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Health and Safety Managers and Officers

Health and safety managers and officers counsel employees to ensure and promote health and safety in the workplace and co-ordinate accident prevention and health and safety measures within an establishment or organisation.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,962
£40,296
£80,296

New workers start around £20,962. Normal pay is £40,296 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £80,296.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 69,611 vacancies for this type of job

4.30%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Gives talks and distributes information on accident prevention and keeps up to date with the relevant legislation.

  • Counsels individuals on any personal or domestic problems affecting their work.

  • Maintains contact with those off work due to illness.

  • Compiles statistics on accidents and injuries, analyses their causes and makes recommendations to management accordingly.

  • Instructs workers in the proper use of protective clothing and safety devices and conducts routine tests on that equipment.

  • Helps to develop effective health and safety policies and procedures and carries out risk assessments.

  • Inspects workplace areas to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Auditing

  • Risk Analysis

  • Environment Health And Safety

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Safety Culture

  • Occupational Safety And Health

  • Risk Management

  • Safety Standards

  • ISO 14000 Series

  • Project Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Investigation

  • Leadership

  • Operations

  • Influencing Skills

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Interpersonal Communications

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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