NOC 22232: Occupational health and safety specialists

Occupational health and safety specialists review, evaluate and monitor health and safety hazards and develop strategies to prevent, control and eliminate accidents and occupational injuries. They inspect the workplace environments, equipment and practices to ensure compliance with organization and government environment, health and safety standards and regulations. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): yes, 1.3× tier.

TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 22232 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 22232

With 12+ months of Canadian work here, from November 3, 2026, by years of skilled Canadian work:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Lead and participate in workplace audits and investigations of safety concerns, incidents and accidents
• Lead and participate in workplace inspections to ensure that equipment, materials and production processes do not present a safety or health hazard to employees
• Develop and implement health and safety programs, including standard operating procedures, policies and training to mitigate risk, optimize worker's health and safety and foster a positive occupational health and safety culture
• Initiate enforcement procedures on workplaces contravening organization and government health and safety standards and regulations
• Provide training to employers, employees and the general public on issues of workplace safety
• Communicate, engage and influence decision-makers and workers to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and regulations

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• health and safety officer
• occupational health and safety officer
• occupational health supervisor
• occupational safety consultant
• occupational safety coordinator

Employment requirements

• A bachelor's degree or college diploma in occupational health and safety is usually required.
• Occupational health and safety officers may require certification with the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP).

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