Occupational Safety Specialist

Who is Called an Occupational Safety Specialist?

An Occupational Safety Specialist is someone who has graduated from the engineering or science faculties of universities and has successfully passed the Class C occupational safety specialist exam organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security after attending an occupational safety specialist course. A Class C occupational safety specialist is eligible to take the Class B specialist exam after 4 years of experience. Upon passing this exam and working in dangerous jobs for 3 years, they are eligible to take the Class A occupational safety specialist exam. In short, a Class C occupational safety specialist can be promoted to Class A in a minimum of 7 years.

Occupational Safety Specialist Working Time Calculation

The required working time of an occupational safety specialist at your workplace is determined based on the current number of employees and the danger class of your workplace. Accordingly:

• Low Danger Class: 10 minutes per person
• Dangerous Class: 20 minutes per person
• Very Dangerous Class: 40 minutes per person

By clicking the button below, you can go to the Occupational Safety Specialist Time Calculation page and instantly calculate how many hours of occupational safety specialist service you need.

What Does an Occupational Safety Specialist Do?

An Occupational Safety Specialist is responsible for ensuring your company complies with occupational safety regulations and reporting any identified non-compliance to the relevant authorities. These non-compliances can include critical deficiencies that may lead to work accidents, as well as deficiencies in OHS training aimed at raising employee awareness. Additionally, the Occupational Safety Specialist is responsible for preparing documents such as the mandatory risk analysis, emergency plan, and work and training plans required by the Ministry of Labor and legislation.

You can find the tasks of an Occupational Safety Specialist below:

• Providing occupational safety-related training
• Establishing and managing a supervision and control system at the workplace
• Participating in the Occupational Health and Safety Committee's activities
• Preparing the Annual Work Plan
• Preparing the Training Plan
• Guiding and consulting the employer on occupational safety
• Supervising subcontractors and reporting to the management
• Conducting a Risk Assessment
• Preparing an Emergency Plan
• Preparing a Health and Safety Plan
• Preparing Internal Regulations
• Preparing a Work Permit Procedure
• Preparing Work Instructions
• Filling out the Accident Root Cause Analysis Form after a work accident
• Preparing an Explosion Protection Document
• Determining working conditions with flammable, explosive, combustible, and dangerous substances
• Determining storage conditions for flammable, explosive, combustible, and dangerous substances
• Conducting a chemical substance risk assessment
• Determining working conditions with chemical substances
• Determining storage conditions for chemical substances
• Conducting a personal protective equipment risk assessment
• Advising the employer on the selection of personal protective equipment
• Carrying out the necessary work on electrical safety
• Monitoring the periodic inspections of grounding installations
• Monitoring the periodic inspections of lightning rods
• Monitoring the periodic inspections of construction machinery
• Monitoring the periodic inspections of lifting machines
• Monitoring the periodic inspections of pressurized containers and boilers
• Ensuring fire safety

Our Difference in Occupational Safety Specialists

Since 1985, Kuzey Marmara OSGB has been providing superior OHS services to over 500 companies with more than 100 specialists and doctors. You can find the details that set us apart from our competitors below:

• You may come across many OSGBs claiming to have their own software. However, the only company that develops its software in-house and instantly adapts customer requests to the software is Kuzey Marmara OSGB.
• Our OHS Software: OHS Portal
• All our specialists are trained by our founder Class A Occupational Safety Specialist Özgen, who has been in the occupational safety sector since 1985.
• Every 10 specialists are constantly monitored by an occupational safety coordinator. This means your company will undergo internal audits twice a year.
• The working structure of Kuzey Marmara OSGB is very different from other OSGBs. Therefore, a specialist who starts working with us undergoes a very comprehensive 2-week orientation.
• Through our OHS software OHS Portal, all the work done by our specialists is monitored by coordinators. No operation is implemented without the coordinator's approval.
• Our biggest difference is that we are the most experienced OSGB.