2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    May 01, 2024  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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OSH 190 Industrial Security (3 credits)



Course Description
Overview of the All Hazards Approach to industrial security. Site-specific vulnerability assessments, development of Emergency Action Plans, loss prevention, industrial security, history of terrorism/terrorist threats, workplace violence the National Incident Management System (NIMS) will be introduced.

Course Content
A. Loss prevention
B. All Hazards Approach to Industrial Security including:
a. Equipment
b. Methods
c. Control of facility entrances (and control of entrants)
d. Internal security threats by disgruntled employees
C. Site-specific vulnerability assessments
D. Historical perspective of the history and evolution of terrorism
E. Terrorist threats: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive/Energetic (CBRNE)
F. National Incident Management System (NIMS)
G. Emergency Response Plan

Student Outcomes
1. Analyze the concept of loss prevention.

2. Demonstrate the basics of the All Hazards Approach to Industrial Security, including:

3. Equipment

4. Methods

5. Control of facility entrances (and control of entrants)

6. Internal security threats by disgruntled employees

7. Describe how to conduct site-specific vulnerability assessments

8. Explain the history and evolution of terrorism including specific terrorist threats (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive/energetic (CBRNE).

9. Identify the characteristics and implications of various terrorist threats in order to determine the impact on a given company or organization.

10. Identify how the National Incident Management System (NIMS) enables a Safety and Health Coordinator to fulfill his/her responsibilities.

11. Develop an Emergency Action Plan.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Prevent harm to workers, property, the environment, and the general public by identifying hazardous conditions and practices and implementing alternative practices and/or corrective measures. Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems. Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30



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