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