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Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

$100.66K Median Salary 1.7K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 6.2% Job Growth

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About This Career

Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.

Reported Job Titles

Health and Safety Specialist, Industrial Hygienist, Industrial Safety Engineer, Product Safety and Standards Engineer, Product Safety Consultant, Product Safety Engineer, Safety and Health Consultant, Safety Engineer, Service Loss Control Consultant, System Safety Engineer

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Written Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Near Vision

Information Ordering

Flexibility of Closure

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Mathematical Reasoning

Originality

Visualization

Far Vision

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Knowledge

English Language

Engineering and Technology

Administration and Management

Customer and Personal Service

Public Safety and Security

Law and Government

Education and Training

Mechanical

Mathematics

Chemistry

Design

Production and Processing

Administrative

Physics

Building and Construction

Psychology

Computers and Electronics

Personnel and Human Resources

Skills

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Writing

Active Listening

Judgment and Decision Making

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Systems Evaluation

Systems Analysis

Monitoring

Science

Quality Control Analysis

Learning Strategies

Social Perceptiveness

Operations Analysis

Coordination

Instructing

Time Management

Persuasion

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software

Presentation software

Compliance software

Development environment software

Computer aided design CAD software

Data base user interface and query software

Object or component oriented development software

Project management software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Document management software

Computer based training software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

License management software

Video creation and editing software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Map creation software

Web platform development software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Tools

Physiological recorders

Dynamometers

Shock testing apparatus

Torsion testers

Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter

Pressure indicators

Force or torque sensors

Air pollutant samplers

Voltage or current meters

Air sampling pumps

Oxygen gas analyzers

Calorimeters

Instrument transformers

Flexure or transverse testing machines

Air samplers or collectors

Thermo gravimetry analyzers

Radio frequency identification devices

Multimeters

Wattmeters

Micrometers

Laboratory enclosure accessories

Scanners

Calipers

Tension testers

Fume hoods or cupboards

Spirometers

Compression testers

Comparators

Temperature gauge

Chemical absorption gas analyzers

Hipot testers

Laboratory sprayers

Ageing ovens

Cardiac output CO monitoring units

Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors

Thickness measuring devices

Insulation resistance meters

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Corrosion testers

Electromagnetic field meters

Vibration testers

Friction apparatus

Organic carbon analyzers

Laser measuring systems

Wear testers

Calibrated resistance measuring equipment

Gas detector tubes

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Electromyography EMG units

Heat stress monitors

Infrared spectrometers

Temperature and humidity walk in environmental chamber

Electrical or power regulators

Thermal differential analyzers

Lux or light meter

Air velocity and temperature monitors

Leak testing equipment

Thermocouple probes

Radiation detectors

Acoustic sensors

Impact hammers

Ohmmeters

Notebook computers

Potentiometers

Digital cameras

Strain gauges

Pycnometers

Desktop computers

Feeler gauges

Accelerometers

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Skills

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.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Compliance software: ESS Compliance Suite; Mannus Compliance: EHS; Primatech AUDITWorks
Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
License management software:
Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Map creation software: ESRI Site Scan for ArcGIS; OpenDroneMap
Web platform development software: Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM

Tools

Physiological recorders: Motion analysis equipment
Dynamometers:
Shock testing apparatus: Shock testers
Torsion testers: Torsion meters
Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter: Octave band analyzers; Sound level meters
Pressure indicators: Pressure meters
Force or torque sensors: Force transducers
Air pollutant samplers: Particle sensors; Particulate monitors
Voltage or current meters: Digital voltmeters DVM
Air sampling pumps: Gilibrators; Personal sampling pumps
Oxygen gas analyzers: Oxygen analyzers
Calorimeters:
Instrument transformers: Transformers
Flexure or transverse testing machines: Cold bend testers; Flex testing machines
Air samplers or collectors: Aerosol meters; Air quality dataloggers; Microbial samplers; Thermal desorption tubes
Thermo gravimetry analyzers: Thermal gravimetric analyzers
Radio frequency identification devices: Radio frequency RF scanners
Multimeters:
Wattmeters: Conventional watt meters; Electronic watt meters
Micrometers:
Laboratory enclosure accessories: Dust chambers
Scanners: Data input scanners
Calipers: Dial calipers; Digital calipers; Vernier calipers
Tension testers: Tensile testers
Fume hoods or cupboards: Flow hoods
Spirometers:
Compression testers:
Comparators: Optical comparators
Temperature gauge: Temperature gauges
Chemical absorption gas analyzers: Passive samplers
Hipot testers:
Laboratory sprayers: Nebulizers
Ageing ovens: Solar simulators
Cardiac output CO monitoring units: Cardiac monitors; Hemodynamic monitors
Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors: Total sulfur analyzers
Thickness measuring devices: Digital thickness gauges
Insulation resistance meters: Insulation resistance testers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Corrosion testers: Mechanical pit gauges
Electromagnetic field meters: Gauss meters
Vibration testers: Vibration monitors
Friction apparatus: Slipmeters
Organic carbon analyzers: Total organic carbon analyzers
Laser measuring systems: Laser shearography flaw detectors; Verisurf Master3DGage
Wear testers: Tribometers
Calibrated resistance measuring equipment: Digital resistance meters; Resistance meters; Resistivity meters
Gas detector tubes: Sorbent tubes
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Electromyography EMG units: Electromyographs EMG
Heat stress monitors:
Infrared spectrometers: Near infrared spectrometers
Temperature and humidity walk in environmental chamber: Humidity test chambers
Electrical or power regulators: Rheostats
Thermal differential analyzers: Laser flash systems
Lux or light meter: Light meters
Air velocity and temperature monitors: Air flow calibrators
Leak testing equipment: Smoke generating tubes
Thermocouple probes: Thermocouple temperature probes
Radiation detectors:
Acoustic sensors: Acoustic testers
Impact hammers:
Ohmmeters: Digital ohmmeters
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Potentiometers:
Digital cameras:
Strain gauges:
Pycnometers:
Desktop computers:
Feeler gauges: Angled feeler gauges
Accelerometers: Capacitive acceleration instruments; Magnetic induction acceleration instruments; Piezoelectric acceleration instruments; Resonance acceleration instruments