Health and Safety Officer - Working conditions
Kaikōtuitui Take Hauora, Take Haumaru
Working Conditions
Health and safety officers work at a variety of workplaces and often travel between work sites that include:
- offices
- factories
- construction sites
- forests
- wharves.
They may spend a lot of time at worksites to familiarise themselves with the different types of jobs in an organisation.
Health and safety officers often travel to worksites to check health and safety procedures
Health and safety officers need to document health and safety problems and solutions
Equipment
Equipment health and safety officers may use includes:
- safety equipment such as hard hats, steel-capped boots, breathing masks, high-visibility vests, and climbing harnesses
- audiometry (hearing test) equipment and noise monitoring equipment
- lung function testing equipment (spirometer)
- first aid equipment
- a computer.
A health and safety officer checking a worker's hearing
Hours
Health and safety officers usually work regular office hours.
Contact with people
Health and safety officers work with:
- staff at all levels, including senior management
- nurses
- occupational therapists
- physiotherapists
- doctors
- other health and safety colleagues and experts
- other health professionals
- equipment manufacturers
- insurance brokers
- Department of Labour health and safety inspectors.
Health and safety officers often work with staff at all levels of an organisation
Updated
September 2009
