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The Safety Officer oversees workplace repair, installations and any other work that could be a hazard to employees. Their role is to prepare and present reports on accidents and violations, and determine causes. Their responsibilities are to check if all employees are acting in adherence with rules and regulations, identify process bottlenecks and offer timely solutions, enforce preventative measures, conduct a risk assessment, work with HR to set up a new employee onboarding process for safety, prepare educational seminars and webinars, and advise and lead employees on various safety related topics.

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Avg Pay: $44K
Jobs: 0
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Avg Pay: $69K
Jobs: 1,340

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  • Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Electrical Engineering
    The number of occurrences matches with Safety Officer in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$32,173Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree
    The number of occurrences matches with Safety Officer in our database.
    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Master of Science (m.sc.) in Mechanical Engineering
    The number of occurrences matches with Safety Officer in our database.
    Avg. Duration:16 monthsAvg. Fees:$27,812Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Safety Officer and Other Important Info

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5.5 years
$57K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
5.31 years
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The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
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