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, 27% of Safety job descriptions contained fire safety as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

fire safety
27%
health safety
27%
nebosh
22%
compliance
18%
iosh
18%
cdm
9%
health & safety
9%
fire safety officer
9%
health and safety
9%
health
9%
fire
9%
building safety
9%
health & safety officer
5%
ehs
5%
iso
5%
health and safety assistant
5%
health and safety officer
5%
hse advisor
5%
hse officer
5%
risk assessment
5%
safety advisor
5%
construction
5%
driver
5%
iso procedures
5%
social housing
5%
housing
5%
auditing
5%
chartered
5%
fire safety manager
5%
health & safety legislation
5%
health & safety manager
5%
safety engineer
5%
health and safety coordinator
5%
waste industry
5%
waste management
5%
manager
5%
apprenticeship
5%
apprenticeships
5%
microsoft excel
5%
microsoft word
5%
outlook
5%
safety
5%
communication skills
5%
safety coordinator
5%
building maintenance
5%
inspection
5%
fire jobs
5%
fire safety inspector
5%
health care
5%
community
5%
enforcement
5%
officer
5%

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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