Health & Safety Engineers

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Product Safety Engineer, Safety and Health Consultant, Safety Engineer, System Safety Engineer

What they do:
Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.
On the job, you would:
  • Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
  • Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products.
  • Evaluate product designs for safety.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Engineering and Technology

  • product and service development
  • mechanical

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Skills

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

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
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

Abilities

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns

Personality

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
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Initiative
  • Self Control

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Analytical or scientific software

  • Computational fluid dynamics CFD software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology In Demand

Compliance software

  • Material safety data sheet MSDS software
  • Safety, health, and environmental management software

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)

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Job Outlook

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