Industrial Safety & Health Engineers
Also called:
Safety and Health Consultant, Safety, Health, and Environment Vice President, Chief Security and Safety Officer (CSO), Corporate Health, Safety, and Occupational Toxicology Director
What they do:
Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.
On the job, you would:
- Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
- Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
- law and government
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Visual Understanding
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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:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health LaModel
Compliance software
- Fire safety inspection and testing software
- Material safety data sheet MSDS software
Computer aided design CAD software
- Electronic design automation EDA software
- Roof support design software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$76,830
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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