You can do a degree or postgraduate diploma recognised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.
Entry requirements
You'll usually need:
- 2 to 3 A levels, or equivalent, for a degree
- a degree in any subject for a postgraduate course
Health and safety advisers work to reduce accidents, injury and health problems in the workplace.
£22,000 Starter
to£70,000 Experienced
38 to 40 a week
between 8am and 6pm flexibly
You can get into this job through:
You can do a degree or postgraduate diploma recognised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.
You'll usually need:
You can do an advanced apprenticeship as a safety, health and environment technician.
You can also complete an environmental health practitioner degree apprenticeship, if you're going to work mainly in environmental safety.
You'll usually need:
You could study for a health and safety qualification while you're working or to improve your chances of finding a trainee position.
These are likely to include health and safety in the workplace, regulations, risk assessment and basic accident investigation. Courses are usually available on a part-time basis or by distance learning.
You can take approved health and safety courses through:
The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register has a list of professional bodies offering membership options.
You can find more on careers in health and safety from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day tasks may include:
You could work in an office, on a construction site or in an NHS or private hospital.
Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time.
You may need to wear safety clothing and use safety equipment.
With experience, you could move into a safety management role.
You could also become a consultant and specialise in a particular area like environmental. construction or food safety. With further study you could move into research, training or lecturing.
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