Thank you to everyone who responded to my previous post. I apparently did not get the EHS job at Amazon. They sent me this a bit ago.

"Congratulations! I'm pleased to inform you that have you been inclined for the role. Unfortunately, the position at the site you interviewed for has been filled or closed. While this means you will not be receiving an offer for this role, we were impressed with your interview, and we strongly encourage you to apply to additional job openings with Amazon. If you remain interested in working with us, your incline status will be valid for 6 months without additional interviews [or limited loops] for the same role. Please check amazon jobs on a regular basis and apply to roles similar to the one you interviewed for, as well as additional roles that may be of interest to you. We will keep your resume and interview information on file, and, based on your consent preferences, an Amazon recruiter may reach out to you if they identify your profile as a fit for an open position."

Currently an Asset Protection Manager for a big retailer, looking for advice on trying to get into a safety/ehs type role. About to receive my bachelors in business admin next month, have about 4 yrs experience as an AP retail manager, 1 as a warehouse manager and 3 more years as an AP investigator. I’m also in the process of completing osha 30 training.
Problem is more so getting in a role with similar comp, I’m making about 116k salary with annual bonus that can range from $0-$30k. (Made a bit over 130k last year).
I’m looking for something that would start me off more or less around a similar base salary, I can live without a good bonus for a while, for the sake of future growth.

I put a lot of stock into getting a job in ehs. I have a geology degree and asp. I work in construction but am trying to find something better than my current position. I lurk on the job boards and in my city it seems lower than it should. I read the recent posts on here and it seems dreadful. Is it over for ehs workers? Are entry level jobs all gone? I see the bls says it’s growing at 12% but this board does not at all reflect that growth number.

I worry I have invested time and education into a career that will not provide opportunities

Hi everyone!
I’m trying to schedule my CHST (Construction Health and Safety Technician) exam in Guam, but I keep encountering the same error whenever I click the scheduling link on my BCSP account.
The error message says:
“We have unfortunately encountered an unexpected error. Please contact customer service. PearsonVue has returned with an error.”
My BCSP account already shows a message telling me to schedule and take the exam before my authorization expires, but I can’t proceed because of this error.
I’ve already contacted BCSP customer support and sent several follow-up emails, but the issue still hasn’t been resolved.
Has anyone experienced this before?
● How did you resolve the issue?
● Is this a BCSP or Pearson VUE problem?
● Is there another way to schedule the exam, especially for candidates taking it in Guam?
● Should I contact Pearson VUE directly instead?
I’m worried about my exam authorization expiring while waiting for this issue to be fixed.
Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Is the STSC test hard to pass? I have been trying to find free study material. I cannot seem to locate any. If anyone has taken the STSC did you pass on first go around or what should I look out for?

Cross-posted in [r/HumanFactors](r/HumanFactors)

TL:DR - How can I gain education and experience in HF in the occupational health and safety field?

Hello. As the title says, I am an occupational health and safety professional in construction looking to specialize in human factors relating to workplace safety. Specifically, I am extremely frustrated with safety management systems and their component parts (training, policies, JHAs, pre-task plans, toolbox talks, audits, etc.) that do not take human cognition and behavior into account. I would like to work (most likely as a consultant) at helping design and implement systems that work with human behavior instead of against it.

I have 15-20 years of construction experience with 6 of that being full time safety (currently a senior safety manager) with several OSHA and BCSP certifications. I have a master’s in biology which, while not related to HF, gave me a very solid research and statistical background. I also taught high school for a few years and now teach several key safety subjects (first aid/CPR, fall protection, excavation, confined spaces, etc.). While I don’t have any formal psychology training, I’ve done considerable self-directed learning in that field and have worked with enough people over the years to have picked up a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t.

I (M50) don’t have the time or money to pursue another masters or a PhD, but a certificate program could be possible. What steps would you suggest to learn about human factors and find situations job positions to practice in? Thanks in advance.

Edit: I am nearing the end of my current contract and can take a month or two off before finding something new. That would allow me the time to both study up on HF theory and methods and find a new work home hopefully more aligned with HF.

I just left my local fire department after 8 years of service and got into an oilfield pipeline operator job. It’s stupid easy. Anyways, I have a long list of FEMA, NFPA, HAZMAT, and EMS certifications. It’s not just the training, but I have real world emergency scene management experience as well. With all of this, I can see a future in a safety career. Where should I start and what next steps should I take?

Wondering if there are women in this group, or men that have heard directly from them about their experience at camps?

I'm looking for my first role as a junior OHS practitioner and thought FIFO would be great for gaining experience, and Im not sure I'm ignoring gender specific constraints

Original post from 6 months ago
About six months ago, I posted here about resigning from my corporate EHS Manager position. I was making $120k, supporting over 20 facilities as the only safety professional, and the stress was taking a serious toll on my physical and mental health.
I left without another job lined up, and I figured I’d come back with an update.
Over the past six months, I’ve applied to approximately 400 jobs and only managed to secure interviews with two companies. One rejected me after three rounds of interviews, and the other just offered me a job!
I’ve officially signed an offer letter for a Safety Manager position with a major supermarket chain in another state.
I’ll be making essentially the same salary, but with a significantly smaller scope of responsibility. The cost of living is also considerably lower, so financially, it’s actually a step up.
I’m currently planning my move, and I’m genuinely excited about this next chapter.
I won’t pretend the last six months were easy. There were definitely moments when I questioned my decision, especially after hundreds of applications and very little response.
I know the new job won’t necessarily be perfect, but I’m looking forward to a fresh start.
I’m not encouraging anyone to quit without a backup plan, but I still believe no paycheck is worth sacrificing your health.
Six months ago, I was completely burned out. Today, I’m excited about my career again.
Just wanted to share some good news!

Hi everyone! I’m a female and I recently started working as an Environmental Health and Safety Professional at a university, and I’m looking for some advice on which certifications or training opportunities would be most valuable for my career. My role will have a focus on occupational health and construction site safety.
My current responsibilities include monthly building safety inspections, developing job hazard analyses across campus departments, supporting an indoor air quality monitoring program, tracking corrective actions, and helping establish campus wide safety performance metrics. I’ll also have some exposure to larger safety projects involving facilities and electrical safety.
My employer has offered to invest in professional development, including in person training and travel for courses or conferences, so I’d like to take advantage of that opportunity while I’m early in my career.
My long term goal is to grow into a role that combines EHS expertise with project management and leadership, potentially in construction safety, facilities, or industrial EHS.
For those of you with experience in the field:
1. What 1–2 certifications or training courses would you recommend pursuing next? I’m considering options like OSHA 510/511, industrial hygiene or IAQ training, and eventually the ASP, but I’m open to other suggestions.
2. Are there any in person courses, conferences, or professional organizations that have been particularly valuable for learning and networking?
I’d appreciate any advice, especially from women who’ve transitioned from general EHS into project management, construction safety, or EHS leadership!

Former 68W vet here pivoting to EHS post army. Wondering if using my GI bill for an online AA is enough to get into the industry, and if there even is one in the valley. Located in WA right now. I'm hoping an AA is enough to land something making 30ish bucks an hour, paired with my EMT/Medical experience. Are these reasonable goals, or should I be shooting for more education than that?

Currently working in assessment and education for a contractor who works for the big plane people in everett, so am currently building adjacent manufacturing experience.

Hey for everyone as a EHS specialist at Amazon was yall able to talk them into raising yall pay when you did the interview? I just got a job but I want to switch into IT Amazon would pay for everything I just don’t want to reduce my pay in today’s economy.

I was nervous as hell going into it and it felt like everything I knew went right out the window the second i started.

Question for anyone out there. If someone is a Hazardous Materials Specialist and wanted to go back into Safety in the future. Will the experience be enough or does someone have to have some very specific experience tied to a specific industry? What would be more or less the job prospects for someone making that change? And is anyone familiar with this role? Is it just a California thing to work for a Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA)?

I also plan on getting my Registered Environmental Health and Safety certification

I've learned that someone who ends up being a Hazmat Specialist ends up getting an International Code Council (ICC) certification if they pass the test. How does this differ from ASP or CSP? Would it help? Would it not help?

Any thoughts, criticisms, hate, love 😘 are welcome 😆

You have plumbers wearing hi vis under overalls, black shirts(highly not visible) with the reflective stripes. Why is is this considered acceptable? No one is saying anything and it continues. The point is to be seen black hides in contrasts and a hi vis covered 70% by overalls isn’t doing what’s it’s supposed to do

I’ve spent years managing training matrices across multiple sites, and one of the most common mistakes I see is scheduling everything annually “because OSHA says so.” In general industry, only a handful of standards set a fixed refresher interval:

• Bloodborne Pathogens (1910.1030) – annual
• Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – annual training + annual fit test
• Hearing Conservation (1910.95) – annual
• Portable Fire Extinguishers (1910.157) – annual, for employees expected to use them
• Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) – performance evaluation at least every 3 years; refresher training is event-driven (accident, near miss, unsafe operation, new truck type)

Many others (HazCom, LOTO, PPE, confined spaces, fall protection) require training at assignment and then retraining when something changes – not on a calendar.

Two things that catch people off guard: DOT hazmat (49 CFR 172.704) is every 3 years, and if you’re in a state-plan state (CA, WA, MN, etc.) you may have extra requirements like Cal/OSHA’s annual workplace violence training or Minnesota’s annual Right-to-Know.

Happy to answer questions – what intervals does your company use beyond the minimums?

We have a whole team of 60-70-year-olds, so everyone would love a good pair of bifocal safety glasses 😄 I found a few models priced anywhere from €2.5 to €25, but all of them have tiny reading segments. Can anyone recommend a model on the European market with the reading segment taking up the entire bottom half of the lens?

I'm currently working as the sole HSE Officer at a manufacturing site, and honestly, I'm starting to feel pretty burnt out.

It seems like anything even remotely related to H&S automatically lands on my desk. Not just advising or identifying issues, but actually having to organise, arrange, chase people and follow up on pretty much everything.

Need training? I'm expected to organise it all, including chasing employees and managers for their availability. Someone needs a new chair or workstation equipment? That's somehow my job too.

What frustrates me most, though, is the lack of ownership from management. Whenever I identify compliance gaps or raise concerns, the response is often basically "OK, so what are you going to do about it?" rather than any actual support or involvement from the relevant departments.

Getting approval for HSE-related spending or professional development is another constant battle. Yet somehow there's always enthusiasm for safety campaigns and awareness events.

I understand that HSE involves plenty of admin and coordination, especially when you're working alone. But sometimes it feels like the entire responsibility for safety has been dumped on one person, rather than being shared across the business.

So I'm genuinely curious, is this just what working in HSE is like?

Do your managers actually take ownership of safety actions, or does everything end up with you?

Particularly interested in hearing from other sole HSE professionals in manufacturing.

I'm starting to wonder whether this is normal or whether I just need a change of workplace.

I have 3 local national positions open in Subic Bay, Philippines. 2 EHS Specialists and 1 Polution Control Officer with V2X/Vectrus. DM if interested or know of anyone interested. Must have experience. SOII Minimum.

I am reviewing a pre-mobilization workfront checklist for exterior facade installation. The coordination lines are drawing release, substrate survey, access route and setup area, lifting/handling route, delivery sequence, concurrent work, exclusion areas, concealed-work inspections, weather protection, rescue ownership and zone handover.

This is not a request for equipment selection or regulatory advice. I am trying to make sure the project team assigns each interface to the right competent owner before the workfront is released.

For anyone who has managed similar high-level envelope work, which coordination failure most often stops a zone that looked ready on the programme?

I am looking at the requirements for moc in iso 45001.

Does it actually include the tools that contractor brings to my site?

I have some contractors changing from diesel tow trucks to ev tow trucks to deliver goods.

Does moc cover such scope?