03/07/23: Colorado State University Industrial Hygiene Program Training Needs Analysis

Recorded on Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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Colorado State University Industrial Hygiene Program Training Needs Analysis

About the webinar:

Graduates of industrial hygiene (IH) programs must be able to meet continuously evolving health and safety needs in a wide variety of occupational settings. Therefore, academic IH graduate programs must regularly evaluate their curricula and solicit input from industry professionals in order to make curricular changes that will better prepare their students for professional roles in industry. This presentation will review a training needs analysis performed for the Industrial Hygiene Master’s program at Colorado State University (CSU) in 2021. The purpose of this study was to use both quantitative and qualitative methods to identify the training gaps that exist between industry needs, accreditation criteria, and the current curriculum for the CSU IH program, with the intent to use the results to improve the program and ensure program graduates are able to meet the evolving needs within the field of IH/EHS. The process and tools used for this analysis can easily be adapted for other IH and occupational health and safety programs.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Define the purpose of a curriculum crosswalk and explain how it could be performed for an academic occupational health program

  • Summarize the (general) steps of qualitative analysis for interview and survey data

  • Discuss the benefits and challenges of training needs analysis, and consider how a needs analysis could be applied in other contexts

Speaker: Jillian Moore, M.S., M.Ed.

Jillian Moore is a Fall 2022 graduate of the Environmental Health / Industrial Hygiene (IH) Master’s program at Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Prior to pursuing this degree and career change, she worked as a process engineer in the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma and Texas for several years. During that time, she became interested in occupational safety and operational learning, completing a degree in Adult Education & Training (M.Ed., 2020) at CSU before starting the IH program. Jillian has held training positions in a variety of energy industries and currently works as an environmental coordinator for DCP Midstream in Greeley, Colorado. She is interested in improving the safety, performance, and satisfaction of workers at all levels of industrial organizations through well-designed experiential learning opportunities, both within organizations and academic training programs.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

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Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC)

About Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC):

The Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC), housed in the Center for Health, Work & Environment, is one of 18 centers of its kind supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. We help meet the occupational health needs of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, and Wyoming by educating the future occupational health and safety workforce, developing partnerships, and funding pilot research

ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Michelle Meyer at (510) 642-8365 or mmeyer@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.