About the Social Safety Officer

　In 2011, we at the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences created a Social Safety Officer system, which is our own qualification system and established a program for students to acquire the qualification.
　Currently, the qualification of Social Safety Officer can be acquired only at the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences of Kansai University as it is the university’s unique qualification. Human resources with such qualification, however, are broadly required with the growing interest in safe and secure society. Aiming to meet such social demands, we plan to spread human resources qualified as a Social Safety Officer broadly to society.

1. Definition
　Human resources who are able to contribute to the preparation for natural disasters such as earthquakes and social disasters such as transportation accidents are required to have the ability to assess and understand the safety problems in the community life and social activities, the ability to plan measures to solve the problems, the management skills to implement the measures, and the ability to communicate with experts in different fields. A person who acquires these abilities/skills and is able to take the responsibility for safety and security in various fields of society shall be qualified as a Social Safety Officer.

2. Requirements to be qualified
Those who satisfy the following two conditions shall be qualified. 1. Complete the specified subjects in the Advanced programs of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences (refer to the curriculum table below) with no less than 2.8 of GPA score.
(The GPAs of specified subjects shall be used.) 2. Attend an extracurricular course (Basic Lifesaving Training I, etc.).

Curriculum to be qualified as a Social Safety Officer

[Curriculum System]

Basic Programs	General Education	2 credits	■Legal Systems for Safety in Society (1, spring)
Advanced Programs	Programs Specialized Core Subjects	12 credits	■Safety Management for Engineering Products (1, spring) ■Urban and Regional Safety Planning (1, fall) ■Law Related to Safety (2, spring) ■Risk Management (2, fall) ■Risk Communication (2, fall) ■Psychology of ANSHIN (=Japanese Notion of Safety) and Trust (2, fall)
	Human-Made Disaster Management Course	6 credits	■Accident Investigation (2, fall) ■Human Errors (2, fall) ■Crisis Management (3, spring)
	Natural Disaster Management Course	6 credits	■Urban Disaster Management (2, fall) ■Urban and Local Disaster Reduction (3, spring) ■Emergency Management for Natural Disaster Reduction (3, spring)
Integrated Programs	General Education	6 credits	■Idee of ANZEN (= Japanese Notion of Safety) (3, fall) ■Natural Disaster Case Studies (3, spring) ■Accident and Incident Case Studies (3, fall)
Free Programs	－	－	■Internship (at organizations) (1, spring) or ■Care service trial (3, fall) and Safety training (1, fall)
Other	－	－	■Basic Lifesaving Training I

*The year/semester of each subject are indicated in the parentheses after the subject. For those enrolled in and after AY 2014

Subjects to Acquire Required Abilities/Skills

　The subjects of the curriculum above are grouped by ability. Ability to assess and understand the safety problems in the local life and social activities ■“Human Errors”
■“Idee of ANZEN (= Japanese Notion of Safety)”
■“Natural Disaster Case Studies”
■“Accident and Incident Case Studies” Ability to plan measures to solve the problems ■“Legal Systems for Safety in Society”
■“Safety Management for Engineering Products”
■“Urban and Regional Safety Planning”
■“Law Related to Safety”
■“Urban and Local Disaster Reduction” Management skills to implement the measures ■“Risk Management”
■“Crisis Management”
■“Urban Disaster Management”
■“Emergency Management for Natural Disaster Reduction” Ability to communicate with experts in different fields ■“Risk Communication”
■“Psychology of ANSHIN (=Japanese Notion of Safety) and Trust”
■“Accident Investigation”

For those enrolled in and after AY 2014