Details Report for:
19-5011.00 - Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. May conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals. May be employed in the public or private sector.
The occupation code you requested, 29-9011.00 (Occupational Health and Safety Specialists), is no longer in use. In the future, please use 19-5011.00 (Occupational Health and Safety Specialists) instead.
Sample of reported job titles: Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH); Chemical Hygiene Officer; Environmental Health and Safety Officer; Environmental, Health, and Safety Officer (EHS Officer); Industrial Hygienist; Industrial Hygienist Consultant; Safety Consultant; Safety Management Consultant; Safety Officer; Safety Specialist
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Compliance software — ESS Compliance Suite; Mannus Compliance: EHS; Primatech AUDITWorks
- Data base user interface and query software — EcoLogic ADAM Indoor Air Quality and Analytical Data Management; Medgate Enterprise EHS; Microsoft Access
; Safety Software OSHALOG 300 (see all 9 examples)
- Electronic mail software — Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Microsoft Windows
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — Microsoft Project
; Microsoft SharePoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Web platform development software — Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Air pollutant samplers — Gravimetric dust samplers; Particle sensors
- Air samplers or collectors — Aerosol monitoring instruments; Air sampling impingers; Cascade impactors; Dry gas meters (see all 5 examples)
- Air sampling pumps — High-volume air sampling pumps; Low-volume air sampling pumps
- Air velocity and temperature monitors — Air flow monitors
- Anemometers
- Audiometers or accessories — Audiometers
- Barometers
- Chemical absorption gas analyzers — Chemical detection tubes
- Chromatographic detectors — Ultraviolet UV digital meters
- Colorimeters
- Compressed air gun — Compressed air guns
- Decontamination shower — Emergency shower stations
- Desktop computers
- Dissolved oxygen meters — Dissolved oxygen monitors
- Dosimeters — Radiation monitoring instruments
- Ear muffs — Protective ear muffs
- Eyewashers or eye wash stations — Emergency eye wash stations
- Fire extinguishers
- Flame ionization analyzers — Flame ionization detectors FID
- Flowmeters — Wet test meters
- Gamma counters — Gamma radiation survey meters
- Gas chromatographs — Gas chromatographs GC
- Gas detector tubes — Benzene detector tubes; Charcoal absorption tubes; Sorbent tubes
- Gas detectors — Combustible gas meters; Gas leak testing equipment
- Geiger counters — Geiger-Muller counters
- Goggles — Safety goggles
- Handheld thermometer — Handheld thermometers
- Hazardous material protective apparel — Personal protective suits
- Laboratory balances
- Laboratory flasks — Volumetric flasks
- Leak testing equipment — Smoke generating tubes
- Liquid leak detectors — Liquid leak testing equipment; Refrigerant leak detectors
- Luxmeters
- Manometers
- Medical tape measures — Medical measuring tapes
- Moisture meters — Humidity measurement equipment
- Multi gas monitors — Multi-gas detectors
- Notebook computers
- Pasteur or transfer pipettes — Laboratory transfer pipettes
- Peristaltic pumps
- Personal computers
- pH meters — pH monitors
- Photometers
- Pressure indicators — Pressure meters
- Psychrometers
- Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories — Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Respirators
- Rotameters
- Safety shoes
- Sample holders — Sample vials
- Sampling syringes — Microliter syringes
- Single gas monitors — Chlorine monitors
- Soil testing kits
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters — X ray fluorescence XRF lead testing analyzers
- Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies — Spirometers
- Toxicology test kits or supplies — Mold sampling equipment
- Turbidimeters — Turbidity monitors
- Vibration testers — Vibration measurement equipment
Knowledge Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
- Inspect work environments to ensure safety.
- Design public or employee health programs.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
- Consult with others regarding safe or healthy equipment or facilities.
- Conduct health or safety training programs.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
- Investigate safety of work environment.
- Test facilities for environmental hazards.
- Develop emergency procedures.
- Prepare healthcare training materials.
- Monitor the handling of hazardous materials or medical wastes.
- Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.
- Analyze laboratory specimens to detect abnormalities or other problems.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed |
Education | Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. |
Related Experience | A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified. |
Job Training | Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training. |
Job Zone Examples | Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators. |
SVP Range | (7.0 to < 8.0) |
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Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
11-9021.00 | Construction Managers ![]() |
11-9161.00 | Emergency Management Directors ![]() |
13-1041.01 | Environmental Compliance Inspectors ![]() |
17-2081.00 | Environmental Engineers |
17-2111.00 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors |
17-2112.02 | Validation Engineers ![]() |
19-1031.00 | Conservation Scientists ![]() |
19-5012.00 | Occupational Health and Safety Technicians ![]() |
25-2032.00 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages (2019) | $35.63 hourly, $74,100 annual |
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Employment (2019) | 100,500 employees |
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Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 5,500 |
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Top industries (2019) | Government (22% employed in this sector)
Manufacturing (17%)
Construction (11%)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
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"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- American Board of Industrial Hygiene
- American Chemical Society
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Society of Safety Engineers
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Safety Council
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians