# Competences — health safety and environmental manager

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/57e87533-e523-4ee5-bf21-94a39fcc279b).

## Essential

- **abide by business ethical code of conducts** (skill/competence)
- **advise on government policy compliance** (skill/competence)
- **advise on sustainability solutions** (skill/competence)
- **assessment of risks and threats** (knowledge)
- **audit techniques** (knowledge)
- **business analysis** (knowledge)
- **communicate health and safety measures** (skill/competence)
- **coordinate environmental efforts** (skill/competence)
- **develop contingency plans for emergencies** (skill/competence)
- **develop training programmes** (skill/competence)
- **educate employees on occupational hazards** (skill/competence)
- **energy conservation** (knowledge)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **evaluate company needs** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate employees work** (skill/competence)
- **framework for a safety management system** (knowledge)
- **health and safety in the workplace** (knowledge)
- **health and safety regulations** (knowledge)
- **health, safety and hygiene legislation** (knowledge)
- **implement strategic planning** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with government officials** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with industry experts** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with managers** (skill/competence)
- **make health, safety and environment assessments** (skill/competence)
- **manage environmental impact of operations** (skill/competence)
- **manage health and safety standards** (skill/competence)
- **monitor contractor performance** (skill/competence)
- **monitor employee's health** (skill/competence)
- **monitor legislation developments** (skill/competence)
- **organisational resilience** (knowledge)
- **perform risk analysis** (skill/competence)
- **plan health and safety procedures** (skill/competence)
- **pollution legislation** (knowledge)
- **pollution prevention** (knowledge)
- **production processes** (knowledge)
- **promote health and safety** (skill/competence)
- **promote sustainability** (skill/competence)
- **risk management** (knowledge)
- **shape corporate culture** (skill/competence)
- **strategic planning** (knowledge)

## Optional

- advise on environmental remediation (skill/competence)
- apply change management (skill/competence)
- asbestos removal regulations (knowledge)
- carry out environmental audits (skill/competence)
- conduct public presentations (skill/competence)
- conduct workplace audits (skill/competence)
- consultation methods (knowledge)
- corporate law (knowledge)
- encourage teambuilding (skill/competence)
- environmental threats (knowledge)
- evaluate industrial hygiene (skill/competence)
- fire prevention procedures (knowledge)
- identify hazards in the workplace (skill/competence)
- incidents and accidents recording (knowledge)
- labour legislation (knowledge)
- manage quantitative data (skill/competence)
- perform internal investigations (skill/competence)
- project management (knowledge)
- provide advice on breaches of regulation (skill/competence)
- provide improvement strategies (skill/competence)
- public health (knowledge)
- public relations (knowledge)
- safety engineering (knowledge)
- sustainable manufacturing (knowledge)
- track key performance indicators (skill/competence)
- waste management (knowledge)
- wind energy (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 35 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- incident investigation — **60 %**
- risk assessment — **54 %**
- regulatory compliance — **34 %**
- hazard identification — **20 %**

### Responsibilities

- training delivery — **20 %**

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