Industrial Safety and Health Engineers

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Table of Contents

1.	Significant Points

2.	Nature of the Work

3.	Working Conditions

4.	Employment

5.	Training & Qualifications

6.	Job Outlook

7.	Earnings

8.	Additional Sources of Information

Health and Safety Engineers

Working Conditions

Health and safety engineers held about 25,200 jobs in 2014. The industries that employed the most health and safety engineers were as follows:

Manufacturing	26%
Construction	21
State and local government, excluding education and hospitals	10
Engineering services	8
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	4

Health and safety engineers typically work in offices. However, they also must spend time at worksites when necessary, which sometimes requires travel.

Work Schedules

Most health and safety engineers work full time.

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Interesting Fact

The U.S. industry whose workers experience the greatest rate of illness (or sick days) is Air Transportation.

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