Occupational Safety Specialist

An occupational safety specialist is an employee responsible for creating and maintaining safe working conditions at an enterprise. Its main task is to prevent accidents, occupational diseases and ensure compliance with the requirements of legislation in the field of occupational safety.

Duties of an occupational safety specialist

1. Documentation development – preparation of local regulations, instructions, regulations and orders on labor protection.
2. Conducting briefings is the organization of introductory, primary, repeated, unscheduled and targeted briefings for employees.
3. Compliance monitoring – regular inspections of workplaces, assessment of working conditions and detection of violations.
4. Occupational risk assessment is the analysis of hazards in an enterprise, the development of measures to reduce them.
5. Personnel training is the organization and conduct of courses on occupational safety, fire safety, electrical safety and other areas.
6. Interaction with government agencies – preparation of reports, participation in inspections and control over the execution of regulations.
7. Accident investigation – analysis of the causes of accidents, preparation of relevant documents and development of preventive measures.

Requirements for an occupational safety specialist

• Higher or secondary professional education in the field of occupational safety, technosphere safety or related disciplines.
• Knowledge of labor legislation and regulations on labor protection.
• Experience in a similar position would be an advantage.
• The skills of documentation management, conducting briefings and organizing training.
• Responsibility, attentiveness, and the ability to analyze potential risks.

The importance of the profession

The work of an occupational safety specialist plays a key role in ensuring the safety of employees and reducing occupational injuries. Thanks to his activities, conditions are created under which work becomes not only productive, but also safe. In modern conditions, enterprises, regardless of their field of activity, pay great attention to labor protection, which makes this profession in demand and promising.