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The safety technology program is academically challenging and prepares graduates with the skills and knowledge to address their organization’s immediate and long-term safety needs, including protection and preservation of workers, buildings, equipment and corporate reputations. The program prepares graduates to be:
qualified to practice as safety professionals in industry, government or other related areas of employment;
able to progress toward safety management (leadership) positions; and
able to pursue appropriate advanced education or certification as safety professionals.
The curriculum is grounded in math, science and the liberal arts, with specialized courses in a wide range of subjects, including occupational safety, fire protection, construction safety, incident investigation and ergonomics. The safety technology curriculum emphasizes creative problem solving through challenging, application-based courses that provide the opportunity to solve actual safety problems provided by industry.

The program is accredited by the Applied Science Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, telephone (410) 347-7700. It is operated as a cooperative education program.

Safety professionals protect resources such as workers, buildings, equipment, intellectual capital and corporate reputations. They perform their functions in a variety of settings, including manufacturing, construction, engineering, insurance, risk management, consulting, corporate business, government, education and health care. This program is available to students both on campus and in a distance-learning format.

Rochester Institute of Technology