TITLE: Way to begin your career as safety officer In large organizations, the safety officers are one among the important employee Larger industries like engineering,mining, construction hiressafety officers in order to minimize the rate of accidents at work environment. The main reason for hiring safety officers is to evict financial implications which causes due to injuries and accidents at work place Another reason is to minimize and avoid things which could spoil the reputation, if in case accident occurs frequently at work place or sometime if they could found to be negligent if there occurs a serious accident. Roles of safety officer The role of safety officer is to look after the safety of people at workplace, there are lot of things to describe about the role of safety officer. Practically there are many responsibilities to be done by safety officers at workplace. The various activities varies according to the nature of the business. Their few activities includes: Creating , revising safety plan Sketching safety management plan Keep them updated in health and safety rules and legislations. Finding out, evaluating, and reducing potential risk at work environment. Creating awareness and education co- workers on health and safety. Place of work of safety officer As the role of safety officer is needed in every industry , he or she should have to work in different places.i.e. inside the organization as well as outdoor sites. Safety officer will be there in large size industry, high risk operations industry, like mining, construction. In small size organizations the role of safety officer will be an extra posting to HR manager QUALIFICATIONS: The qualifications may be different when comparing with one industry to another. It is better to make sure that you get right course which is suitable for all industry to work in.
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