Program Presentation
The Safety at Work Program delves into those aspects that require a planned action of prevention, including the information and training of workers, which leads to a better understanding of both the real extent of the risks arising from work, as to their form of prevention and how best to avoid them.
It is, in short, a way of knowing about the safety conditions of specific sectors, such as the management of gases and pressure vessels, machine safety principles, welding techniques, laboratory work, electrical hazards, and hazardous waste management operations, among others.
In this context, current legislation is a key instrument from a safety point of view, that determines the inspections and tests that intend to keep facilities, during their lifetime, in the proper safety conditions as they were initially conceived.
The distance education program presented here responds to the new demands for this area, providing criteria, rigor and, above all, common sense, when it comes to education for health and safety policies in an organization.
Who is the programme for?
The proposed methodology and a clear and diverse curriculum makes the Occupational Safety Program designed for prevention experts who need to delve into the safety of specific activities such as graphic arts, laboratories, confined spaces, waste management, power tools, petroleum products and gas pressure.
Because of its specific and technical character, it is highly recommended that people who want to pursue this program apply only if they possess a scientific background and have prior knowledge of health and safety.
Diploma
Successful completion of the Program will enable you to be awarded the degree in Experto Universitario en SEGURIDAD EN EL TRABAJO.
After successfully completing the Program, the student will receive the degree as awarded by the University where they have enrolled.
Program Structure
The credit structure of the Occupational Safety program is shown in the following table. It should be noted that the duration is merely indicative, as the methodology followed integrates the knowledge and skills to be acquired in each part through integrative exercises of knowledge acquisition and internalization of project practices:
| CREDITSa | |
|---|---|
| Subject | 15 |
a. The equivalence in credits may vary according to the university where he/she has enrolled. One (1) ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is equivalent to 10 + 15 hours. If the student is enrolled in a university that does not belong to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the relation between credits - hours may vary.
Duration
The program in Occupational Safety has 15 credits.
The duration of the program in Occupational Safety varies between 6 and 9 months, depending on the student's dedication. In this period of time, the student must have successfully passed all the evaluated activities and approved the Final Project, if any.
Objectives
General Objective:
- The main objective of the Occupational Safety Program is to train competent professionals to carry out planned actions of prevention, in terms of decreasing the risk of accidents occurring within a number of specific work activities.
Specific Objectives:
- To know the possible risks and preventive measures associated with handling gases and pressure vessels from the point of view of safety.
- To acquire an overview of job security in the ise of machines and electricity, as well as how to adopt preventive measures that apply in each specific case.
- To learn different welding techniques along with associated risks and control methods that can be applied in this type of operation.
- To develop models of management of toxic and hazardous waste and know the practices to be followed from the point of view of safety in the context of existing legislation.
- To evaluate the risks and prevention measures associated with storage operations in general, and more specifically with petroleum products, particularly in confined spaces.
- To provide general guidelines to compile a record of adequate monitoring in facilities where maintenance needs to be controlled, depending on their characteristics and regulations that must be met.
Career Opportunities
Some of the career opportunities in the Occupational Safety program are:
- Independent Consultant of occupational risk prevention.
- Organizational Advisor in prevention topics.
- Auditing entities.
- Training technician.
Study Plan
The Occupational Safety Program is composed of a course that teaches, first, the theoretical, conceptual and historical principles involved in prevention management, and second, their organizational, social and technological implementation.
The goal is for students to gain an overview of the prevention plans that every company should follow in order to have a better understanding of both the real situation of existing occupational hazards as well as how to prevent them.
This course is structured according to a coherent pedagogical sequence. Each is divided into basic thematic units or chapters, the contents should be studied to satisfactorily answer the tests.
The chapters that make up the program are shown in the following table:
| CHAPTERS | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Safety in handling gases and pressure vessels |
| 2 | Safety in handling machines and tools |
| 3 | Safety in activities and welding techniques |
| 4 | Safety in the Laboratory |
| 5 | Safety in the Management of toxic and hazardous waste |
| 6 | Safety in various circumstances |
| 7 | Annex |
Management
- Dr. Eduardo García Villena. Doctor in Project Engineering: Environment, Safety, Quality and Communications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Academic Director for the Environment Area at the Ibero-american University Foundation.
- Dr. (c) Lina Pulgarín Osorio. Doctor in Projects from the Ibero-american International University (in process). Master in Comprehensive Management Prevention, Environment and Quality from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Academic Coordinator for the Master in Occupational Risk Prevention and associated Specializations.
FUNIBER Training Scholarships
The Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER) periodically delivers an economic baseline with extraordinary character for scholarships in FUNIBER Training.
To apply for it, you only need to send your application for a scholarship on the website’s main page with the required data, and the evaluation committee will examine the suitability of your candidature to be granted economic aid, in the form of a scholarship in FUNIBER Training.