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How exposed to AI is a Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspector?

Of the 27 tasks O*NET lists for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, 10 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 11 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Health and Safety SpecialistIndustrial HygienistIndustrial Safety EngineerProduct Safety and Standards EngineerProduct Safety ConsultantProduct Safety EngineerSafety and Health ConsultantSafety EngineerService Loss Control ConsultantSystem Safety Engineer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
27
tasks rated for this occupation
23k
people do this job in the US
41 of 56
least protected in architecture and engineering

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

10
  • Conduct research to evaluate safety levels for products
  • Evaluate product designs for safety
  • Conduct or coordinate worker training in areas such as safety laws and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment
  • Recommend procedures for detection, prevention, and elimination of physical, chemical, or other product hazards
  • Evaluate potential health hazards or damage that could occur from product misuse
  • Participate in preparation of product usage and precautionary label instructions
  • Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy
  • Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes
  • Develop industry standards of product safety
  • Write and revise safety regulations and codes

Only with software built on top

6
  • Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes
  • Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing
  • Interpret safety regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as safety engineers, labor representatives, and safety inspectors
  • Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met
  • Plan and conduct industrial hygiene research
  • Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents

Cannot be sped up

11
  • Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventive measures
  • Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations
  • Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents
  • Provide expert testimony in litigation cases
  • Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations
  • Maintain liaisons with outside organizations, such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated
  • Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns
  • Design and build safety equipment
  • Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery
  • Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance
  • Install safety devices on machinery or direct device installation
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.