Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHE&Q) Practitioner

Alternative titles: Clinical Risk Manager

Specialisations: Occupational Safety Practitioner / Officer, Health and Safety Officer / Coordinator / Professional, Chief Safety Officer Mining, Injury Prevention Consultant, Radiation Protection Expert, Occupational Hygienist, Risk and Safety Manager, Occupational Health and Safety Advisor, Road Safety Coordinator, Occupational Safety Advisor, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Advisor / Coordinator / Officer / Professional, Safety Coordinator

• Developing, implementing and monitoring programs to minimize workplace and environmental pollution involving chemical, physical and biological hazards
• Developing, implementing and reviewing programs and policies to minimize potential environmental and occupational risks to health and safety
• Identifying, reporting and documenting hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in the environment and workplace and advising on compliance with relevant law and regulations
• Recording and investigating injuries and equipment damage, and reporting safety performance
• Advising methods to prevent, eliminate, control, or reduce the exposure of workers, students, the public and the environment to radiological and other hazards
• Preparing and implementing plans and strategies for the safe, economic and suitable disposal of commercial, industrial, medical and household wastes
• Providing education, information, training, and advice to persons at all levels on aspects of occupational
• Implementing prevention programs and strategies for communicable diseases, food safety, waste water treatment and disposal systems, recreation and domestic water quality, contaminated and hazardous substances
• Coordinating arrangements for the compensation, rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers
• Promoting ergonomic principles within the workplace such as matching furniture, equipment and work activities to the needs of employees