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Overview
Health and safety inspectors examine how labour standards, workplace policies and worker rights are applied in practice. They audit workplaces, advise employers and employees, monitor health and safety conditions, gather feedback and write reports for authorities.
In job descriptions, look for workplace audits, health and safety in the workplace, employment law, government policy compliance, employee feedback, policy breaches, reports and contact with agencies or authorities.
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Search jobsWork context
Health and safety inspectors work through site visits, interviews, documents and reports. They compare workplace practice with labour standards, worker rights, equality concerns and health-and-safety expectations.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes audit techniques, employment law, government policy implementation, workplace health and safety, employee feedback, policy-breach identification and clear report presentation.
Salary context
Pay context depends on inspection territory, travel, workplace risk level, number of audits, reporting responsibility, authority contact and complexity of worker-rights or equality issues.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior inspection, occupational health, compliance advice, policy implementation, conflict-management support, organisational culture advice or public-agency coordination.
Good to know
Check whether adverts describe field visits, audit methods, sectors inspected, report ownership, employee interviews, authority liaison, conflict situations and how breaches are documented.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for health and safety inspector work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is occupational health and safety inspector.
Explore this activityOther human health activities n.e.c.
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include healthcare inspector, optical technician and dietetic technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
86.99Other human health activities n.e.c.84.13Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses94.12Activities of professional membership organisations
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates (3257)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2b31f745-f04f-4d2c-9692-4715e1448f80 |
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| ESCO code | 3257.7 |
| ISCO group | 3257 |
| Concept type | Occupation |