Health and safety advisers monitor workplace health and safety hazards, train employees on health and safety procedures, and investigate accidents.

What do Health & Safety Advisors do?

• develop policies and procedures to minimise workplace hazards.
• identify hazards and risks that may affect the health of workers.
• educate and train staff in managing workplace risks.
• encourage staff to participate in health and safety procedures.
• inspect workplaces to check health and safety procedures are followed.
• record and investigate incidents and injuries, and equipment damage.
• help injured staff return to work.
• prepare reports on safety performance.
• Skills and knowledge
• Health and safety advisers need to have knowledge of:
• health and safety legislation
• work-related illnesses and injuries, and rehabilitation strategies
• WorkSafe policies, guidelines, and procedures
• Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) procedures, and how an organisation becomes ACC-accredited.
• international health and safety standards and tools
• how businesses function
• the industry they are working in.

Qualifications

There are no specific secondary education requirements to become a health and safety adviser. However, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths and English are useful.

Further information

https://www.hasanz.org.nz/

Pay

$40,000 - $140,000

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