Anybody In Safety?
 

Been looking into the safety field here lately as well, and safety degrees. Wondering if any of y'all are in safety/what position, and what degree y'all have.
Hard to base all knowledge of the field just from one person, which would be my dad, so just getting outside info.

http://catalog.lsue.edu/preview_prog...5&returnto=644

When I got my degree they didn't have a industry leg, I think they do now.

Safety has many fields you can branch out into. Depending on your likes and dislikes, you can customize your schooling to your desire.(i.e., plants, construction, civil, offshore, training & auditing)

It is a great field to be in. The best way i can describe this field is that the democrats will never stop regulating the energy/oil/power sectors and the republicans want to become energy independant by 2020!

Be more than glad for you to stop by my office for a visit if you are pursuing a career in safety. PM me if your interested and i can give you info and directions.

RC

Industrial technology offers a variety of safety classes at ULL. I believe they have a few guys that actually chose a concentration on safety and have landed good jobs.

Brayden where does your dad work?

Anybody In Safety?
 

PM sent ragin.
Jude I have looked into the Fire science degree up in Eunice. My dad use to do a lot of training up there when I was younger.
Thanks for the responses guys. Keep em
Coming If y'all can.

Here's a good description of a Safetyman/woman. No offense. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...psf02ec443.jpg

:rotfl:

Anybody In Safety?
 

Yes I know some are ignorant and completely unaware of what they are doing besides what they read out of the books. My Drafting teacher loved reminding me of this just about every day.

That's in every field........ Not just saftey or oilfield. Welcome to the real world little buddy!!

Slowly learning that Aswell!

Doesnt matter who you do or what you are.

"Those who can, do...Those who can't, work in safety." ~ an old supervisor I had years ago.

4.0 student right? Don't sell yourself short!

This x10000000

My dad worked his way up to being a safety man at Sunland. So unlike the lady in the picture he does know what's really going on. He worked on the line for I think 8 years before he got this job. The people he has to deal with sounds like the worst part of his job. lol


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Don't know anything about your dad so this is not directed towards him. But my experience with safety people is they either; went to some mickey mouse course for 6 months and became certified to be a Safetyman on the job. So their first move is to come on the job chest out and cite "you're in violation of OSHA 1926.26". The other kind is the one who never could cut it at a journeyman level because they were never good at their craft. Anybody can be good at Safety, so they choose that road. Just my experience, and I have met some very knowledgeable and experienced safety people who worked their way up. I'm sure your dad is the latter not the former.

Anybody In Safety?
 

Can't say my dad is one of the ones you've met.
Grew up in the oilfield, sold out our family drilling company when oilfield went south, became an operator and first responder for 14 years at lyondell before that plant shutdown and took a safety position to have a better schedule watching myself and sister in sports.
He's not your text book safety man.

I simply would rather go get a degree in safety and try and work my way up the totem pole vs going and being a PTech . Which I considered going for, but recent talks have changed my mind majorly. But I highly doubt I would be able to work my way up like he did anyways.

Like every profession they have good and bad safety men. Most good ones came up in the industry working a craft or in operations and know whats really goin on and are very easy to get along with. The ones who's only job was in safety are usually the jerk offs. The best safety man i have ever worked with was an old iron worker with two missing fingers.

You took my thoughts exactly, especially at our plant!