Occupational Health and Safety Technician

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily workplace safety inspections to identify and control physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, and ergonomic hazards.
• Deliver mandatory safety training, onboarding sessions for new hires, and detailed presentations on proper PPE usage.
• Investigate and analyze the root causes of workplace accidents and near-misses, implementing corrective action plans to prevent recurrence.
• Prepare official safety documentation, incident reports, and submit required occupational safety records to regulatory databases.
• Audit fire prevention equipment, emergency exits, safety signage, and check the compliance and status of collective protective equipment.

Requirements & Skills

Day in the Life

A typical day starts on the shop floor or site field conducting the Daily Safety Meeting (DDS), aligning the crews on critical safety practices before shifts begin. The technician then walks through the work areas, monitoring hazardous tasks (such as scaffolding work or electrical interventions) and auditing PPE conditions. In the afternoon, the focus shifts to clerical safety compliance: logging inspection notes in the specialized EHS database, tracking occupational incident investigations, registering safety events for digital regulatory platforms, and planning mandatory safety committees or emergency drills.

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