2. 2. Read the text Industrial Engineers

1. Speak on their responsibilities

2. Speak on peculiarities of this profession

Industrial engineers determine the most effective ways to use the basic factors of production - people, machines, materials, information, and energy - to make a product or to provide a service. They are the bridge between management goals and operational performance. They are more concerned with increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organization, and technology than are engineers in other specialties, who generally work more with products or processes.

Although most industrial engineers work in manufacturing industries, they may also work in consulting services, healthcare, and communications.

To solve organizational, production, and related problems most efficiently, industrial engineers carefully study the product and its requirements, use mathematical methods such as operations research to meet those requirements, and design manufacturing and information systems. They develop management control systems to aid in financial planning and cost analysis and design production planning and control systems to coordinate activities and ensure product quality.

aid помогать	solve решать		relate относиться
care уход; заботиться speciality специальность		manufacture производство, производить meet requirements отвечать требованиям

C. 3. Read the text Responsibilities of the safety specialist using a dictionary

The safety specialist or engineer is employed by management and is part of the managerial and supervisory staff directing the work of employees. The safety specialist thus shares the responsibilities of management. He (or she) will periodically inspect the plant, machinery, tools and various work operations in order to determine mechanical and physical hazards and unsafe practices of employees. The specialist suggests and recommends improvements, takes part in the training and education of supervisors and employees, conducts or participates in safety meetings, acts as co-ordinator of safety work and as liaison agent with higher executives. In general, the task of the safety specialist is to supervise and promote the work of accident prevention.

Safety engineer is an employee whose job is to inspect all possible danger spots in the mine and plant; to cooperate with safety committees in various parts of the organization and agencies such as the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, the National Safety Council, and State bureaus and inspectors; to head all rescue work, first-aid instruction courses, and safety-first meetings; and to draw up and enforce a written code of minimum safety requirements for all work at the mine and plant.

Unit 4 (16). Hazards, risks, outcomes

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