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health and safety regulations

🏛️ Enduring ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Necessary health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and legislation rules in the sector of particular activity.

health and safety regulations — necessary health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and legislation rules in the sector of particular activity. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 14.25/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within knowledge. It is currently listed by 44 occupations in our catalogue, including Firefighters, deep-sea fishery worker, fisheries deckhand, and mixed farmer.

Category: knowledge › occupational health and safety SCI: 14.25/100 Also known as: coverage of health and safety standards, range of health and safety regulations, range of health and safety standards, application of health and safety standards, coverage of health and safety regulations, application of health and safety regulations

Occupations that require health and safety regulations

Showing top 20 of 44 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

Firefighters 👥 180,000 · 🤖 2.3/10
deep-sea fishery worker · 🤖 3.7/10
fisheries deckhand · 🤖 3.7/10
mixed farmer · 🤖 3.7/10
industrial firefighter · 🤖 3.9/10
marine firefighter · 🤖 3.9/10
Foresters · 🤖 4.8/10
agronomic crop production team leader · 🤖 5.0/10
aquaculture cage mooring worker · 🤖 5.0/10
aquaculture recirculation manager · 🤖 5.0/10
bee breeder · 🤖 5.0/10
capsule filling machine operator · 🤖 5.0/10
cattle breeder · 🤖 5.0/10
chemistry technician · 🤖 5.0/10
chromatographer · 🤖 5.0/10
crop production manager · 🤖 5.0/10
dangerous goods safety adviser · 🤖 5.0/10
dog breeder · 🤖 5.0/10
employee volunteering programme coordinator · 🤖 5.0/10
fire protection technician · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is health and safety regulations?

Necessary health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and legislation rules in the sector of particular activity.

What category of skill is health and safety regulations?

ESCO classifies health and safety regulations under the knowledge category, specifically in the occupational health and safety subcategory.

Is health and safety regulations an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 14.25/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. This is a durable skill to invest in — high human-connection skills consistently resist automation.

Which jobs require health and safety regulations?

In our catalogue, 44 occupations list health and safety regulations as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include Firefighters, deep-sea fishery worker, fisheries deckhand, mixed farmer, industrial firefighter, marine firefighter.

How transferable is health and safety regulations between industries?

ESCO tags health and safety regulations as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is health and safety regulations the same as coverage of health and safety standards?

Yes — health and safety regulations is also known as coverage of health and safety standards, range of health and safety regulations, range of health and safety standards, application of health and safety standards, coverage of health and safety regulations, application of health and safety regulations, scope of health and safety standards, or scope of health and safety regulations. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn health and safety regulations?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands health and safety regulations and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.