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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

22631

Occupational health and safety professional

Occupational health and safety professional assesses, plans and implements programmes to recognise, monitor and control factors that can potentially affect human health, and ensures that working conditions are safe and healthy. He/she also promotes ergonomic principles within the workplace such as matching furniture, equipment and work activities to the needs of employees in addition to providing education, information, training, and advice on aspects of occupational hygiene and environmental health.

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 2263 Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals unit 22632 Environmental officer (public health) unit 22639 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professional n.e.c.

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Occupational health and safety professional assesses, plans and implements programmes to recognise, monitor and control factors that can potentially affect human health, and ensures that working conditions are safe and healthy. He/she also promotes ergonomic principles within the workplace such as matching furniture, equipment and work activities to the needs of employees in addition to providing education, information, training, and advice on aspects of occupational hygiene and environmental health.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Occupational hygiene officer

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Environmental officer (environmental protection), see 21331 •Ÿ  Occupational therapist, see 22680 •Ÿ  Environmental inspector (environmental public health), see 32571 •Ÿ  Occupational health and safety inspector, see 32572

Hierarchy context

2→22→226→2263→22631 Occupational health and safety professional

Major group

2 PROFESSIONALS

Sub-major

22 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Minor group

226 OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Unit group

2263 Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 22631 — Occupational health and safety professional

ISCO-08

  • 2263 — Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 22631 Occupational health and safety professional Alternative Title 22631 Occupational health professional Alternative Title 22631 Occupational hygiene officer Alternative Title 22631 Occupational hygienist Alternative Title 22631 Occupational safety professional SFw Title 22631 Environment, Health and Safety Manager (Environment, Health and Safety) (SFw-Environmental Services)

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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