Ways to be a great safety manager in HSE industry
I have listened to several interview with top HSE Professionals and when this question ” What makes you a great HSE Manager is thrown to them?” They always have a lot to say.
To be a safety manager require some hard work, to be a great safety manager requires a great deal of hard work.
There are lot of qualities you need to have endue yourself with, from creativity to critical thinking, the best safety managers possess a variety of traits that lead to sound policies, productive training sessions and greater company-wide buy-in to safety initiatives.
Here are a few of the most important qualities that make a great safety manager.
1. Great leadership skills
The ability to influence employees under you to do the right thing at all time is very important in getting safety growth off the ground.
Creating new policies on paper is just the first step of the process, and workers need to buy in to new practices before any real results can be achieved.
For workers to be able to do what you want them to do, they need to see you as someone who is worth taking the stress for, because they know it will help the team produce results.
So the first thing to ask is if workers under you are always ready to take instructions and work on them once it is from you and this start when you lead by example .
2. Definite Goal orientation
As an HSE Manager, You must be able to provide a definite Goal orientation that can solve problem immediately, there will be different idea that are feasibility, when it come to making a great manager, Your ideas must not only be feasible, they must be feasible and produce results.
A truly effective manager will be able to focus on the big picture of any given safety concern and create policies that will reliably produce significant, measurable results. This means at all time, You have a definite idea of how a problem will be solved without having to go round and round.
This qualities shows you to be a better manager at all time, people under you will be aware at all time that working with you won’t get them stressed because you always have a definite Goal orientation.
3. Financial intelligent
Budgeting is one of a safety managerâs most important tasks. Most businesses operate on thin margins, and while employers want to do everything they can to keep their workers safe and productive, they also have to keep their operating budgets in mind.
A great safety manager needs the financial know-how to effectively allocate their limited resources. From personal protective equipment to employee training to machinery maintenance, every action that might improve safety will come at a cost. Choosing expenses wisely isnât just a financial matter â itâs a serious safety concern.
Managers also need to be able to demonstrate the ROI of safety management initiatives, whether itâs a new training program or a new safety software system.
4. Working Ethics
Safety personnel handle dangerous, life-or-death concerns on a daily basis, and an unwavering moral compass is a must. Commitment to worker safety is critical, as is a dedication to safety policy regulations. Great safety managers are usually the types who can be trusted to always do the right thing, and to never take an easy but questionable path to solve a tough problem.
5.Techincal Skills
Any abled safety manager need to have the knowledge and
technical skills to perform wonderfully in his routines. An in-depth knowledge of regulatory concerns is a great starting point, but that knowledge needs to be combined with hands-on experience, documenting, reporting, investigating and preventing work-related incidents.
When training and instructing employees, safety mangers must be able to explain how each new policy will actually affect the performance of specific tasks.
A safety manager must continue to grow in knowledge as there is daily growth and development in the HSE industry, therefore a safety manager must be on top of the job to ensure his method of working and achieving result is unique, easily explained and be understood by everyone working under him .
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