socioecological program that hasbeen suggested in other works [5]. It is meant as a framework that student teams can use toaddress what safety is required on their team, and to gradually conduct safety training as studentsbecome more active members.It is important to understand the structure and work that is completed on the UWAFT tocomprehend both the safety training program and hierarchy that is discussed in this work.UWAFT is a multidisciplinary automotive student team made up of undergraduate and graduatestudents at the University of Waterloo (UW) and Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU)[15]. Theteam has a technical (mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, chemical, and systems), projectmanagement, and communications sub-teams. The team competes in