How to become an occupational health and safety inspector
Official title: Occupational health and safety inspector
Also called: Health, safety and environmental (HSE) officer, Health, safety, security environment quality (HSSEQ) supervisor, Occupational health inspector, Occupational health officer, Occupational safety inspector, Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Coordinator, Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Manager, Health, safety and environmental (HSE) officer
Occupational health and safety inspector performs workplace audits to ensure compliance with government and environment legislation. He/she investigates work accidents and interviews employees to ensure the work environment is compliant with health and safety rules.
Main tasks
- Advising employers and workers’ representatives on the implementation of government and other rules and regulations concerning occupational health and the working environment
- Inspecting places of work to ensure that the working environment, machinery and equipment conform to government and other rules, regulations and standards related to sanitation and/or occupational and environmental health
- Inspecting establishments to ensure that they conform to government and other rules and regulations concerning emission of pollutants and disposal of dangerous wastes
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $64,836 a year. The middle half earn $47,112 to $81,300 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does an occupational health and safety inspector earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $64,836 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $47,112 to $81,300.
Will AI change the work of an occupational health and safety inspector?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, 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
Updated 4 October 2026