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The best advanced manufacturing companies ensure that their various systems and processes are designed and then function to protect the health and safety of their workers. In many such firms, meeting these requirements are the particular responsibility of Health, Safety, and Environmental specialists, whose job in turn includes making sure that each company employee is aware of his and her needed contribution to their collective health and safety welfare.
If you are interested in advanced manufacturing Health and Safety, the kind of jobs and careers that you might consider include the following: Environmental Science and Protection Technician What you'll be doing all day: Saving the Earth and everyone on it? Okay, that's a bit of an overstatement, but barely. One day you'll be advising the government, employers and the general public on all different kinds of health issues. The next day you'll be collecting air and water samples at a new construction site. And on another day you might be shutting down a business that isn't properly protecting its workers. What someone with a little experience makes (roughly): $36,900 What type of education you'll need: Bachelor's Degree Industrial Engineer, Health and Safety What you'll be doing all day: Industrial engineers determine the best ways to use people, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or to provide a service. Your main concern will be with increasing productivity while keeping all your workers safe. You'll be doing daily problem solving to work out organizational and production problems, too. What someone with a little experience makes (roughly): $62,200 What type of education you'll need: Bachelor's Degree Quality Auditor What you'll be doing all day: Making sure things work like they're supposed to. You could be testing pants to make sure they're not going to fall apart after one washing. Maybe you're testing ice cream to ensure there are enough cookies in the Cookies 'n Cream. You might even get to hop on a motorcycle and make sure it rides like it's supposed to. What someone with a little experience makes (roughly): $33,280 What type of education you'll need: High School, Associate's Degree Copyright © Dream It. Do It. 
Advanced manufacturing companies can be found in every state and region of the country, but some places have more of these businesses than others. You can begin to explore where these companies are in your community by using CareerOneStop. Under the "Career Tools" section on the homepage, access the "Employer Locator" link and make a series of selections to identify the names of potential employers in your state and hometown. Local newspapers, trade organizations, and labor unions can also be useful sources for learning about advanced manufacturing companies and their employment opportunities. The above sample occupations are from the National Association of Manufacturers' Dream It, Do It web site (www.dreamit-doit.com), which introduces young people to these and other career opportunities in advanced manufacturing. This source also describes the education and training needed for these careers. For a quick overview of what this site offers, click the link. Finally, you can look into the advanced manufacturing education and training opportunities right here at Career Voyages by clicking any of the orange buttons below. Check out the information these other sites have to offer!
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