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 96426 open postings.
Updated November 10, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | corrective-action | 9,173 | -1,264 |
| 2 | osha | 8,680 | -1,482 |
| 3 | risk-assessment | 7,312 | -912 |
| 4 | incident-investigation | 6,593 | -949 |
| 5 | emergency-response | 5,160 | -646 |
| 6 | near-miss-reporting | 4,500 | -701 |
| 7 | iso-45001 | 3,648 | +202 |
| 8 | regulatory-compliance | 3,615 | -707 |
| 9 | root-cause-analysis | 3,432 | -271 |
| 10 | iso-14001 | 3,302 | +15 |
| 11 | first-aid | 3,270 | -359 |
| 12 | industrial-hygiene | 3,176 | -229 |
| 13 | safety-audit | 3,016 | -344 |
| 14 | epa | 2,404 | -450 |
| 15 | environmental-compliance | 2,342 | -230 |
| 16 | toolbox-talks | 2,210 | -324 |
| 17 | confined-space | 2,129 | -266 |
| 18 | personal-protective-equipment | 1,990 | -254 |
| 19 | safety-management-system | 1,723 | -239 |
| 20 | hazard-identification | 1,550 | -210 |
| 21 | waste-management | 1,429 | -122 |
| 22 | contractor-safety | 1,312 | -129 |
| 23 | hazardous-waste | 1,267 | -267 |
| 24 | fall-protection | 1,255 | -183 |
| 25 | iso-9001 | 1,224 | +70 |
| 26 | nfpa | 1,106 | -262 |
| 27 | job-safety-analysis | 1,017 | -151 |
| 28 | lockout-tagout | 995 | -183 |
| 29 | ai | 889 | -34 |
| 30 | permit-to-work | 881 | -91 |
| 31 | hot-work | 705 | -73 |
| 32 | statistics | 653 | -20 |
| 33 | behavior-based-safety | 629 | +11 |
| 34 | stakeholder-management | 614 | -127 |
| 35 | analytics | 613 | -7 |
| 36 | program-management | 600 | -194 |
| 37 | machine-guarding | 522 | -99 |
| 38 | powerbi | 503 | -37 |
| 39 | working-at-height | 498 | -72 |
| 40 | process-safety-management | 489 | -107 |