TE 272 - Industrial Safety

Description
Students will study industry-standard safety practices and their application in various technological settings. Topics covered include safety regulations, personal protective equipment, tool safety, and the safe handling of chemicals, electricity, fire hazards, materials, and machinery. Additional focus areas include safe lifting and elevated work procedures, machine guarding, and current health and safety issues in the workplace. This course is an overview course to equip students’ knowledge and skills to identify, assess, and mitigate workplace hazards and accidents. This course is not intended to be all encompassing to any specific industry.

Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Course Fees: $5.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: None
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Identify work hazards.
Classify industrial work accidents.
Describe the hazard communication process.
Identify personal protective equipment and their uses.
Explain proper tool use procedures.
List material handling hazards.
Describe industrial truck safety procedures.
List machine guard types, and their applications.
Identify electrical hazards.
Describe a safety program.
Make effective presentation, formatting and stylistic choices when developing a communication.
Clearly and completely state and describe a problem/issue.

Course Outline:
I. Definition of a safety program

II. Identification of work hazards

III. Classification of industrial work accidents

IV. Review of the hazard communication process

V. Describe OSHA health and safety laws, functions, and lockout procedures

VI. Identify personal protective equipment and their uses

VII. Review chemical hazards and handling procedures

VIII. Explain proper tool use procedures

IX. Demonstrate material handling hazards

X. Review industrial truck safety procedures

XI. Presentation of machine guard types, and their applications

XIl. Identification of electrical hazards

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Video presentations: 10-15%

Facilitated discussion: 30-40%

Lecture/Mediated instruction: 45-60%
Mandatory Course Components:
Read the textbook, complete chapter assignments and be able to access online videos through the LMS.
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 2
People Soft Course ID Number: 101399
Course CIP Code: 48.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 22
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: None
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Manufacturing
Discipline: TE
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Bachelor’s of Science in, Manufacturing, Construction, Engineering, Automotive or related field required.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20250224T17:16:06
Course Review & Revision Year: 2029-2030