SECP4: Career Advice for OESH Students and Early Career Professionals

CM Credit Hours: 1 

This session will allow students to interact with seasoned professionals and gain from their experience as they enter and maneuver through the early stages of their careers. A panel of experience OEHS professionals will be available for questions and give insights on their experiences in different career fields. This interaction will be positive as it will help students and early career professionals plan their realistic roadmap in their OHS career.

The format of this session will allow students and early career professionals to ask probing questions of the panel, other audience members may find mentors and continue conversations that build a forum of future discussions of how OESH careers form and what guidance is needed going forward. This panel represents several industries such as government, academic, private industry, R&D, consulting, utilities, manufacturing , and transit. Each presenter has a unique viewpoint of wisdom pertaining to a successful career in OESH. This dynamic talk is supporting the mission of confronting the changing work dynamics, and leadership for OESH in our pipeline.

• Communciate how to identify workplace hazards across physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychosocial categories
• Explain professional development priorities such as tracking and influence regulatory changes and assess their operational impact
• Describe the importance of writing effective health andsafety policies, procedures, and training materials
• Influence behavior change through persuasive communication and coaching
• Facilitate meetings and talks with confidence
• Understand organizational operations, production processes, and business drivers
• Align OESH initiatives with operational goals and cost-benefit considerations
• Develop and manage budgets and resource allocations and how to quantify the financial impact of OESH investments and incidents
• Apply systems thinking to analyze complex health and safety challenges
• Develop creative solutions that balance OESH, productivity, and feasibility
• Use data-driven decision making to prioritize health and safety interventions
• Evaluate emerging technologies and their health and safety implications
• Maintain continuing education credits and professional development hours
• Participate in cross-functional projects to integrate health and safety into design and processes
• Build transferable skills - Strengthen writing, data analysis, and project management capabilities 

Introductory

Career Development Pathways

IH/OH Program Management

Education and training

Testing, certification, and credentialing

In-person

Student and Early Career Professional Track

Practitioner

Lecture Only