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Summary Description


	Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.

Sample Job Titles

1.	Behavioral Health Consultant

2.	Chief Security and Safety Officer (CSO)

3.	Corporate Health, Safety, and Occupational Toxicology Director

4.	Corporate Health, Safety, and Security Manager

5.	Environmental Affairs, Safety, and Security Manager

6.	Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator (EHS Coordinator)

7.	Environmental Health and Safety Director (EHS Director)

8.	Environmental Health and Safety Engineer (EHS Engineer)

9.	Environmental Health and Safety Specialist (EHS Specialist)

10.	Environmental Health Safety Manager

11.	Environmental Health, Safety, and Engineering Manager

12.	Environmental Safety Specialist

13.	Health and Safety Coordinator

14.	Health and Safety Manager

15.	Health Safety Manager

16.	Health, Safety, and Environment Manager

17.	Industrial Health and Safety Professor

18.	Industrial Health Engineer

19.	Industrial Hygiene and Safety Consultant

20.	Industrial Hygiene Manager

21.	Industrial Safety and Health Manager

22.	Occupational Health and Safety Environment Director

23.	Occupational Safety and Environmental Health Consultant

24.	Occupational Safety and Health Manager

25.	Plant Safety Engineer

26.	Process Safety Engineer

27.	Registered Safety Engineer

28.	Regulatory Analyst

29.	RHIC Systems Safety Engineer (Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider Systems Safety Engineer)

30.	Risk Control Director

31.	Risk Prevention Engineer

32.	Safety and Environmental Health Corporate Director

33.	Safety and Environmental Management Professor

34.	Safety and Health Consultant

35.	Safety and Risk Management Program Director

36.	Safety Consultant

37.	Safety Engineer

38.	Safety Manager

39.	Safety Professional

40.	Safety Specialist

41.	Safety, Health, and Environment Vice President

42.	Safety, Health, and Environmental Services Director

43.	Security Engineer

44.	Test Inspection Engineer

Job Tasks

	Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes. Update technical knowledge.

	Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards. Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.

	Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance. Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards. Inspect equipment or systems.

	Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation. Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.

	Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures. Investigate safety of work environment.

	Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met. Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality.

	Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. Maintain operational records or records systems. Document design or operational test results.

	Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents. Investigate safety of work environment.

	Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations. Investigate safety of work environment.

	Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy. Investigate safety of work environment.

	Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.

	Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment. Teach safety standards or environmental compliance methods.

	Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes. Advise others on health and safety issues.

	Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors. Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.

	Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated. Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.

	Write and revise safety regulations and codes.

	Design and build safety equipment. Design industrial equipment. Fabricate devices or components.

	Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns. Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems. Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.

	Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents. Investigate the environmental impact of projects.

	Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research. Research human performance or health factors related to engineering or design activities.

	Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.

Staffing Organizational Units — Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment — Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Nature of the Work


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Health and Safety Engineers
	Health and safety engineers develop procedures and design systems to prevent people from getting sick or injured and to keep property from being damaged. They combine knowledge of systems engineering and of health and safety to make sure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and other consumer products will not cause harm to people or damage to buildings.

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Working Conditions


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Health and Safety Engineers
	Health and safety engineers typically work in offices. However, they also must spend time at worksites when necessary, which sometimes requires travel.

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