From health safety and environmental manager to occupational health and safety inspector
11 of the 34 essential skills of a occupational health and safety inspector are already essential for a health safety and environmental manager — about 32% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from health safety and environmental manager in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 23
- would be new
- 32%
- of the target job covered
- 34
- essential skills of a occupational health and safety inspector
What a occupational health and safety inspector does
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.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- audit techniques
- communicate health and safety measures
- health and safety in the workplace
- health and safety regulations
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- make health, safety and environment assessments
- monitor employee's health
- monitor legislation developments
- plan health and safety procedures
- promote health and safety
- risk management
What would be new
23 skillsEssential for a occupational health and safety inspector and not for a health safety and environmental manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to OHSAS 18001
- advise on risk management
- apply health and safety standards
- assist employee health programmes
- 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
- identify hazards in the workplace
- identify policy breach
- inform on workplace safety standards
- instruct on safety measures
- interview techniques
- investigate occupational injuries
- lead inspections
- manage health and safety
- occupational health
- prepare audit activities
- prevent health and safety problems
- prevent work accidents
- promote health and safety policies in health services
← health safety and environmental manageroccupational health and safety inspector →The other way round
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How far are you from being a occupational health and safety inspector?
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