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 72542 open postings.
Updated September 26, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | corrective-action | 7,017 | +3,268 |
| 2 | osha | 6,904 | +3,241 |
| 3 | risk-assessment | 5,470 | +2,398 |
| 4 | incident-investigation | 5,171 | +2,426 |
| 5 | emergency-response | 4,129 | +2,021 |
| 6 | near-miss-reporting | 3,421 | +1,596 |
| 7 | regulatory-compliance | 2,852 | +1,397 |
| 8 | first-aid | 2,648 | +1,325 |
| 9 | root-cause-analysis | 2,517 | +1,142 |
| 10 | safety-audit | 2,350 | +1,061 |
| 11 | industrial-hygiene | 2,282 | +1,013 |
| 12 | iso-45001 | 2,043 | +908 |
| 13 | iso-14001 | 1,961 | +838 |
| 14 | epa | 1,852 | +875 |
| 15 | toolbox-talks | 1,678 | +770 |
| 16 | confined-space | 1,669 | +756 |
| 17 | environmental-compliance | 1,539 | +745 |
| 18 | personal-protective-equipment | 1,520 | +731 |
| 19 | safety-management-system | 1,388 | +640 |
| 20 | hazard-identification | 1,232 | +579 |
| 21 | fall-protection | 1,027 | +445 |
| 22 | contractor-safety | 983 | +439 |
| 23 | waste-management | 973 | +444 |
| 24 | hazardous-waste | 963 | +440 |
| 25 | nfpa | 960 | +424 |
| 26 | job-safety-analysis | 865 | +338 |
| 27 | lockout-tagout | 780 | +378 |
| 28 | permit-to-work | 675 | +285 |
| 29 | ai | 646 | +248 |
| 30 | iso-9001 | 594 | +271 |
| 31 | hot-work | 519 | +228 |
| 32 | program-management | 508 | +209 |
| 33 | stakeholder-management | 508 | +239 |
| 34 | behavior-based-safety | 436 | +183 |
| 35 | statistics | 429 | +204 |
| 36 | machine-guarding | 428 | +217 |
| 37 | analytics | 422 | +223 |
| 38 | working-at-height | 409 | +189 |
| 39 | process-safety-management | 408 | +177 |
| 40 | hazop | 366 | +127 |