Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions.

Other names for Industrial Safety and Health Engineers: Chief Security and Safety Officer (CSO), Corporate Health, Safety, and Occupational Toxicology Director, Corporate Health, Safety, and Security Manager, Environmental Affairs, Safety, and Security Manager, Environmental Health Safety Manager, Environmental Safety Specialist, Health and Safety Coordinator, Health Safety Manager, Health, Safety, and Environment Manager, Industrial Health and Safety Professor, Industrial Health Engineer, Industrial Hygiene and Safety Consultant, Industrial Safety and Health Manager, Occupational Health and Safety Environment Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health Consultant, Occupational Safety and Health Manager, Registered Safety Engineer, Regulatory Analyst, Risk Control Director, Risk Prevention Engineer, Safety and Environmental Health Corporate Director, RHIC Systems Safety Engineer (Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider Systems Safety Engineer), Safety and Environmental Management Professor, Safety and Health Consultant, Safety and Risk Management Program Director, Safety Consultant, Safety Engineer, Safety Manager, Safety, Health, and Environment Vice President, Safety, Health, and Environmental Services Director, Security Engineer, Test Inspection Engineer,

• Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
• Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
• Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
• Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
• Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
• Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
• Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
• Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
• Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures.
• Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
• Write and revise safety regulations and codes.
• Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery.
• Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research.
• Design and build safety equipment.

• Accelerometers
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
• Air samplers or collectors
• Thickness measuring devices
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Dynamometers
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Physiological recorders
• Physiological recorders
• Electromyography EMG units or accessories
• Physiological recorders
• Force or torque sensors
• Pressure indicators
• Dynamometers
• Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories
• Heat stress monitors
• Air sampling pumps
• Air sampling pumps
• Physiological recorders
• Dynamometers
• Lightmeters
• Physiological recorders
• Electromagnetic field meters
• Air pollutant samplers
• Physiological recorders
• Air pollutant samplers
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
• Acoustic sensors
• Notebook computers
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
• Air pollutant samplers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Physiological recorders
• Pressure indicators
• Oxygen gas analyzers
• Potentiometers
• Dynamometers
• Radio frequency identification devices
• Physiological recorders
• Dynamometers
• Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies
• Air samplers or collectors
• Air sampling pumps
• Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors
• Gas detector tubes
• Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
• Strain gauges
• Dynamometers
• Thermocouple probes
• Scanners
• Force or torque sensors
• Torsion testers
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Vibration testers
• Organic carbon analyzers

License management software

Video creation and editing software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Document management software

Data base user interface and query software

Computer based training software

Computer aided design CAD software

Analytical or scientific software

Compliance software

Map creation software