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Health and safety adviser : Salary and conditions

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  • New professionals earn £18,000 - £24,500 (salary data collected April 2010).
  • At senior level with approximately ten years' experience, the average salary ranges from £33,000 - £36,000. Graduates and postgraduates can earn more than those without degrees, especially if they maintain continuing professional development (CPD) (salary data collected April 2010).
  • Salaries vary according to the sector you work in and companies are increasingly outsourcing their health and safety provision. A health and safety professional employed by a large industrial company can earn over £50,000, although consultants working for the same organisation may often be paid much less.
  • Jobs in railways, chemicals and construction often attract salaries of over £35,000. The lower paid sectors include textiles and local government and average £26,000 - £30,000 (salary data collected April 2010).
  • Other benefits may include medical insurance, bonuses, and a company car.
  • This is a rapidly developing profession. As expectations grow in relation to the right to a safe environment, tighter legislative controls have been introduced relating to occupational risk. This legislation has led to an increase in opportunities for health and safety professionals.
  • The work is office-based, but, depending on their employer, health and safety advisers may spend a lot of time in the factory, plant or other working premises, such as construction sites, offshore platforms, transportation systems and large-scale processing plants, sometimes in extreme weather conditions.
  • Some activities may involve working at heights or in cramped conditions or in noisy, dirty or dangerous places. However, this is by no means the typical work environment.
  • Protective clothing may be required when visiting workplaces.
  • Flexible working around traditional office hours is to be expected, for example, in the case of an accident or for training of staff who work shifts.
  • Travel during the day will be required for professionals with multi-site responsibility.
  • Some opportunities exist to work overseas.
 
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Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
June 2010
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