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SRV 210 - Safety in the Work Environment

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
This course will address the various safety hazards and causes of illness and injury in the work environment. Topics will include acceptable safety conduct and positive safety attitudes and practices, basic first-aid techniques; proper traffic control procedures; avoiding the effects of temperature extremes; recognizing and avoiding hazardous materials; potential hazards from poisonous plants and animals, and ergonomic principles to prevent musculoskeletal disorders.
Competencies
  1. Develop positive safety attitudes and practices
    1. Discuss the benefits of following established safety procedures and the potential consequences of ignoring established safety procedures
    2. Explain the value of daily positive reinforcement of safety procedures
  2. Demonstrate the ability to recognize and avoid various poisonous plants and animals
    1. Identify poisonous plants such as poison ivy, poison oak and wild parsnip
    2. Identify poisonous snakes such as rattlesnake, copperhead and cottonmouth
  3. Discuss the numerous opportunities to come into contact with infectious diseases in the field, possible consequences of such infections and methods of prevention
    1. Describe potential sources of infectious diseases such as tetanus from barbed wire lacerations or stepping on a nail, lyme disease from deer ticks, encephalitis from mosquitoes or hepatitis from discarded drug paraphernalia, urine and blood products
    2. Explain the possible short and long-term effects of contracting diseases such as tetanus, hepatitis and lyme disease
    3. Review methods for preventing infection and proper procedures for treatment if infection occurs
  4. Develop skills for working in and around vehicular traffic on public roadways
    1. Complete a DOT approved flagger course.
    2. Explain various procedures for avoiding the necessity to work on the traveled portion of the roadway
    3. Demonstrate techniques for ensuring that workers are protected when working in the traveled portion of a public roadway cannot be avoided
  5. Examine techniques to avoid injuries from improper use of tools and equipment
    1. Demonstrate the proper method of lifting heavy loads without straining the back
    2. Explain the potential hazards inherent in the use of edged tools such as axes and machetes
    3. Show proper techniques for digging with hand tools such as spades and shovels
    4. Examine potential long-term effects of repetitive motion injuries
  6. Demonstrate proficiency in first aid techniques by successfully completing a Red Cross First Aid course or equivalent



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