Certified Safety Auditor (SAC) Independent Study
Graduates are certified as a "Certified Safety Auditor"
This is a comprehensive and thorough course. There is no more important skill to the safety professional than the ability to discover and remedy hazards before they can injure workers. This is the purpose of the workplace safety auditor and his/her three primary tools; Hazard Analysis, Inspections, and Accident Investigation.
The purpose of a workplace safety audit is to discover circumstances, situations, equipment, or materials that may harm a person. The objective is not regulatory compliance, and it is not saving money, it is the avoidance of human injury. Regulatory compliance and monetary gain are collateral benefits, not the primary objective.
It is a certainty that accidents cost money. They cost money in medical expenses, insurance, lost work, and a variety of indirect costs. Regulatory compliance is also an important part of ensuring a safe workplace. But there is not a regulation to cover every hazard. In fact, OSHA addresses this issue by citing the General Duty Clause when no specific standard applies to a situation that could injure a worker. The General Duty Clause states, "Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees, employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees".
Rather than an auditor in the sense of a financial auditor, consider yourself an investigator in the sense of a detective who is carefully searching for clues that indicate potential injury scenarios. But, no matter how thorough you are in discovering hazards, that's only the first step. Be sure that the hazards you discover are remedied in a timely fashion. For every hazard you discover, you must first attempt to eliminate the hazard through Engineering Controls. If the hazard cannot be remedied by Engineering Controls then you must attempt to eliminate or control it through Administrative Controls. Only if it can not be controlled by Engineering Controls or Administrative Controls may you use PPE as the remedy.
Above all, remember that people will retain or lose life and limb based upon how well you perform the safety audit function.
This course is divided into three sections:
The fee for SAC certification is -
Downloadable version - $695.00
Shipped CD -
$695.00 + $12.95 S/H
There is an exam that can be faxed or e-mailed to NASP for grading. The estimated time required to complete the course is 54 hours, but can be done at the student's own pace. Students will be given six months from time of purchase to complete the course.
Four (4) CEUs are offered through the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for this course. If you are interested in receiving CEUs for this course, upon successful completion of the exam please obtain form and instructions from a Member Services Representative by calling 800-922-2219 (Extension Four).
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Safety Auditor Course Outline
Hazard Analysis
- Job Hazard Analysis
- Defining Tasks
- Observation
- Objectives
- Work Procedures
- Hazard Abatement
- Preparing for the JHA
- The 5 Steps of Performing the JHA
- Change Analysis
- New Facilities
- New Equipment
- New Materials
- Starting Up Processes
- Analyzing Multiple Changes
- Process Hazard Analysis
- Regulatory Requirements
- Elements of the PHA
- Performing the Process Hazard Analysis
- Phase Hazard Analysis
- What
- When
- Why
- How
- The Hierarchy of Hazard Controls
- Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Inspections
- About Workplace Safety Inspections
- Objectives
- Methodology
- Workplace Safety Inspections as a Part of the Safety and Health Program
- Analysis
- Relationship
- Safety Plans, Programs, Policies, and Procedures
- Analysis
- Relationship
- Planning
- Information Requirements
- Sources of Information
- The Inspection
- Forms and Format
- Procedures
- Reporting
- Form and Format
- Function
- Monitoring
- Purpose
- Methods
Accident Investigation
- The Initial Investigation at the Accident Scene
- Immediate Post-Accident Actions
- Preserving and Documenting the Accident Scene
- Securing and Preserving the Scene
- Documenting the Scene
- Collecting, Preserving, and Controlling Evidence
- Obtaining Initial Witness Statements
- Managing the Accident Investigation
- Project Planning
- Determining Task Assignments
- Acquiring Resources
- Establishing Information Access and Release Protocols
- Managing the Investigation Process
- Taking Control of the Accident Scene
- Initial Meeting of the Investigators
- Promoting Teamwork
- Managing Information Collection
- Managing Report Writing
- Collecting Data
- Collecting Human Evidence
- Locating Witnesses
- Conducting Interviews
- Collecting Physical Evidence
- Documenting Physical Evidence
- Inspecting Physical Evidence
- Removing Physical Evidence
- Collecting Documentary Evidence
- Examining Organizational Concerns, Management Systems, and Management Oversight
- Preserving and Controlling Evidence
- Analyzing Data
- Determining Facts
- Determining Causal Factors
- Direct Cause
- Contributing Causes
- Root Causes
- The Importance of Causal Factors
- Using the Core Analytical Techniques
- Events and Causal Factors Charting
- Barrier Analysis
- Change Analysis
- Events and Causal Factors Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Developing Conclusions and Judgments of Need
- Conclusions
- Judgments of Need
- Reporting the Results
- Writing the Report
- Report Format and Content
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Glossary
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Facts and Analysis
- Conclusions and Judgments of Need
- Appendices
