Most In-Demand Health & Safety (HSE) Skills
The most in-demand skills for Health & Safety (HSE) roles right now are corrective-action, osha, risk-assessment — ranked across 94284 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | corrective-action | 9,229 | +2,817 |
| 2 | osha | 9,140 | +2,942 |
| 3 | risk-assessment | 7,142 | +2,021 |
| 4 | incident-investigation | 6,776 | +2,018 |
| 5 | emergency-response | 5,113 | +1,338 |
| 6 | near-miss-reporting | 4,635 | +1,532 |
| 7 | regulatory-compliance | 3,737 | +1,204 |
| 8 | root-cause-analysis | 3,281 | +1,015 |
| 9 | first-aid | 3,230 | +832 |
| 10 | industrial-hygiene | 3,062 | +965 |
| 11 | safety-audit | 2,996 | +767 |
| 12 | iso-45001 | 2,580 | +692 |
| 13 | epa | 2,522 | +871 |
| 14 | iso-14001 | 2,493 | +661 |
| 15 | toolbox-talks | 2,205 | +658 |
| 16 | confined-space | 2,136 | +635 |
| 17 | environmental-compliance | 2,107 | +705 |
| 18 | personal-protective-equipment | 1,968 | +610 |
| 19 | safety-management-system | 1,708 | +398 |
| 20 | hazard-identification | 1,583 | +459 |
| 21 | waste-management | 1,316 | +445 |
| 22 | contractor-safety | 1,312 | +439 |
| 23 | fall-protection | 1,296 | +353 |
| 24 | hazardous-waste | 1,278 | +440 |
| 25 | nfpa | 1,268 | +400 |
| 26 | lockout-tagout | 1,058 | +349 |
| 27 | job-safety-analysis | 1,046 | +237 |
| 28 | ai | 858 | +279 |
| 29 | permit-to-work | 804 | +162 |
| 30 | iso-9001 | 744 | +167 |
| 31 | program-management | 679 | +226 |
| 32 | hot-work | 673 | +189 |
| 33 | stakeholder-management | 631 | +166 |
| 34 | statistics | 609 | +224 |
| 35 | machine-guarding | 552 | +176 |
| 36 | analytics | 542 | +152 |
| 37 | behavior-based-safety | 538 | +150 |
| 38 | process-safety-management | 522 | +159 |
| 39 | hazop | 458 | +118 |
| 40 | working-at-height | 457 | +62 |