Kevin, Unless a safety engineer somewhere left the private sector and developed a course at a university, you are probably not going to find much more in the way of courses than those 1-2 day courses presented by the labs. They tend to be on a particular subject, such the basics of a particular product safety standard. They are great to attend to really get going on that particular subject matter, but if you don't have a bit of working safety knowledge before going into those courses, the subject matter might go right over your head. I have seen it go over the heads of a lot of new employees who took them too soon after being hired.
On-the-job training and mentorship/apprenticeship seems to be the way most learn about product safety. It would be great if the US Consumer Product Safety Commission ran some sort of comprehensive safety course, wouldn't it? :) Best Regards, Don Gies, N.C.E Senior Product Compliance Engineer Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ 07733 USA From: Robinson, Kevin P. [mailto:[email protected]] 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 Unless otherwise stated, any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail (and any attachments) are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Copies of product recall and product safety information can be sent to you automatically via Internet e-mail, as they are released by CPSC. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this service go to the following web page: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp - 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
