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 74807 open postings.
Updated October 8, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | corrective-action | 7,244 | +1,698 |
| 2 | osha | 7,101 | +1,792 |
| 3 | risk-assessment | 5,592 | +1,107 |
| 4 | incident-investigation | 5,386 | +1,331 |
| 5 | emergency-response | 4,226 | +979 |
| 6 | near-miss-reporting | 3,499 | +801 |
| 7 | regulatory-compliance | 2,926 | +788 |
| 8 | first-aid | 2,718 | +710 |
| 9 | root-cause-analysis | 2,592 | +626 |
| 10 | safety-audit | 2,392 | +493 |
| 11 | industrial-hygiene | 2,384 | +572 |
| 12 | iso-45001 | 2,104 | +406 |
| 13 | iso-14001 | 2,039 | +396 |
| 14 | epa | 1,936 | +531 |
| 15 | toolbox-talks | 1,740 | +391 |
| 16 | confined-space | 1,703 | +377 |
| 17 | personal-protective-equipment | 1,616 | +455 |
| 18 | environmental-compliance | 1,605 | +418 |
| 19 | safety-management-system | 1,435 | +304 |
| 20 | hazard-identification | 1,272 | +292 |
| 21 | fall-protection | 1,075 | +238 |
| 22 | contractor-safety | 1,055 | +294 |
| 23 | nfpa | 1,006 | +242 |
| 24 | waste-management | 972 | +202 |
| 25 | hazardous-waste | 939 | +195 |
| 26 | job-safety-analysis | 907 | +192 |
| 27 | lockout-tagout | 824 | +206 |
| 28 | ai | 683 | +176 |
| 29 | permit-to-work | 672 | +109 |
| 30 | iso-9001 | 590 | +72 |
| 31 | hot-work | 544 | +104 |
| 32 | program-management | 519 | +133 |
| 33 | stakeholder-management | 519 | +125 |
| 34 | statistics | 462 | +140 |
| 35 | behavior-based-safety | 453 | +105 |
| 36 | machine-guarding | 443 | +108 |
| 37 | process-safety-management | 436 | +114 |
| 38 | analytics | 431 | +97 |
| 39 | working-at-height | 396 | +62 |
| 40 | hazop | 371 | +65 |