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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 Care Facilities Inspector
- Health and Safety Technician
- Health and Safety Inspector
- Hazardous Waste Management Specialist
- Furniture and Bedding Inspector
- Food 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 “Health Inspector”
- Prepare hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste samples for transportation or storage by treating, compacting, packaging, and labeling them.
- 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.
- Develop or maintain medical monitoring programs for employees.
- Collect samples of dust, gases, vapors, or other potentially toxic materials for analysis.
- Coordinate "right-to-know" programs regarding hazardous chemicals or other substances.
- Maintain or update emergency response plans or procedures.
- Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
- Collaborate with engineers or physicians to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.
- Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety.
- Collect samples of hazardous materials or arrange for sample collection.
- Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
- Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
- Inspect specified areas to ensure the presence of fire prevention equipment, safety equipment, or first-aid supplies.
- 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.
- Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations.
- Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans.
- Provide new-employee health and safety orientations and develop materials for these presentations.
- Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly.
Related Technology & Tools
- Peristaltic pumps
- Moisture meters
- Personal protective suits
- Dry gas meters
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Spirometers
- Safety goggles
- Vibration measurement equipment
- Barometers
- Particle sensors
- Safety shoes
- Laboratory transfer pipettes
- Protective ear muffs
- Wet test meters
- Cascade impactors
- Sampling trains
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Turbidity monitors
- High-volume air sampling pumps
- Handheld thermometers
- Manometers
- Fire extinguishers
- Psychrometers
- pH monitors
- Gamma radiation survey meters
- Sample vials
- Sorbent tubes
- Rotameters
- Charcoal absorption tubes
- Personal computers
- Mold sampling equipment
- Smoke generating tubes
- Respirators
- Audiometers
- Combustible gas meters
- X ray fluorescence XRF lead testing analyzers
- Soil testing kits
- Luxmeters
- Dissolved oxygen monitors
- Volumetric flasks
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Gravimetric dust samplers
- Air sampling pumps
- Humidity measurement equipment
- Notebook computers
- Photometers
- Geiger-Muller counters
- Low-volume air sampling pumps
- Compressed air guns
- Anemometers
- Flame ionization detectors FID
- Colorimeters
- Ultraviolet UV digital meters
- Liquid leak testing equipment
- Pressure meters
- Medical measuring tapes
- Gas leak testing equipment
- Chemical detection tubes
- Chlorine monitors
- Air flow monitors
- Emergency shower stations
- Benzene detector tubes
- Air sampling impingers
- Radiation monitoring instruments
- Aerosol monitoring instruments
- Laboratory balances
- Microliter syringes
- Multi-gas detectors
- Desktop computers
- Refrigerant leak detectors
- Database software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Curtis Management Resources Training Management System
- EcoLogic ADAM Indoor Air Quality and Analytical Data Management
- Microsoft Access
- Medgate Enterprise EHS
- Safety Software OSHALOG 300
- Microsoft Word
- ImageWave MSDSFinder
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ESS Compliance Suite
- Quality Systems Incorporated Safety Tagging System
- Primatech AUDITWorks
- Mannus Compliance: EHS
- RAE Systems HazRAE