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, 41% of Safety job descriptions contained fire safety as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fire safety
41%
nebosh
41%
health safety
23%
iosh
23%
health and safety
23%
compliance
19%
building safety
14%
fire
14%
construction
14%
safety compliance
10%
health & safety legislation
10%
housing
10%
cdm
10%
health & safety
10%
fire safety officer
10%
health and safety officer
10%
risk assessment
10%
fire detection
5%
team lead
5%
inspection
5%
cpd
5%
ehs
5%
hse
5%
iso
5%
manufacturing
5%
osh
5%
environmental
5%
building management
5%
manager
5%
fire protection
5%
ifs
5%
facilities management
5%
healthcare
5%
ife
5%
nhs
5%
risk management
5%
safety
5%
building maintenance
5%
health & safety officer
5%
hse advisor
5%
hse officer
5%
safety advisor
5%
communication skills
5%
auditing
5%
chartered
5%
officer
5%
fire safety manager
5%
enforcement
5%
health & safety manager
5%
property
5%
community
5%
iso procedures
5%
health care
5%
fire safety inspector
5%
driver
5%
social housing
5%
facilities
5%
fire jobs
5%
health and safety assistant
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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