SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER
PREAMBLE
This series includes positions that carry out inspections and/or investigations for
the purpose of regulating, controlling and ensuring compliance with the
requirements of The Workplace Safety and Health Act, the regulations pursuant
to the Act and related legislation. In addition to performing inspections, there is a
requirement to carry out prescribed routine industrial hygiene surveys.
The work is performed within established standards and clearly defined
procedures.
Exclusions
This series does not include positions in the occupational health field with
responsibility for developing and implementing scientific surveys, research
programs, or establishing standards and procedures relating to industrial
hygiene, or to positions responsible for managing industrial hygiene programs.
Also excluded from this series are positions with primary responsibility for the
development and delivery of educational and training courses and materials in
the occupational safety and health fields, positions involved in co-ordinating
workplace safety and health programs in a government department, or positions
where the primary duties and responsibilities are included in the definition of any
other category.