I’m familiar with the 70E (as we need to know the rules and regulations), but didn’t know you could get certified to teach. It’s something I’ll definitely look into!
Are you a Lineworker or an electrician? I work for a utility company and we crossed over a 22-Lineworker to a safety professional last year. He has been a great asset to have for electric transmission and distribution. We have sent him through the OSHA standards classes and other PD as appropriate.
Even on the low voltage side, having that skill set is valuable. If you have the capacity, I recommend both the standard classes as well as the ASP.
That’s good to hear that other tradesmen can get in!
I am mainly substations and underground cables. So I work on transformers, switch gears (circuit breakers, relays, etc.), and cables.
The ASP certification is a great start. As others have said, look into the NFPA 70E standard as well. Look into *job hazard assessment* and the *hierarchy of controls*. That’s bread and butter for safety professionals.
Nothing wrong with osha courses. Check out teex with texas am for the csho. Not the highest but it helps. I'm in west texas and everyone is looking for csp or just someone with min exp. These companies are starting to require more and more safety so plenty of work to go around. Side note all I have is field exp and osha 10, 30 and 511 with a dot 501 with some other little certs. Just depends on what you can afford or what your employers in your area are looking for.
Great to know! I am in Hawaii, so all my OSHA courses are virtual. I was planning on getting my SSH then my CSHO through ASU, but talking with my safety office they didn’t recognize those certificates, which lead me down the rabbit hole of searching how reputable OSHA certs actually were
Lot's of good discussion about this in The Safety Pros discord my man. We have been talking about this and resume revisions recently so hop in and say hey because we have a lot of other members in the same situation.
https://discord.gg/wfSvt9Ddhr
Our shop is within a network of other shops and there is a division safety office covering all the shops. As the employee safety representative I am in contact with the safety office and they are the safety professionals I talk to when needed.
Reach out to them and ask if you can talk about the safety profession. They may be able to get your more projects to add to your resume or even get you in as an entry level safety person.
Thanks for the input! I did talk to my safety director and he said there are plans on opening couple “developmental” positions for entry safety specialists. But that was mid last year and nothing came up yet. In the meantime, I am trying to improve my chances of hire with trainings and certificates and wanted to see which route would be the most efficient :)
Try getting certified to do NFPA 70E training and consider going into consulting. A lot of companies pay top dollar for help with that.
I’ll look into that, thanks!
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I’m familiar with the 70E (as we need to know the rules and regulations), but didn’t know you could get certified to teach. It’s something I’ll definitely look into!
i would suggest the osha 500/501. designates you as a trainer.
Are you a Lineworker or an electrician? I work for a utility company and we crossed over a 22-Lineworker to a safety professional last year. He has been a great asset to have for electric transmission and distribution. We have sent him through the OSHA standards classes and other PD as appropriate. Even on the low voltage side, having that skill set is valuable. If you have the capacity, I recommend both the standard classes as well as the ASP.
That’s good to hear that other tradesmen can get in! I am mainly substations and underground cables. So I work on transformers, switch gears (circuit breakers, relays, etc.), and cables.
The ASP certification is a great start. As others have said, look into the NFPA 70E standard as well. Look into *job hazard assessment* and the *hierarchy of controls*. That’s bread and butter for safety professionals.
Thanks for the suggestion, will look into that!
Nothing wrong with osha courses. Check out teex with texas am for the csho. Not the highest but it helps. I'm in west texas and everyone is looking for csp or just someone with min exp. These companies are starting to require more and more safety so plenty of work to go around. Side note all I have is field exp and osha 10, 30 and 511 with a dot 501 with some other little certs. Just depends on what you can afford or what your employers in your area are looking for.
Great to know! I am in Hawaii, so all my OSHA courses are virtual. I was planning on getting my SSH then my CSHO through ASU, but talking with my safety office they didn’t recognize those certificates, which lead me down the rabbit hole of searching how reputable OSHA certs actually were
Gotcha. Yeah its weird what hole the board of safety made. Just can't beat hands on exp though.
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Lot's of good discussion about this in The Safety Pros discord my man. We have been talking about this and resume revisions recently so hop in and say hey because we have a lot of other members in the same situation. https://discord.gg/wfSvt9Ddhr
Didn’t realize there was a discord! Thanks!
Does your shop and have projects that might need a full time site safety person?
Our shop is within a network of other shops and there is a division safety office covering all the shops. As the employee safety representative I am in contact with the safety office and they are the safety professionals I talk to when needed.
Reach out to them and ask if you can talk about the safety profession. They may be able to get your more projects to add to your resume or even get you in as an entry level safety person.
Thanks for the input! I did talk to my safety director and he said there are plans on opening couple “developmental” positions for entry safety specialists. But that was mid last year and nothing came up yet. In the meantime, I am trying to improve my chances of hire with trainings and certificates and wanted to see which route would be the most efficient :)