Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-5011.00
Review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. May conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals. May be employed in the public or private sector.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
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0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.28
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Show 18 hidden tasks21 rated tasks · 13 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (61.9%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks of O*NET-SOC 2010 occupation 29-9011.00 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists, linked to this occupation by the O*NET-SOC 2010 to 2019 crosswalk
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Conduct safety training or education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.29-9011.00 | 0.003567.3 |
Provide new-employee health and safety orientations and develop materials for these presentations.29-9011.00 | 0.001732.7 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Provide new-employee health and safety orientations and develop materials for these presentations.O*NET Task ID 11070 | 1.0 |
Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.O*NET Task ID 11063 | 0.5 |
Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.O*NET Task ID 11064 | 0.5 |
Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans.O*NET Task ID 11066 | 0.5 |
Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.O*NET Task ID 11067 | 0.5 |
Collaborate with engineers or physicians to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.O*NET Task ID 11068 | 0.5 |
Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations.O*NET Task ID 11072 | 0.5 |
Coordinate "right-to-know" programs regarding hazardous chemicals or other substances.O*NET Task ID 11073 | 0.5 |
Maintain or update emergency response plans or procedures.O*NET Task ID 11074 | 0.5 |
Develop or maintain medical monitoring programs for employees.O*NET Task ID 11075 | 0.5 |
Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly.O*NET Task ID 11079 | 0.5 |
Perform laboratory analyses or physical inspections of samples to detect disease or to assess purity or cleanliness.O*NET Task ID 11081 | 0.5 |
Analyze incident data to identify trends in injuries, illnesses, accidents, or other hazards.O*NET Task ID 21142 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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All O*NET 31.0 task statements (22)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety. | Core |
| Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials. | Core |
| Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future. | Core |
| Investigate the adequacy of ventilation, exhaust equipment, lighting, or other conditions that could affect employee health, comfort, or performance. | Core |
| Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans. | Core |
| Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations. | Core |
| Collaborate with engineers or physicians to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment. | Core |
| Conduct safety training or education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment. | Core |
| Provide new-employee health and safety orientations and develop materials for these presentations. | Core |
| Collect samples of dust, gases, vapors, or other potentially toxic materials for analysis. | Core |
| Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations. | Core |
| Coordinate "right-to-know" programs regarding hazardous chemicals or other substances. | Core |
| Maintain or update emergency response plans or procedures. | Core |
| Develop or maintain medical monitoring programs for employees. | Core |
| Inspect specified areas to ensure the presence of fire prevention equipment, safety equipment, or first-aid supplies. | Core |
| Conduct audits at hazardous waste sites or industrial sites or participate in hazardous waste site investigations. | Core |
| Collect samples of hazardous materials or arrange for sample collection. | Core |
| Analyze incident data to identify trends in injuries, illnesses, accidents, or other hazards. | Core |
| Write reports. | Core |
| Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly. | Supplemental |
| Prepare hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste samples for transportation or storage by treating, compacting, packaging, and labeling them. | Supplemental |
| Perform laboratory analyses or physical inspections of samples to detect disease or to assess purity or cleanliness. | Supplemental |
0.40/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Investigate the adequacy of ventilation, exhaust equipment, lighting, or other conditions that could affect employee health, comfort, or performance. | E0 none |
| Develop or maintain hygiene programs, such as noise surveys, continuous atmosphere monitoring, ventilation surveys, or asbestos management plans. | E0 none |
| Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations. | E2 structured facilities |
| Conduct safety training or education programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment. | E0 none |
| Collect samples of dust, gases, vapors, or other potentially toxic materials for analysis. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations. | E0 none |
| Inspect specified areas to ensure the presence of fire prevention equipment, safety equipment, or first-aid supplies. | E2 structured facilities |
| Conduct audits at hazardous waste sites or industrial sites or participate in hazardous waste site investigations. | E0 none |
| Collect samples of hazardous materials or arrange for sample collection. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Prepare hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste samples for transportation or storage by treating, compacting, packaging, and labeling them. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Perform laboratory analyses or physical inspections of samples to detect disease or to assess purity or cleanliness. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 143K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 170K
- Change (2025–35)
- +18.5%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $90,150
- Typical education needed for entry
- Bachelor's degree
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23631 | 산업안전 관리원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 23641 | 산업보건 관리원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 23642 | 산업환경 관리원 | This occupation is broader | confirmed |
| 23632 | 산업위험 관리원 | Overlapping, not the same | confirmed |
| 24970 | 환자안전 관리사 | Related, not a match | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 2263Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals assess, plan and implement programmes to recognize, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, to ensure safe and healthy working conditions and to prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, radiological and biological agents or ergonomic factors.
Tasks
- (a) developing, implementing and reviewing programmes and policies to minimize potential environmental and occupational risks to health and safety;
- (b) preparing and implementing plans and strategies for the safe, economic and suitable disposal of commercial, industrial, medical and household wastes;
- (c) implementing prevention programmes and strategies for communicable diseases, food safety, waste water treatment and disposal systems, recreation and domestic water quality, contaminated and hazardous substances;
- (d) identifying, reporting and documenting hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in the environment and workplace and advising on compliance with relevant law and regulations;
- (e) developing, implementing and monitoring programmes to minimize workplace and environmental pollution involving chemical, physical and biological hazards;
- (f) advising on methods to prevent, eliminate, control or reduce the exposure of workers, students, the public and the environment to radiological and other hazards;
- (g) promoting ergonomic principles within the workplace such as matching furniture, equipment and work activities to the needs of employees;
- (h) providing education, information, training and advice to persons at all levels on aspects of occupational hygiene and environmental health;
- (i) recording and investigating injuries and equipment damage, and reporting safety performance;
- (j) coordinating arrangements for the compensation, rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers.
Example occupations
Environmental health officer · Occupational health and safety adviser · Occupational hygienist · Radiation protection expert
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- occupational health and safety inspectorESCO 3257.5Same scope
Occupational health and safety inspectors perform workplace audits to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation. They also investigate work accidents. Occupational health and safety inspectors interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, inspect the physical work site and analyse legal paperwork.
- construction safety inspectorESCO 3112.2This occupation is broader
Construction safety inspectors monitor construction sites and their conformity to health and safety regulations. They perform inspections, identify safety hazards and report on their findings.
- construction safety managerESCO 3112.3This occupation is broader
Construction safety managers inspect, enforce and control health and safety measures at construction sites. They also manage workplace accidents and take action to make sure that safety policies are correctly implemented.
- health and safety officerESCO 2263.3This occupation is broader
Health and safety officers execute plans for the improvement of work environments and cultures. They assess risks and interview employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules, as well as ensuring the interaction within the workplace occurs in a positive and productive manner. If employed in a healthcare facility the health and safety officer has to investigate infections spreading across a facility and advice all employees how to combat and prevent infections. Furthermore health physics is applied at facilities where people are exposed to ionizing radiation such as nuclear power plants and research institutions.
- mine health and safety engineerESCO 2146.7This occupation is broader
Mine health and safety engineers develop and implement systems and procedures to prevent employee injury and sickness, improve mine working conditions, reduce health and safety risks and prevent damage to equipment and property.
- mine safety officerESCO 3117.4This occupation is broader
Mine safety officers oversee health and safety systems at mining operations. They report workplace accidents, compile accident statistics, estimate risks to employee safety and health, and suggest solutions or new measurements and techniques.
- transport health and safety inspectorESCO 3257.6This occupation is broader
Transport health and safety inspectors are responsible for maintaining safety standards, reducing risk to company, staff and customers and achieving industry standards. They evaluate existing security systems to determine potential risks in all transport sectors such as road and sea transport, and develop policies and procedures that minimise the risk to properties, employees and computer systems.
- health and safety engineerESCO 2149.8Overlapping, not the same
Health and safety engineers design objects and programs by combining engineering principles and health and safety requirements. They envision the protection and well-being of the people using designed objects or performing work under designed health and safety programs. They assess facilities and the risks that they might pose (e.g. contaminant materials, ergonomics, handling of dangerous substances, etc.) in order to design and improve health and safety measures.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
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France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| M1417 | Intervenant / Intervenante en Prévention des Risques Professionnels - IPRP | This occupation is broader |
| H1302 | Ingénieur / Ingénieure Hygiène, Sécurité et Environnement en industrie (HSE) | Overlapping, not the same |
| H1305 | Vérificateur / Vérificatrice de conformité industrielle | Related, not a match |
| I1512 | Programmateur / Programmatrice des travaux sur cordes | Related, not a match |
| K1724 | Spécialiste en radioprotection au sein du Ministère des Armées | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 2158 | Profesionales de la salud y la higiene laboral y ambiental | This occupation is narrower |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 53123 | Berufe in Arbeitssicherheit und Sicherheitstechnik - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 53124 | Berufe in Arbeitssicherheit und Sicherheitstechnik - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 53314 | Berufe in der Gewerbeaufsicht - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
| 51583 | Berufe in der Überwachung und Steuerung des Verkehrsbetriebs (sonstige spezifische Tätigkeitsangabe) - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 53312 | Berufe in der Gewerbeaufsicht - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 53323 | Berufe in der Gesundheitsaufsicht und Hygieneüberwachung - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 53394 | Führungskräfte - Gewerbe- und Gesundheitsaufsicht, Desinfektion | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 73214 | Berufe in der Sozialverwaltung und -versicherung - hoch komplexe Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 119 | その他の技術者 | This occupation is narrower |
| 159 | 他に分類されない保健医療従事者 | Related, not a match |
| 249 | 他に分類されない専門的職業従事者 | Related, not a match |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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