Occupational Health & Safety Specialists
Also called: Health and Safety Manager, Safety Specialist, Safety Consultant, Corporate Safety Director
What they do:
Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. May conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals. May be employed in the public or private sector. Includes environmental protection officers.
On the job, you would:
- Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers' health and safety.
- Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
- Investigate accidents to identify causes and to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
Math and Science
Education and Training
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
People and Technology Systems
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
Visual Understanding
Attention
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People interested in this work like activities that include
ideas, thinking, and figuring things out. They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Data base user interface and query software
Compliance software
Spreadsheet software
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$66,270
per year, on average
This work is part of the green economy. |
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