Match the verbs with the nouns

Verb	N oun
1. be responsible	a) accidents
2. minimize	b) potential hazards
3. eliminate	c) safety programs
4. cause	d) for people’s lives
5. prevent	e) plans and specifications
6. investigate	f) safety requirements
7. identify	g) losses
8. develop	h) harm / damage
9. review	i) unsafe conditions
10. meet	j) safety violations / potential hazards

Complete the text with necessary words or word combinations.

Eliminate, cause, accidents, mechanical industry, minimize losses, work environments, responsible, safety regulations, identify, investigate

1. Health and safety engineers combine knowledge of systems engineering and health or safety to make sure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and consumer products won’t 1) ______ harm to people or buildings.

2. They try to 2) ______ unsafe practices and conditions in industrial plants, mines, and stores as well as on construction sites and throughout transportation systems.

3. The specialists 3) ______ and correct potential hazards by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment.

4. They develop safety programs to 4) ______ ______ due to injuries and property damage.

5. Health and safety engineers 5) ______ industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine their causes aiming to find out whether the incidents could have been prevented.

6. They interview employers and employees to learn about 6) ______ ______ and incidents that lead to accidents or injuries.

7. Health and safety engineers may use their expertise to write or revise 7) ______ ______ and codes.

8. They are 8) ______ for people’s lives as they are preventing safety violations and potential hazards and reducing the number of industrial 9) ______ at worksites.

9. Health and safety engineers should possess such qualities as creativity, critical thinking skills, observational skills, problem-solving skills, ability to work independently, have good knowledge of 10) ______ ______, willingness to learn new technologies.

 

What does a safety engineer do? Complete the crossword with the verbs.

Work in pairs. Use words and word combination from the text “Health and Safety Engineers” and information given below.

Situation 1

Role I. You are a journalist. You are going to interview a safety engineer.

Role II. You are a safety engineer. Answer the journalist’s questions about your job.

to keep people free from danger, to perform duties; risk, or injury; cause harm; develop safety programs; minimize losses; to eliminate unsafe practices and conditions; construction sites; to review plans and specifications; to meet safety requirements; to identify and correct potential hazards; to inspect facilities; to evaluating the effectiveness of industrial mechanisms; to ensure adequacy of buildings or products; to install safety devices; to review employee safety programs; to breach safety regulations; to investigate industrial accidents, injuries, occupational diseases; to interview employers and employees; to write or revise safety regulations and/or codes; to correct health inspection violations; to develop new ways of safety concerns management; to plan and conduct industrial hygiene research; to design and build safety equipment; to cause material damage; to become a health threat; to possess qualities; creativity, critical thinking skills, observational skills, problem-solving skills, ability to work independently, have good knowledge of mechanical industry, willingness to learn new technologies; observe worksites; to involve business trips; to be responsible for people’s lives; to prevent safety violations; to reduce the number of industrial accidents at worksites

 

Situation 2

Role I. S afety engineer (e mployeer). You’re going to have an interview for a job. Employers want to learn if you are the person they want, so you’ll be asked a lot about yourself. Think about it now, and you’ll be able to give clear answers:

Role II. Employer. You have to interview an applicant (a safety engineer). You want to learn if he/she is the person you want, so you’ll ask a lot of questions.

For e mployers:

- What are the criteria of the position?

- What skills and qualities should an employeer possess?

- What weakness does an employeer have?

- How much money do you want to pay? etc.

For e mployeers:

- Tell about your qualification.

- Tell about your skills and qualities / weakness.

- Tell your career goals, future plans.

- Tell your salary expectations.

Questions for the interview:

1) Tell about yourself.

2) What are your best skills / qualities?

3) What is your biggest weakness?

4) What are your career goals, future plans?

5) Why do we hire you?

6) What salary do you expect to have? Explain why. etc.

 

Situation 3

Role I. S afety engineer. You are at the industrial plant to identify risks to people and property by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment. Answer employers and employees’questions about your duties and interview them to learn about their work environment.

Role II. Employees. Ask a safety engineer about his/her duties and be ready to answer the journalists’ questions about your work environment.