the safety field in 2004. During my year off, I worked as a mechanic on a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Pro race team and attended grad school at the University of Central Florida.
Name: Loren Foster Being the small chemical plant that it is, the EHS Leader must be involved with all facets of the Environmental, Health and Safety profession. This results in having working relationships with all branches of the organization to accomplish EHS goals and objectives. I work with engineering to analyze future and existing systems to reduce risk. Safety Risk Assessments and Ergonomic Evaluations are performed with the help of operations personnel. I develop equipment-specific and process-type Lock-out Tag-out (LOTO) procedures with the input of the maintenance department. Chemical hazard identification and reduction is accomplished with the support of our lab and data for Industrial Hygiene analysis is gathered by a third party. Due to the nature of some of the responsibilities of the position certain requirements are typically carried out without much support. These tasks include but are not limited to environmental reporting requirements, environmental sampling, audits, inspections, hazardous waste management, injury/illness reporting and accident/incident investigation. In closing, my advice to anybody currently in school is to pursue internships -- no matter what, your resume becomes stronger.
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