This professional is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, as well as occupational health and safety regulations in force within each construction project, ensuring the principles of health and safety and preventive action principles at all times. According to current regulations, this professional can work with the contractor companies who participate in the construction execution process, since tasks with special risks involved can be carried out during the construction process.

This professional is also responsible for ensuring compliance with preventive and protection measures established in the corresponding health and safety plan, as well as verifying their effectiveness on site.

• Determine needs and establish the best strategies to guarantee worksite safety according to existing regulations.
• Draw up (or someone draws up under their responsibility) the Study or Basic Safety and Health Study.
• Ensure that the general principles of prevention in matters of health and safety and the provisions of the Study or Basic Safety and Health Study are considered during the development of the project.
• Coordinate worksite activities to guarantee that preventive actions are applied by companies and self-employed workers.
• Ensure that the different preventive and protective measures are suitably implemented that are established in the health and safety plan: worksite perimeter fence, individual and group protections, worker information and training on risks, health and safety signs, adaptation of the work teams, among others.
• Adopt control measures for accessing the worksite and verify the effectiveness of the preventive measures implemented.
• Collaborate in the detection of anomalies or deficiencies with regard to occupational health and safety.
• Responsible for the incidents book, which must always be present at the worksite.
• Participate in the internal organisation of the work, in the planning of resources and in the control of documentation related to the prevention of occupational health and safety.
• Be ready to freeze operations totally or partially at the worksite in case of serious or imminent risk, notifying the labour inspection, affected contractors and subcontractors and the workers' representatives.
  

Regulated training and graduates

• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Installation and Maintenance - Advanced Level: Workplace Risk Prevention
• Grau: Prevenció i seguretat integral
• Grau: Seguretat
• Grau: Arquitectura
• Grau: Arquitectura tècnica
• Grau: Arquitectura tècnica i edificació
• Grau: Enginyeria civil
• Grau: Enginyeria d'obres públiques

Complementary training

Advanced course in Occupational Health and Safety.
Postgraduate or master's degree in Health and Safety Coordination.

Other specific skills

Orientation within reach: Level 2

Strategic orientation: Level 2

Analytical thought: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 3

Safety

Those who prefer to work in the field of security enjoy carrying out duties of protection, security and surveillance of individuals, goods, data or information. Activities such as protecting people who work with an entity and their staff in order to prevent offences and crimes, as well participating in processes that investigate criminal activity are examples of the professional tasks that comprise this field. Knowing the laws that are applicable in the field or professional context within which this task takes place is key when carrying out these kinds of activities.

Technical building work execution auditor

Technician in structural safety

Environmental worksite management technician

Road safety officer

Consultant on mobility

• Work hours

  Full-time job (40 hours per week).
  

• Salary

  The salary ranges between 30,700 and 42,012 euros gross per year, depending on the level of experience. The average salary is around 35,915 euros gross per year.
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.
  

• Other features

  Specific training in occupational health and safety is required.
  Belonging to the pertinent professional association is recommended.
  

• Professional category

  Technician

• Human resources and equipment

  The essential resources to work as a self-employed worker are a computer, a digital camera and Internet.