{"id":97689,"date":"2015-05-06T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-357577"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:18:53","slug":"nasa-safety-center-professional-development","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-professional-development\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Safety Center – Professional Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>NASA Safety Center<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 \"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center\/\">NSC Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>Focus Areas and Capabilities<\/span><svg class=\"hds-desktop-submenu-toggle-icon display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-block\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><svg class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon display-block tablet:display-block desktop:display-none\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7.5\" fill=\"#0B3D91\" stroke=\"white\"\/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.6001\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" fill=\"white\"\/><rect class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon-line-vertical\" x=\"7.59998\" y=\"12\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" transform=\"rotate(-90 7.59998 12)\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/button><ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item usa-current\"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-professional-development\/\">Professional Development<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-assessments-and-investigations\/\">Assessments and Investigations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-mishap-prevention\/\">Mishap Prevention<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-knowledge-sharing-and-analysis\/\">Knowledge Sharing and Analysis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-our-people\/\">Our People<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-safety-center-overview\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro width-full maxw-full padding-y-6 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41\">Professional Development<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 margin-bottom-2\">The NASA Safety Center (NSC) offers professional development opportunities to equip Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) community members with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to do their jobs with confidence and credibility. Those opportunities include discipline support, NASA\u2019s SMA Technical Excellence Program (STEP), topical lectures and webinars, and other learning tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-lg flex-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#discipline-support\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Discipline Support<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#step\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>STEP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#webinars-lectures\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Webinars and Lectures<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#applications\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Applications for SMA Professionals<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?w=1414\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Educational tour\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png 1414w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=900,507 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/page-header-nsc-professional-development-2x.png?resize=1200,676 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The NSC also fosters world-class SMA for NASA programs and projects by working to improve the state of seven disciplines that represent the core of NASA SMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"discipline-support\">Discipline Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSC\u2019s Technical Discipline Team Leads provide discipline support and expertise, actively building and participating in working groups and communities of practice for these technical disciplines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Aviation Safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operational Safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reliability and Maintainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SMA Technical Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Software Assurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>System Safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step\">SMA Technical Excellence Program (STEP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>STEP, NASA\u2019s university for SMA, is a career-oriented learning program that goes beyond a technical education. Through STEP, SMA professionals strengthen their expertise in their disciplines while earning Continuing Education Units. The program is designed for all SMA civil servants and contractors. New employees gain basic knowledge through STEP Level 1 and then develop specialized expertise through STEP Levels 2, 3 and 4 certification. Meanwhile, senior personnel broaden their knowledge by seeking certification or taking individual classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available on SATERN, STEP allows learners to work at their own pace. Courses can be taken 24\/7, in the office, at home or while traveling. Learners who have professional or technical certifications can get credit for some STEP courses based on prior training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"webinars-lectures\">Webinars and Lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSC creates opportunities for employees to learn directly from some of the nation\u2019s leading SMA authorities with webinars and lectures that feature speakers from NASA, other government agencies and private industry who share their expertise and provide discipline knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"applications\">Applications for SMA Professionals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSC offers applications designed to help strengthen the key SMA disciplines. These include an SMA catalog in SATERN (NASA\u2019s Learning Management System), which provides a collection of hundreds of courses, lectures and webinars for SMA professional development; and the My STEP application, which serves as a home base for participants\u2019 SMA learning journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSC also fosters world-class SMA for NASA programs and projects by working to improve the state of seven disciplines that represent the core of NASA SMA. 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