1. Occupational Hygienist: Trained to recognize, evaluate, control and prevent workplace exposures.
2. Safety Professional: engaged in the prevention of accidents, incidents, and events that harm people, property, or the environment
3. Occupational Health Nurse (OHN): specialty practice that provides for and delivers health care services to workers and worker populations.
4. Occupational Physician: a Licensed medical doctor with special training and experience in the health of workers.
5. Emergency Preparedness Professional: Responsible for defending and communicating each employee's role during emergency.
6. Environmentalist: Responsible for the managements of several programs related to environmental protection, most commonly: Hazardous Waste managements and disposal, Air Quality, Water Quality and Recycling/Reclamation.

Usually these professionals will report to the Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) Manager of the respective company where they work.  The SH&E manager will have a program called SH&E program driven by a SH&E policy.  This policy integrates all the above functions into one program, the SH&E program.  Do you have such a program at your workplace?  This is one of the determinants of sustainability of your business.  Depending on the risks and size of your operation, you may not need to employ these professionals on a full time and permanent basis, you can use consultants on a consulting fee basis.

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