Following the introductory courses offered by agencies which have already been discussed, the primary way to develop and maintain expertise in this field is to participate in the standards activities. Membership and participation in the US Technical Advisory Group for IEC standards and the UL Standards Technical Panels for the standards involved will provide insight into the basis for the requirements and provide in-depth familiarity with the standards. If you belong to ITIC, their working groups provide a lot of information. A good background in engineering is important and you can assemble your own syllabus to include courses on plastic materials and molding, metal fabrication, switching power supplies, test and measurement, electrophysiology, combustion, management, CAD, the basics of electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering, and other specialties relating to your business. There are some schools with good fire science or safety curricula like WPI, Univ of Wisconsin, UC Berkley, Univ of Maryland and others. Some schools will allow you to assemble courses and earn degrees in your own chosen field of study.
Bob Johnson ITE Safety <http://www.itesafety.com> Jim Bacher wrote: Kevin, most of the companies like UL, CSA, TUVs, etc. have some form of course offering. In fact if you are attending the IEEE PSES conference in October, UL is offering a 25% discount for IEEE PSES members to stay a couple extra days and take their HBSE course. For details see both the UL site and the IEEE PSES sites: http://www.ieee-pses.org/symposium http://www.uluniversity.com/ (Hazard-Based Safety Engineering Course) UL will offer IEEE PSES members a 25% discount on the course fee. TUV Rheinland of North America is having its next 4 Day Functional Safety Workshop in Boston to be held from June 19-22, 2006. Info online at www.us.tuv.com or call 1-888-743-4652. http://www.eglobaled.org/ (I have not looked at this site, but know its intent was to educate on product safety) Please note these just happen to be ones that where handy for me to quickly respond with. There are others. By the way for those of you who are not IEEE PSES members, we are now at the time of year where you can join for half price. We also have an affiliate program for those who already belong to other organizations similar to the IEEE. Check out our form at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/Downloads/MembershipForm.pdf Jim Jim Bacher Senior Engineer Paxar Americas, Inc. 170 Monarch Lane Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 Voice: 937-865-2020 Fax: 937-865-2048 email: [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robinson, Kevin P. Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Product Safety Educational Programs Can anyone provide me with information on Product Safety training courses that may be available through colleges/universities or private sector (Laboratories, manufacturers etc). I know that many laboratories offer 1-2 day seminars, but I am interested to see if there are courses that go into much greater depth and detail. Thank you, Kevin Robinson - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
