Will AI replace Occupational Health and Safety Technicians?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
41/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 66% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 57% of the work
What the job involves
Collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(15)
- Provide consultation to organizations or agencies on the workplace application of safety principles, practices, or techniques.
- Prepare or review specifications or orders for the purchase of safety equipment, ensuring that proper features are present and that items conform to health and safety standards.
- Plan emergency response drills.
- Maintain all required environmental records and documentation.
- Recommend corrective measures to be applied based on results of environmental contaminant analyses.
and 10 more
Out of reach(11)
- Evaluate situations or make determinations when a worker has refused to work on the grounds that danger or potential harm exists.
- Supply, operate, or maintain personal protective equipment.
- Test workplaces for environmental hazards, such as exposure to radiation, chemical or biological hazards, or excessive noise.
- Verify availability or monitor use of safety equipment, such as hearing protection or respirators.
- Prepare or calibrate equipment used to collect or analyze samples.
and 6 more
Also called
Safety Technician (Safety Tech) · Safety Trainer · Safety Coordinator · Safety Tech · Advisory Industrial Hygienist · Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) · Construction Safety Consultant · EHS Advisor (Environmental, Health, and Safety Advisor)
Related jobs
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors52/100
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists38/100
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health44/100
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors51/100
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health72/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics