From Shift Lead to EHS Specialist in Australia
A sideways move on the ladder.
Skills to build
What an EHS Specialist needs beyond a Shift Lead.
Site safety
- Assess risk and plan safe work Up to Leads others
- Electrical safety awareness Leads others
- Hazards of a critical facility Leads others
- Move equipment and handle loads safely Leads others
- Select and use protective equipment Leads others
- Work under a permit to work Leads others
- Work at height Independent
Leadership
- Find root causes and learn from incidents Up to Leads others
Emergency response
- Report an incident or near miss Leads others
- Respond to a spill or leak Leads others
UPS and batteries
- Battery room safety Independent
Refrigerant handling
- Refrigerant safety and law Independent
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)
- Units of competency from training.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia, captured 2026.10. Kept as published. (Training package content, © Commonwealth of Australia: kept as published, no adapted copies)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA – Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0, and its correspondence to ISCO-08. CC BY 4.0. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)