Industrial Safety and Health Engineers

• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
• Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
• Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
• Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
• Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
• Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
• Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
• Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
• Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
• Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
• Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
• Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
• Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Industrial Safety and Health Engineers.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Industrial Safety and Health Engineers.