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What is the Job Description of a Health and Safety Engineer? (Job Seeker Question)

Apr 2, 2014, 11:22 AM

Users keeping sending me mails asking me job descriptions of various job roles. I keep telling them to Google such things. However, I have decided to answer a few of them and put it up here.

What is the Job Description of a Health and Safety Engineers?

Health and safety engineers develop procedures and design systems to prevent people from getting sick or injured and to keep property from being damaged. They combine knowledge of systems engineering and of health or safety to make sure that chemicals, machinery, software, furniture, and consumer products will not cause harm to people or buildings.

Health and safety engineers typically do the following:

Review plans and specifications for new machinery and equipment to make sure they meet safety requirements
Identify and correct potential hazards by inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment
Install safety devices on machinery or direct the installation of these devices
Review employee safety programs and recommend improvements
Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes
Evaluate the effectiveness of various industrial control mechanisms
Ensure that a building or product complies with health and safety regulations, especially after an inspection that required changes

I hope this helps.

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