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Health and safety inspector CV: example and template

This example is for health and safety inspectors at manufacturing plants, construction firms, warehouses and services, and for health and safety technicians and production workers who want to work in a health and safety department.

The employer wants to know which sites you cover, how you run checks and training, how you prepare risk assessments and accident records and which qualifications you hold. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: health and safety inspector

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Dawid Kubiak

Health and safety inspector

Nowa Sol +48 123 456 789 dawid.kubiak@example.com

Professional profile

Health and safety inspector with 4 years in the health and safety department of a steel structures plant with 450 employees, before that 6 years as a fitter. I carry out workstation checks, induction training, occupational risk assessment and accident records. Workplace accidents fell from 11 to 4 a year, and the plant passed a labour inspection with no orders.

Work experience

Health and safety inspector

03.2022 - present

Steel structures plant, 450 employees, Nowa Sol

  • Workstation checks in 3 halls and recommendations for foremen.
  • Induction training and job instructions for about 200 new people a year.
  • Occupational risk assessment for 40 workstations and updates after changes.
  • Accident investigations and preventive actions, accidents from 11 to 4 a year.
  • Choosing personal protective equipment and a labour inspection with no orders.

Fitter

05.2016 - 02.2022

Steel structures plant, Nowa Sol

  • Preparing structural elements.
  • Working with an overhead crane and a forklift.
  • Member of the plant's health and safety committee.

Education

Occupational health and safety technician

2020 - 2022

Post-secondary school in Zielona Gora

Fitter

2012 - 2015

Technical School in Nowa Sol

Skills

  • Workstation checks
  • Induction training and job instructions
  • Occupational risk assessment
  • Accident investigations
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Health and safety records

Qualifications

  • Occupational health and safety technician diploma
  • Occupational risk assessment methods training, 2023
  • First aid course, 2024

Languages

  • German: A2

Additional information

  • UDT overhead crane licence
  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a health and safety inspector CV

Professional summary

Write which plant you cover, how many employees it has, which tasks you run and which qualifications you hold. Add a result, for example fewer accidents or an inspection with no orders. The employer is looking for someone who knows the plant from the inside and can persuade people to work safely.

Fitter with 6 years of experience at a steel structures plant, member of the health and safety committee, with a health and safety technician diploma. I know work in the halls, cranes and forklifts. I am looking for work as a health and safety inspector.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the plant, checks, training, risk assessment, accidents, protective equipment and external inspections. Show results in numbers. Add your work with foremen and the occupational physician.

Weaker: Checks.

Better: Workstation checks in 3 halls and recommendations for foremen.

Weaker: Training.

Better: Induction training and job instructions for about 200 new people a year.

Weaker: Accidents.

Better: Accident investigations and preventive actions, accidents from 11 to 4 a year.

Skills worth listing

List checks, training, risk assessment, accidents, protective equipment and records. In your soft skills show firmness, patience and the ability to talk to workers.

Professional skills

  • Workstation checks
  • Induction training
  • Risk assessment
  • Accident investigations
  • Protective equipment
  • Records

Personal skills

  • Firmness
  • Patience
  • Talking to workers
  • Accuracy
  • Responsibility

Qualifications

List a health and safety technician diploma or other education that qualifies you to work in a health and safety department. Polish rules on health and safety services set the requirements for each role, from inspector to chief specialist.

How to become a health and safety inspector

Most people complete a post-secondary course as a health and safety technician. Experience in production or construction is a big plus, because you know the hazards from practice.

On your CV show placements, membership of a health and safety committee and the sites you know. A specialist role requires higher education and experience.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A manufacturing plant looks for machinery and risk assessments, a construction firm for work at height and subcontractors, and a warehouse for forklifts and racking. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a health and safety inspector CV

Questions and answers

What should a health and safety inspector put on a CV?

The plant, checks, training, risk assessment, accidents, protective equipment, qualifications and results.

Which qualifications are needed?

For an inspector role a health and safety technician diploma is usually enough. The requirements are set by the rules on health and safety services.

How does an inspector differ from a health and safety specialist?

A specialist has higher education and experience, and an inspector is the first level in a health and safety department.

Does production experience help?

Yes, you know the hazards from practice and find it easier to talk to workers.

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