Occupation Atlashealth and safety officer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/789517fb-95ee-43d1-9530-c2860be1a439
health and safety officer
Health and safety officers execute plans for the improvement of work environments and cultures. They assess risks and interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, as well as ensuring the interaction within the workplace occurs in a positive and productive manner. If employed in a healthcare facility the health and safety officer has to investigate infections spreading across a facility and advice all employees how to combat and prevent infections. Furthermore health physics is applied at facilities where people are exposed to ionizing radiation such as nuclear power plants and research institutions.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.63
- R Realistic5.36
- C Conventional4.68
- E Enterprising2.27
- S Social2.17
- A Artistic1.04
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (17-2111.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on conflict management
- advise on risk management
- assessment of risks and threats
- communicate health and safety measures
- draw up risk assessment
- educate employees on occupational hazards
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- follow standards for machinery safety
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- monitor employee's health
- monitor legislation developments
- personal protective equipment
- present reports
- quality standards
- technical drawings
Optional (22)
- advise on environmental risk management systems
- apply conflict management
- audit techniques
- conduct research interview
- conduct workplace audits
- educate on emergency management
- employment law
- identify policy breach
- implement strategic planning
- issue licences
- liaise with managers
- make health, safety and environment assessments
- observe confidentiality
- occupational health
- perform health assessment autonomously
- perform project management
- perform risk analysis
- pollution prevention
- project management
- provide improvement strategies
- test safety strategies
- use different communication channels
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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