Safety Engineers and Technicians

How to become a Workplace Safety Manager

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 安全生产管理工程技术人员

Plans, organises, carries out, oversees and checks workplace safety.

Main tasks

Setting the direction for workplace safety and making sure every safety matter is handled
Setting safety plans, targets and safe operating procedures for each job, and guiding how they are followed
Organising the writing of safety measures and safety training plans
Scheduling safety inspections, checking safety everywhere, preventing and anticipating accident hazards, analysing and dealing with accidents, and reporting injuries and deaths
Drawing up and assessing plans to fix major hazards
Organising the writing of accident emergency plans and running emergency drills
Preventing and anticipating occupational disease hazards

Ways in

University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 105 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Safety Science and Engineering (0829); Mining Engineering (0815); Electronic Information (0807); majors such as Mining Engineering, Safety Engineering, Emergency Technology and Management, Electronic Information Engineering, Electronic Science and Technology, Communication Engineering. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Intelligent Safety Monitoring Technology (420904). Vocational major 420904 Intelligent Safety Monitoring Technology (安全智能监测技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Safety Technology and Management (420901). Vocational major 420901 Safety Technology and Management (安全技术与管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Registered Safety Engineer.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Security Technology (580701). Vocational major 580701 Security Technology (安全防范技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Integrated Security System Construction and Maintenance; Security System Construction and Maintenance; Smart Security System Implementation and Maintenance.; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Ventilation Technology and Safety Management (420503). Vocational major 420503 Ventilation Technology and Safety Management (通风技术与安全管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Mine Emergency Rescue.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Digital Security Technology (380701). Vocational major 380701 Digital Security Technology (数字安防技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Integrated Security System Construction and Maintenance; Security System Construction and Maintenance; Smart Security System Implementation and Maintenance.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Emergency Management (220902). Vocational major 220902 Emergency Management (应急管理), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Registered Safety Engineer; Aircraft Firefighting, Rescue and First Aid; Mine Emergency Rescue.; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Safety Engineering Technology (220901). Vocational major 220901 Safety Engineering Technology (安全工程技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Registered Safety Engineer; Registered Fire Protection Engineer; Firefighter; Mine Emergency Rescue.
National qualification: Licence to practise: Registered Safety Engineer. You need this qualification to work in the job. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Registered Safety Engineer (注册安全工程师), run by Ministry of Emergency Management; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥79,500 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥55,200 to CN¥123,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥192,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥120,001 a year (2025), middle half CN¥77,124 to CN¥160,119.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Engineering and Technical Personnel holds 2.35% of everyone employed in China; 17.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
48.9% are under 35, 45.1% are 35 to 54 and 6% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Workplace Safety Manager?

Ways in include: Engineering degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Intelligent Safety Monitoring Technology (420904); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Safety Technology and Management (420901).

How much does a Workplace Safety Manager earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥79,500 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥120,001 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Workplace Safety Manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026