- Environmental, Regulatory and Stakeholder Engagement
- Health and Safety Professional
- NOCs #2263, #3012, #3234
Health and Safety Professional
Here to advocate, educate and keep workers safe and healthy, you uphold the energy industry’s commitment to a safe workplace. Rallying workers to recognize and eliminate hazards, you’re a champion of the ‘no harm’ code. Your mission? To protect lives through work environment evaluation and analysis, and through smart programs, policies, procedures and training. In short, you work with various levels of the organization to make sure everyone goes home safely every day.
Health and safety professionals review, evaluate and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical and biological agents or ergonomic factors. They have expertise in applicable regulations, codes and industry best practices. They may conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals.
There is a broad variety of health and safety roles that support the energy industry’s commitment to the well-being of people and the environment.
Specializations include:
- Emergency response planners design and implement emergency response plans, training and exercises. A key aspect of this role is to continually improve the company’s capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from an emergency event.
- Health, safety and environment (HSE) advisors/coordinators are responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the company’s HSE strategy. They conduct inspections, implement controls on industry projects, recommend procedures and provide training.
- Occupational health nurses design and implement programs to improve the health and well-being of workers. They conduct pre-placement, fitness-to-work and medical surveillance assessments and provide disability case management. Occupational health nurses assess, treat, follow up and refer employees for medical aid and care relating to non-occupational and occupational illness or injuries. They also provide routine health services and first aid to staff and respond to emergency situations such as workplace accidents.
- Medics provide on-site emergency medical services within the oil and gas industrial environment, tending to both urgent and non-urgent medical needs.
- Occupational health and safety (OH&S) officers conduct workplace inspections and investigations to detect unsafe or unhealthy working conditions and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Process safety engineers develop safety strategies, programs, processes and plans to ensure safe working conditions within company facilities.
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- Sub-sector Exploration and production, Oil and gas services, Oil sands, Offshore, Pipelines
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary $40,000 to $105,000
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Sub-sector CCUS, Emissions reduction, Well site decommissioning
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Congratulations! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to cleantech. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in cleantech may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to cleantech include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Travel required (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Temporary/project-to-project work (emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Freelance/contract opportunities (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Safety-sensitive environment (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
- Transition to a similar level (CCUS | emissions reduction | well site decommissioning)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to digitization and automation in energy. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in digitization and automation may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to digitization and automation include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Travel required
- Temporary/project-to-project work
- Freelance/contract opportunities
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a similar level
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Sub-sector Engineering, design and procurement, Contracted and turnaround maintenance, Modular fabrication, Construction, Start-up and commissioning
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to industrial construction and maintenance in energy. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in industrial construction and maintenance may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to industrial construction and maintenance include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Travel required (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Temporary/project-to-project work (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Freelance/contract opportunities (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Safety-sensitive environment (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
- Transition to a similar level (engineering, design and procurement | contracted and turnaround maintenance | modular fabrication | construction | start-up and commissioning)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to LNG facility operation. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in LNG facility operation may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to LNG include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Travel required
- Potential for relocation
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a similar level
- Career development fostered/supported
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to petrochemicals and refining. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in petrochemicals and refining may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to petrochemicals and refining include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Travel required
- Potential for relocation
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a similar level
- Career development fostered/supported
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
- Sub-sector Geothermal, Solar, Wind
- Environment Primarily outdoor work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary degree
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Good news! The skills gained as a health and safety professional in oil and natural gas are directly transferable to renewables. A health and safety professional will need to become familiar with sector-specific operating practices and processes.
When you start in this occupation activities may include:
- Analyzing HSE procedures and programs
- Providing initial care for sick and injured patients and basic life support to trauma patients
- Advocating for participation in occupational health and safety programs
- Recommending HSE procedures and programs
- Maintaining corporate, business unit or department emergency response plans
As you advance in this occupation, you may take on additional tasks including:
- Ensuring that safety training courses are developed, reviewed and delivered to the workforce on a particular site, in a timely and efficient manner
- Participating in design reviews, hazard assessment reviews, incident investigations and audits
- Providing guidance to others to ensure that all regulatory standards, company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Providing consultation in the development of emergency response processes
In addition to the requirements below, specific requirements in renewables may include:
- Professional certifications in related disciplines.
Education
Educational requirements for health and safety professionals vary:
- Emergency response planners typically require a petroleum engineering degree (or equivalent technical diploma or certificate), previous experience in the oil and gas industry, and training in emergency response management
- HSE Advisors and OH&S Officers typically require a post-secondary degree, as well as knowledge of operational processes and the related risks, legislation and standards.
- Occupational health nurses typically require a Bachelor of Nursing degree with additional training and certification for occupational nursing.
- Medics typically require a license as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedics (EMT-P), Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) or Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP).
- Process safety engineers typically require a post-secondary diploma or degree in an engineering discipline (e.g., chemical, mechanical, electrical), a minimum of 15 years combined applicable academic training, certification and related experience, or accreditation in a safety discipline (e.g., CRSP) and strong technical expertise in process safety (e.g., hazard identification or safety management systems).
Certifications
- Standard and emergency first aid
- H2S Alive®
- Specific health and safety certifications will be determined by job requirements
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
- Associate Emergency Manager (AEM)
- Auditing Association of Canada (AAC)
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO)
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
- Safety program development
- Hazard Management
Licensing
- Licensing for the nursing profession is granted by provincial/territorial regulatory bodies
- Medics must hold a valid licence issued by a provincial licensing body to practice in that occupation.
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to renewables include:
- Shiftwork/variable work hours (geothermal | solar | wind)
- Travel required (geothermal | solar | wind)
- Agile/flexible approach to work (solar | wind)
- Freelance/contract opportunities (geothermal | solar | wind)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (geothermal)
- Safety-sensitive environment (geothermal | solar | wind)
- Transition to a similar level (geothermal | solar | wind)
- Rural location (geothermal | solar | wind)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily outdoor work
- Physical work
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Work away from home/in camps
You’re adaptable, innovative and have a tolerance for stress. You motivate others to focus on health and safety in the workplace.
- Active listening
- Law and government
- Public safety and security
- Analyzing systems
- Evaluating systems
- Judgment and decision making
- Persuading others
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Leading and living the company vision and values
