2. Read the list given below. Which of the following would be considered acceptable normal behavior for safety engineers?

1. Reviewing specifications for products and researching current regulations for safety testing on each different type of product or item.

2. Unknowing the standards of applying to the product for keeping it in compliance with safety laws.

3. Overseeing or completing product tests as required either in a lab or out in the actual working conditions the product will be used in.

4. Keeping accurate records of data obtained by the test and compiling it into reports that can be used by the production teams.

5. This is not part of the duties to provide consulting services to their clients.

6. Meeting with production teams, clients and managers to discuss modifications to the project to address any safety issues discovered.

7. Testifying in court or civil proceeding with regards to the safety testing if required.

8. In the trucking industry the driver must inspect trucks for safety hazards.

3. Match the words from (a) with the words from (b) according to the text.

1. b)

1. keeping people free

1. safety engineers

2. responsible for

3. to minimize

4. to eliminate

5. the duties of

6. suggest ways

7. to make sure

8. spot

9. recommend

10. maintenance

2. to eliminate

3. losses

4. safety engineers

5. that their company's products

6. unsafe practices

7. hazards

8. to fix unsafe structures

9. procedures

10. ways

4. Complete the following statements using the information from the text.

1. They try to eliminate….

2. In the trucking industry, safety engineers….

3. Good communication skills….

4. The safety engineer must know….

5. Safety engineers are responsible for…

6. Engineers employed in large manufacturing plants study….

7. Safety engineers are experts who can spot hazards….

8. A safety engineer is very critical…

9. Overseeing the safety of various products….

10. Analysis techniques….

5. Make up sentences putting the words in the correct order beginning from the first word. Give the title to these sentences.

1. The safety, what, must, know, to, apply, product, standards, engineer, to the.

2. Safety, are, free, for, keeping, from, responsible, danger, risk, in the people, engineers, workplace.

3. They, hazards, who, can, spot, are, to eliminate, and, recommend experts, ways, them.

4. They, practices, conditions, industrial, to eliminate, unsafe, try, and, in plants.

5. They, safety, to injuries, to minimize, property, losses, programs, due, and, develop, damage.

6. They, the, buildings, there, and, records, plant, of equipment, point, accidents, in, and, study, out, safety, hazards.

7. They, maintenance, study, also, procedures.

6. Match these two halves of these sentences and translate them.

1. Safety engineering

2. Overseeing the safety of various products is

3. Standards include

4. Safety engineers work for a wide variety of industrial and commercial companies.

5. In the trucking industry,

6. They may suggest ways

7. Engineers employed in large

8. Safety engineers work with designers to make sure that their company's products are safe.

9. Safety engineer must also prepare

1. the major responsibility of a safety engineer.

2. to fix unsafe structures or recommend changes in the layout of the plant.

3. researching and monitoring changes to the various regulations on all levels.

4. written documentation to support the finding of the test and be prepared to meet with clients.

5. manufacturing plants often develop broad safety programs.

6. is an applied science.

7. safety engineers review patterns of traffic accidents.