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