Engineering/Engineering-related Technologies/Technicians
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
Colleges award this field under 6 named programs, from Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician to Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians, Other.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 6 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. Covers safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation.
- Quality Control Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining consistent manufacturing and construction standards. Covers quality control systems management principles, technical standards applicable to specific engineering and manufacturing projects, testing procedures, inspection procedures, related instrumentation and equipment operation and maintenance, and report preparation.
- Industrial Safety Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to assist engineers and other professionals in implementing and enforcing industrial safety standards to mitigate damage, reduce risks, and prevent accidents. Covers industrial processes, industrial hygiene, injury prevention, toxicology, ergonomics, risk analysis, system and process safety, safety performance measurement, human factors, human behavior, and applicable law and regulations.
- Hazardous Materials Information Systems Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to assist engineers and other professionals in implementing, monitoring, and enforcing hazardous materials management and removal. Covers environmental science, environmental health, human behavior, economics, management science, information systems and applications, and communication skills.
- Process Safety Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing methods to mitigate damage, reduce risks, and prevent accidents. Covers design for injury prevention, engineering for process safety, environmental psychology, function-based risk analysis, fundamentals of industrial engineering, operations research, probability and statistics, risk assessment and reduction, and safety engineering.
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians, Other
- Quality control and safety technologies not listed above.
Also called Non-Destructive Testing Technology
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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- $48,570
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.5%
- Job openings a year
- 66,700
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
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- Median pay
- $61,560
- Hiring change through 2035
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Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $61,310 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.
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