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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-9011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 72,480.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 76,630 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Health and Safety Specialists”.
Also Known As…
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Safety Specialist
- Safety Consultant
- Risk Control Consultant
- Health and Safety Manager
- Environmental, Health, and Safety EHS Officer
- Environmental Health and Safety Manager
- Director Employee Safety and Health
- Corporate Safety Director
- Chief Safety Officer
- Certified Industrial Hygienist
- Work Environment Safety Inspector
- Water Inspector
- Venereal Disease Investigator
- Tick Inspector
- Senior Safety Support Manager
- Senior Safety Management Consultant
- Sanitation Officer
- Sanitation Inspector
- Sanitary Inspector
- Sanitarian Inspector
- Sanitarian
- Safety Trainer
- Safety Person
- Safety Officer
- Safety Manager
- Safety Investigator/Cause Analyst
- Safety Investigator
- Safety Instructor
- Safety Inspector
- Safety Director
- Safety and Skill Based Pay Manager
- Safety and Health Manager
- Safety Advisor
- Safety Administrator
- Risk Prevention Engineer
- Risk Analyst
- Restaurant Inspector
- Radiological Health Specialist
- Radiation Protection Specialist
- Rabies Inspector
- Quarantine Inspector
- Public Health Service Officer
- Public Health Inspector
- Principle Industrial Hygienist
- OSHA Inspector (Occupational Safety and Health Administration Inspector)
- Occupational Safety and Health Inspector
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
- Mortician Investigator
- Medical Safety Director
- Loss Control Representative
- Loss Control Consultant
- Industrial Waste Inspector
- Industrial Safety and Health Technician
- Industrial Safety and Health Specialist
- Industrial Hygienist
- Industrial Hygiene Technician
- Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist, Senior
- Health Sanitarian
- Health Safety Manager
- Health Physics Technician
- Health Inspector
- Health Care Facilities Inspector
- Health and Safety Technician
- Health and Safety Inspector
- Hazardous Waste Management Specialist
- Furniture and Bedding Inspector
- Food and Drug Inspector
- Field Health Officer
- Environmental Specialist
- Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Program Manager
- Environmental Protection Officer
- Environmental Protection Inspector
- Environmental Health Technologist
- Environmental Health Sanitarian
- Environmental Health Safety Manager
- Environmental Health Inspector
- Dining Service Inspector
- Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety Director
- Chief of Safety and Protection
- Certified Professional Ergonomist
- Certified Indoor Environmentalist
- Cause Analyst
- Analysis or Research Safety Inspector
Tasks for “Food Inspector”
- Collect samples of hazardous materials or arrange for sample collection.
- Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety.
- Conduct audits at hazardous waste sites or industrial sites or participate in hazardous waste site investigations.
- Perform laboratory analyses or physical inspections of samples to detect disease or to assess purity or cleanliness.
- Coordinate "right-to-know" programs regarding hazardous chemicals or other substances.
- Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans.
- Inspect specified areas to ensure the presence of fire prevention equipment, safety equipment, or first-aid supplies.
- Maintain or update emergency response plans or procedures.
- Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
- Collect samples of dust, gases, vapors, or other potentially toxic materials for analysis.
- Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly.
- Collaborate with engineers or physicians to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.
- Develop or maintain medical monitoring programs for employees.
- Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations.
- Provide new-employee health and safety orientations and develop materials for these presentations.
- Prepare hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste samples for transportation or storage by treating, compacting, packaging, and labeling them.
- Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
- Conduct safety training or education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
- Investigate the adequacy of ventilation, exhaust equipment, lighting, or other conditions that could affect employee health, comfort, or performance.
- Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Moisture meters
- Low-volume air sampling pumps
- Cascade impactors
- High-volume air sampling pumps
- Multi-gas detectors
- Humidity measurement equipment
- Handheld thermometers
- Dissolved oxygen monitors
- Charcoal absorption tubes
- Compressed air guns
- Medical measuring tapes
- Rotameters
- Laboratory balances
- Liquid leak testing equipment
- Radiation monitoring instruments
- Respirators
- Audiometers
- Sample vials
- Notebook computers
- Photometers
- Safety goggles
- Smoke generating tubes
- Volumetric flasks
- Colorimeters
- Safety shoes
- Psychrometers
- Vibration measurement equipment
- Combustible gas meters
- Benzene detector tubes
- Aerosol monitoring instruments
- Laboratory transfer pipettes
- Desktop computers
- Particle sensors
- Dry gas meters
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Peristaltic pumps
- Emergency shower stations
- Wet test meters
- Air flow monitors
- Chlorine monitors
- Gravimetric dust samplers
- Gas leak testing equipment
- Pressure meters
- Chemical detection tubes
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Turbidity monitors
- Air sampling pumps
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Refrigerant leak detectors
- Personal computers
- Soil testing kits
- Luxmeters
- Sampling trains
- Personal protective suits
- Air sampling impingers
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Ultraviolet UV digital meters
- Barometers
- X ray fluorescence XRF lead testing analyzers
- Fire extinguishers
- Protective ear muffs
- Gamma radiation survey meters
- Spirometers
- pH monitors
- Anemometers
- Microliter syringes
- Manometers
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Sorbent tubes
- Mold sampling equipment
- Web browser software
- RAE Systems HazRAE
- Primatech AUDITWorks
- ESS Compliance Suite
- Medgate Enterprise EHS
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Database software
- SAP
- Microsoft Access
- Quality Systems Incorporated Safety Tagging System
- Microsoft Excel
- ImageWave MSDSFinder
- Curtis Management Resources Training Management System
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- EcoLogic ADAM Indoor Air Quality and Analytical Data Management
- Safety Software OSHALOG 300
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Mannus Compliance: EHS