occupational health and safety inspector
Occupational health and safety inspectors perform workplace audits to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation. They also investigate work accidents. Occupational health and safety inspectors interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, inspect the physical work site and analyse legal paperwork.
Also called: HSE inspector, environmental health officer, safety officer, factory inspector, regulatory health and safety inspector, workplace health and safety inspector, environmental health inspector, health and safety inspector
- 34
- essential skills
- 27
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3257
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
34- adhere to OHSAS 18001
- advise on risk management
- apply health and safety standards
- assist employee health programmes
- audit techniques
- communicate health and safety measures
- conduct research interview
- conduct workplace audits
- document safety actions
- ensure annual safety inspections
- follow safety precautions in work practices
- foster compliance with health and safety rules by setting an example
- health and safety in the workplace
- health and safety regulations
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- identify hazards in the workplace
- identify policy breach
- inform on workplace safety standards
- instruct on safety measures
- interview techniques
- investigate occupational injuries
- lead inspections
- make health, safety and environment assessments
- manage health and safety
- monitor employee's health
- monitor legislation developments
- occupational health
- plan health and safety procedures
- prepare audit activities
- prevent health and safety problems
- prevent work accidents
- promote health and safety
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- risk management
Optional skills
27- act with a high level of safety awareness
- apply safety management
- assess ergonomics of the workplace
- balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns
- cleaning industry health and safety measures
- draw up risk assessment
- educate employees on occupational hazards
- employment law
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure health and safety in manufacturing
- ensure health and safety of staff
- ensure safety in hospitality establishment
- environmental legislation
- first aid
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- follow up on safety breaches
- framework for a safety management system
- incidents and accidents recording
- issue licences
- labour legislation
- manage health and safety standards
- pollution legislation
- provide improvement strategies
- provide on-board safety training
- safety regulations for warehouses
- train staff in safety procedures
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