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title: Health and Safety Professional
description: Discover a career as a Health and Safety Professional. Find out education requirements, and required skills. Dive in and find your career in water today.
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# [Health and Safety Professional](https://www.careersinwater.com.au/career-pathways/health-and-safety-professional)

 Written by [Water Source](https://www.careersinwater.com.au/career-pathways/author/water-source) | Nov 17, 2025 6:53:56 AM

Ideal for highly organised, safety-conscious individuals who are motivated by protecting staff, contractors, and the community.

  

This role suits people with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills who enjoy interpreting legislation, implementing safety systems, and fostering a culture of compliance and continuous improvement.

 

Perfect for those interested in safety management within operational, engineering, and environmental water contexts.

 

### DAY TO DAY WORK

- Visiting treatment plants, construction sites and other water facilities to identify potential hazards.
- Talking with workers and managers about health and safety concerns.
- Assessing risks and helping teams work out how to control them.
- Investigating workplace incidents and helping prevent similar incidents in the future.
- Helping develop safety procedures and safe work practices.
- Supporting safety training, inductions and toolbox talks.
- Checking that contractors understand and follow safety requirements.
- Keeping track of safety performance and preparing reports.
- Helping teams safely manage hazards such as chemicals, machinery, electricity and confined spaces.
- Keeping up to date with Australian workplace health and safety laws and requirements.

### SKILLS AND INTERESTS

- Genuinely cares about people's health and wellbeing.
- Enjoys working with and talking to different people.
- Good at spotting problems and thinking of practical solutions.
- Confident asking questions and raising concerns when something isn't safe.
- Strong communication and listening skills.
- Organised and able to pay attention to detail.
- Interested in how workplaces, technology and equipment operate.
- Comfortable balancing independent work with teamwork.

### Qualifications for this role

The following qualifications can be used to become an Health and Safety Specialist for the water industry: 

- Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety or
- Bachelor degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Work Health and Safety, Environmental Health, Science or a related field can lead to professional roles.

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