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Labour inspector CV: example and template

This example is for labour inspectors and candidates for inspector training at the Polish National Labour Inspectorate, and for health and safety, HR and legal specialists who want to work in the inspectorate.

The inspectorate wants to know which inspections you carry out, how you investigate accidents, which rules you know, which measures you use and how you give advice. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: labour inspector

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Dorota Pawlowska

Labour inspector

Kielce +48 123 456 789 dorota.pawlowska@example.com

Professional profile

Labour inspector at a district labour inspectorate with 6 years of experience, after inspector training and the exam. I carry out about 90 inspections a year covering labour law, health and safety and legal employment, investigate workplace accidents and give legal advice. Before that I was a health and safety specialist at a manufacturing plant for 5 years. Over 90% of my orders are carried out on time.

Work experience

Labour inspector

03.2020 - present

District labour inspectorate, Kielce

  • About 90 inspections a year: labour law, health and safety and legal employment.
  • Investigating the circumstances and causes of workplace accidents.
  • Orders, formal recommendations and petty offence proceedings.
  • Over 90% of orders carried out on time.
  • Legal advice for employees and employers and training for companies.

Health and safety specialist

06.2015 - 02.2020

Manufacturing plant, Kielce

  • Occupational risk assessment.
  • Accident investigations.
  • Health and safety training.

Education

Inspector training, labour inspector exam

2019 - 2020

National Labour Inspectorate

Master's degree, occupational health and safety

2010 - 2015

Kielce University of Technology

Skills

  • Inspecting compliance with labour law
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Workplace accidents
  • Legal employment
  • Orders and petty offence proceedings
  • Legal advice

Qualifications

  • Labour inspector exam after inspector training, 2020
  • Employing foreigners training, 2023
  • Workplace accident investigation training, 2021

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B
  • Clean criminal record

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 labour inspector CV

Professional summary

Write which inspectorate you work at or what experience you have in health and safety, HR or law. Add the number of inspections and a result, for example orders carried out. The inspectorate is looking for someone who knows labour law, is impartial and can talk to both employers and employees.

Health and safety specialist with 5 years of experience at a manufacturing plant. I carry out risk assessments, accident investigations and health and safety training. I am applying for inspector training at the National Labour Inspectorate.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe inspections, scope, accidents, measures, advice and training. Show results in numbers. Do not give data about inspected companies. Add your experience from before the inspectorate, because it helps in inspections.

Weaker: Inspections.

Better: About 90 inspections a year: labour law, health and safety and legal employment.

Weaker: Accidents.

Better: Investigating the circumstances and causes of workplace accidents.

Weaker: Effectiveness.

Better: Over 90% of orders carried out on time.

Skills worth listing

List labour law, health and safety, accidents, legal employment, measures and advice. In your soft skills show impartiality, firmness and talking to people in difficult situations.

Professional skills

  • Labour law
  • Health and safety
  • Workplace accidents
  • Legal employment
  • Orders
  • Legal advice

Personal skills

  • Impartiality
  • Firmness
  • Difficult conversations
  • Accuracy
  • Independence

Qualifications

List inspector training and the exam if you have them, and training in labour law, health and safety and employing foreigners. The inspectorate takes new people onto training through recruitment.

How to become a labour inspector

Candidates usually have higher education, for example law, health and safety or engineering, and work experience. They then complete inspector training and pass the exam.

On your CV show work with labour law or health and safety. This is the most common route into the inspectorate.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

Construction site inspections need health and safety and work at height, legal employment inspections the rules on foreigners, and legal advice knowledge of the labour code. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a labour inspector CV

Questions and answers

What should a labour inspector put on a CV?

The inspectorate, inspections, scope, accidents, measures, advice, results, training and the exam.

How do you become a labour inspector in Poland?

Through recruitment to the National Labour Inspectorate, inspector training and the labour inspector exam.

Does health and safety experience help?

Yes, it is one of the most common routes into the inspectorate, along with law and HR.

Which results are worth giving?

The number of inspections, orders carried out, accidents investigated and advice given.

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