health and safety engineer
Health and safety engineers design objects and programs by combining engineering principles and health and safety requirements. They envision the protection and well-being of the people using designed objects or performing work under designed health and safety programs. They assess facilities and the risks that they might pose (e.g. contaminant materials, ergonomics, handling of dangerous substances, etc.) in order to design and improve health and safety measures.
Also called: health and safety expert, occupational health and safety engineer, industrial health and safety engineer, safety case expert, safety case lead author, health and safety engineering consultant, health engineer, safety engineer
- 11
- essential skills
- 51
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2149
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
11- adhere to health well-being and safety
- adjust engineering designs
- advise on safety improvements
- approve engineering design
- assessment of risks and threats
- draw up risk assessment
- engineering principles
- health and safety regulations
- monitor employee's health
- prevent health and safety problems
- safety engineering
Optional skills
51- accept own accountability
- adhere to OHSAS 18001
- adhere to standards of national and international safety programmes
- advise architects
- advise on construction materials
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- assess ergonomics of the workplace
- carry out environmental audits
- chemistry
- civil engineering
- conduct fire safety inspections
- conduct fire tests
- conduct workplace audits
- design principles
- design safety equipment
- design strategies for nuclear emergencies
- determine fire risks
- develop material testing procedures
- draft design specifications
- educate employees on occupational hazards
- engineering processes
- environmental legislation
- ergonomics
- evaluate industrial hygiene
- fire prevention procedures
- fire protection engineering
- fire safety regulations
- fire-fighting systems
- follow nuclear plant safety precautions
- follow up on safety breaches
- human factors regarding safety
- install safety devices
- instruct employees on radiation protection
- investigate occupational injuries
- monitor work site
- nuclear energy
- perform laboratory tests
- perform scientific research
- physics
- plan health and safety procedures
- properties of textile materials
- quality assurance procedures
- radiation protection
- respond to nuclear emergencies
- scientific literature
- set safety and security standards
- test safety strategies
- thermodynamics
- thermohydraulics
- undertake inspections
- write inspection reports
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