Health, Safety and Environmental Technology (HSET) program is now entering its third decade of providing quality training to students both locally and around the world.
The HSET program dates back to 1986 when, thanks to funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EICCD began work on what was then known as the Environmental Compliance and Technology (ECAT) program. The name was later changed to Hazardous Materials Technology (HMT).
Working with local and national professionals in the field, EICCD identified and validated the job skills required in the field of hazardous materials handling and management. That work meant that the curriculum was specifically designed to develop those student job skills.
The district received approval from the Iowa State Board of Education in 1986 for an Associate in Applied Science degree program and a certificate program and, following a year of curriculum development, began delivering college credit programs to students at Clinton, Muscatine and Scott Community Colleges in 1987.
To more accurately reflect the purpose of the programs and needs of the industry, the Environmental Compliance and Technology (ECAT) program was updated in 2003 with several new courses and was renamed the Health, Safety and Environmental Technology (HSET) program.
The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) has granted graduates of our program a waiver of requirements toward the Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST) certification. The HSET program meets the requirement for having coverage of three of the five subject areas.
Scott Community College
Environmental Education Building
500 Belmont Road
Bettendorf, IA 52722
http://www.eicc.edu
Bob Majchrzak
Health, Safety and Environmental Technology (HSET) Program Facilitator
563-441-4086
rmajchrzak@eicc.edu
AAS, Health, Safety and Environmental Technology
Certificate, Health, Safety & Environmental Technology
