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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.
What an occupational health and safety technician does
Become an occupational health and safety technician
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good occupational health and safety technician
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $41 per hour with a typical salary of $80,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $35 and $53 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $50,500 and $90,500 per year.
- 75% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $40 per hour with a typical salary of $44,000 per year.
- 17.3% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Occupational Health And Safety Technician job outlook
- There are 516 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 69 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 11% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.