Safety Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Security & Safety

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Safety Skills List in Security & Safety

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Safety role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Safety job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 32% of Safety job descriptions contained nebosh as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

nebosh
32%
health safety
23%
iosh
23%
health & safety legislation
19%
safety
19%
risk assessments
14%
security
14%
safety culture
10%
fire safety officer
10%
management
10%
health & safety advisor
10%
risk management
10%
refurbishments
10%
maintenance
10%
health and safety officer
10%
health and safety manager
10%
health and safety advisor
10%
health & safety manager
10%
h&s manager
10%
budget management
10%
health and safety
10%
inspections
10%
sheq manager
10%
hse
10%
training
10%
auditor
5%
chartered
5%
communication skills
5%
compliance
5%
environmental
5%
h&s
5%
health & safety
5%
manufacturing
5%
sheq
5%
documentation
5%
guidance
5%
reporting
5%
sustainability
5%
fire safety
5%
fire safety management
5%
nhs trust
5%
iso
5%
legislation
5%
risk assessment
5%
customer service
5%
resolving
5%
sia
5%
corporate sustainability
5%
environmental health
5%
environmental management
5%
safety training
5%
sustainability reporting
5%
fire
5%
local government
5%
public sector
5%
surrey
5%
debrief
5%
facilitator
5%
fire service
5%
public sector jobs
5%
scc
5%
surrey county council
5%
surrey fire and rescue
5%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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