6. Safety engineers

Many jobs carry an element of risk. Through the years, however, the United States has tried to make even the most dangerous places work as safe as…. Industrial safety and health engineers are responsible for making sure workplaces meet the requirements of laws designed to …people. They promote work site or product safety and health by applying knowledge of industrial process as well as mechanical, chemical and psychological... They must be …to anticipate and evaluate hazardous conditions as well as hazardous control methods. Depending on the industry for which they are responsible safety and health engineers draw on their knowledge and experience. They work with other …health and safety officials to coordinate efforts. They also can be investigators who search for … and the causes of … and they explore new ways of doing things that minimize dangers. Training workers in safety and emergency procedures is another …of this job. Many of these require a four-year college degree in engineering and hence by work-related experience. And it’s clear to see that protecting America’s workers requires skills and a strong sense of responsibility.

6.2.Answer the questions given below.

1. What are industrial safety and health engineers responsible for?

2. How do they promote work site or product safety?

3. What do they do to minimize dangers?

4. What level of education is necessary to apply for a job of industrial safety and health engineer?

5. What skills can secure a position of an industrial safety and health engineer? Would you apply for this kind of job?

6.3. Write the answers to the questions into your exercise-books and discuss them with your neighbour.

6.4.Translate the following phrases into your language. Then compare your ttranslation to your neighbour’s translation.

to promote work site safety

to meet the requirements

to evaluate hazardous conditions

to draw on knowledge and experience

emergency procedures

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7.1 Listen to the following text.

7.2. Complete the text with the words from the box. Then listen and check.

since, bursts, preservation, ingredients, harnessing, disintegrating, utilities, aptitudes.

7. Nuclear engineers

Tremendous energy is trapped in the nucleus of a tiny atom. … that energy is the work of nuclear engineers. They search for efficient ways to capture the … of energy from a … atom and put it to use. Nuclear engineers can be found developing numerous applications for nuclear energy including power plants for consumer heat and electricity. Methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, … of food supplies or sterilization of medical instruments and systems to power ships and spacecraft. Nuclear engineers also make sure that atom’s awesome power is used with care and that nuclear waste is disposed of safely. The … for success in nuclear engineering include strong … in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics as well as technical writing and computer programming, a creative approach to problem solving and a college degree in one of the engineering sciences is also needed. … nuclear power is used in aircraft-carriers and submarines, naval experience is also a path to this career. The majority of nuclear engineers work for public … or engineering consulting firms. Nuclear engineers have to be very responsible people who take great pride and great care in the work that they do.

7.3. Translate the phrases given below from English into your language. Then discuss your translation with your neighbour.

trapped in the nucleus

to harness the energy

to capture the bursts of energy

disintegrating atom

to put into use

to be disposed of (to dispose of)

nuclear waste

consumer heat

food supplies

applications for nuclear energy

7.4. Listen again and answer the questions

1. What work do nuclear engineers do?

2. How do nuclear engineers put to use the energy from a disintegrating atom?

3. Do nuclear engineers have to deal with nuclear waste?

4. Knowledge of what subjects does the profession of nuclear engineer require?

5. Where do nuclear engineers work?

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8.1 Listen to the following text.

8.2. Complete the text with the words from the box. Then listen and check.

gains, comply, affects, impact, recycling, practicality, resources