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Where a health safety and environmental manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a health safety and environmental manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Health, safety and environmental managers design and execute corporate policies and procedures related to occupational health and safety and environmental protection. They analyse business processes to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation, conduct risk assessment in the domain of occupational health and safety, evaluate the environmental impact of economic activities and design the appropriate measures for the improvement of work environments and cultures. They coordinate the implementation of an integrated health, safety and environmental management system, defining effective indicators, organizing audits and eventually participating in accident investigation and reporting. They promote an integrated approach to sustainability and occupational health within business organisations, liaising with corporate and line managers and training employees. They are responsible for drafting technical documentation related to the compliance with health and safety and environmental legislation.

Also known as HSE coordinator, chief HSE officer, corporate HSE manager, HSE and sustainability service manager.

Managers 67 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: health and safety officer, 43%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
health and safety officer 43% covered fire inspector 38% covered occupational health and safet… 36% covered environmental protection mana… 35% covered environmental health inspector 30% covered health safety and environ… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from health safety and environmental manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a health safety and environmental manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A health safety and environmental manager needs 40 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • framework for a safety management system services
  • evaluate company needs information skills
  • make health, safety and environment assessments information skills
  • advise on sustainability solutions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with industry experts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • educate employees on occupational hazards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coordinate environmental efforts assisting and caring
  • develop training programmes management skills
  • shape corporate culture management skills
  • communicate health and safety measures communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a health safety and environmental manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Health safety and environmental manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a health safety and environmental manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.