3257 Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates

Other ISCO-08 codes under 3257 Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates

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• 3255Physiotherapy Technicians and Assistants
• 3256Medical Assistants
• 3258Ambulance Workers
• 3259Health Associate Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified

Frequently asked questions

What is ISCO-08 3257?

ISCO-08 3257 is "Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates". Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates investigate the implementation of rules and regulations relating to environmental factors that may affect human health, safety in the workplace, and safety of processes for the production of goods and services. They may implement and evaluate programmes to restore or improve safety and sanitary conditions under the supervision of a health professional. Tasks include - (a) advising employers’ and workers’ representatives on the implementation of governmental and other rules and regulations concerning occupational safety and the working environment; (b) inspecting places of work to ensure that the working environment, machinery and equipment conform to governmental and other rules, regulations and standards related to sanitation and/or occupational and environmental health and safety; (c) giving advice on environmental sanitary problems and techniques; (d) inspecting places of work and, by interviews, observations and other means, obtaining information about work practices and accidents to determine compliance with safety rules and regulations; (e) inspecting areas of production, processing, transport, handling, storage and sale of products to ensure conformity with governmental and other rules, regulations and standards; (f) advising enterprises and the general public on the implementation of governmental and other rules and regulations concerning hygiene, sanitation, purity and grading of primary products, food, drugs, cosmetics and similar goods; (g) inspecting establishments to ensure that they conform to governmental and other rules and regulations concerning emission of pollutants and disposal of dangerous wastes; (h) initiating action to maintain or improve hygiene and prevent pollution of water, air, food or soil; (i) promoting preventive and corrective measures such as control of disease-carrying organisms and of harmful substances in the air, hygienic food handling, proper disposal of waste and cleaning of public places; (j) estimating quantities and costs of materials and labour required for health, safety and sanitation remediation projects; Examples of the occupations classified here: - Food sanitation and safety inspector - Health inspector - Occupational health and safety inspector - Pollution inspector - Product safety inspector - Sanitarian - Sanitary inspector Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Environmental health officer - 2263 - Occupational health and safety adviser - 2263 - Occupational hygienist - 2263 - Radiation protection expert - 2263.

How does ISCO-08 3257 map to other classification systems?

3257 Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates has equivalents in ESCO Occupations (1b422c31-f242-46b5-bbdc-aa63885e4b5c, 2b31f745-f04f-4d2c-9692-4715e1448f80, 43d49e27-302b-439d-bce6-86555527edb5, +7 more); SOC 2018 (45-2011, 53-6051). These crosswalks let you translate this code between ISCO-08 and 2 other classification systems.

What is the parent category of 3257?

3257 Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates sits under 3257 Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates in the ISCO-08 hierarchy.