| Responsibilities | | | | how to find and use them. In many companies, |
| It is the responsibility of the Health and Safety | | | | the manager recruits new employees and also |
| Manager to ensure the safety of everyone who | | | | guides them with the instructions on conduct and |
| enters the company's premises. They are solely | | | | about existing safety measures. |
| responsible for the implementation and ensuring | | | | Job Prospects |
| that all the safety regulations are followed. For | | | | You can also work as an Environmental Health |
| example, if a plant manufactures a hazardous | | | | and Safety manager in a manufacturing unit, |
| material, then as a health and safety manager, | | | | where selection is based on education or internal |
| they are responsible to ensure the safety of the | | | | promotion. The candidate would ideally need to |
| workers by asking them to wear facemasks, | | | | have a degree in Industrial technology or a |
| goggles and protective clothing. If it is an office, | | | | Business degree. But nowadays, as Environmental |
| then they are required to maintain safety by | | | | Degree programs have increased, candidates can |
| assuring that all desk drawers and file cabinets are | | | | find a job immediately after they complete their |
| closed, spills cleaned up and signs posted. | | | | college education. |
| One of the major roles of the Health and Safety | | | | Protecting people, equipment and the environment |
| Manager is to schedule routine fire drills and also | | | | is the primary motive of an Occupational Health |
| assure that each department designates a person | | | | and Safety Specialist. They are called |
| to act as a monitor. They may also have to walk | | | | Ergonomists, Occupational Health and Safety |
| the floor regularly, to check for any violations and | | | | Inspectors, Industrial Hygienists and Environmental |
| also to rectify any problems. The Health and | | | | Protection Officers. They assist the company in |
| Safety Manager is designated to handle the issues | | | | creating safer and unpolluted processes. These |
| related to illness that may result due to unsafe | | | | Health and Safety Specialists scrutinize the data |
| working conditions. They are basically responsible | | | | collected by the technicians and then improve |
| for the implementation, application and | | | | them to protect the workers and the equipment. |
| maintenance of value, decision and risk | | | | The primary duty of the Health and Safety |
| management tools, procedures and techniques. | | | | professional is to safeguard the workers and the |
| Qualifications | | | | company against the common workplace hazards. |
| To undertake the role of a Health and Safety | | | | Such as: |
| Manager, you have to acquire a college or | | | | - Injury caused from biological and chemical |
| university degree and gain several years of | | | | agents |
| experience. Education is an ongoing process and | | | | - Protection from accidents caused by heavy |
| must be upgraded, as new safety products enter | | | | metals |
| the market regularly. | | | | - Electricity hazards |
| A Health and Safety professional's responsibility is | | | | In the United States, the Occupational and Health |
| to ensure that all the fire extinguishers are in safe | | | | Safety Administration has been regulating the |
| and working condition and that everyone knows | | | | operational health and safety since 1971. |