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