# Competences — health and safety officer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/789517fb-95ee-43d1-9530-c2860be1a439).

## Essential

- **advise on conflict management** (skill/competence)
- **advise on risk management** (skill/competence)
- **assessment of risks and threats** (knowledge)
- **communicate health and safety measures** (skill/competence)
- **draw up risk assessment** (skill/competence)
- **educate employees on occupational hazards** (skill/competence)
- **ensure compliance with environmental legislation** (skill/competence)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **follow standards for machinery safety** (skill/competence)
- **health, safety and hygiene legislation** (knowledge)
- **monitor employee's health** (skill/competence)
- **monitor legislation developments** (skill/competence)
- **personal protective equipment** (knowledge)
- **present reports** (skill/competence)
- **quality standards** (knowledge)
- **technical drawings** (knowledge)

## Optional

- advise on environmental risk management systems (skill/competence)
- apply conflict management (skill/competence)
- audit techniques (knowledge)
- conduct research interview (skill/competence)
- conduct workplace audits (skill/competence)
- educate on emergency management (skill/competence)
- employment law (knowledge)
- identify policy breach (skill/competence)
- implement strategic planning (skill/competence)
- issue licences (skill/competence)
- liaise with managers (skill/competence)
- make health, safety and environment assessments (skill/competence)
- observe confidentiality (skill/competence)
- occupational health (knowledge)
- perform health assessment autonomously (skill/competence)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- perform risk analysis (skill/competence)
- pollution prevention (knowledge)
- project management (knowledge)
- provide improvement strategies (skill/competence)
- test safety strategies (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 24 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- incident investigation — **46 %**
- risk assessment — **33 %**
- regulatory compliance — **25 %**
- environmental compliance — **21 %**
- hazard analysis — **21 %**
- root cause analysis — **17 %**

### Methods

- toolbox talks — **21 %**
- osha standards — **21 %**

### Responsibilities

- training delivery — **25 %**
- incident reporting — **17 %**

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