Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

Environmental health specialists monitor health and safety conditions in residential, industrial, commercial and recreational settings. The main responsibilities of a environmental health specialist is to determine the existence of possible health hazards and to take steps to correct them.As part of inspection processes health specialists may collect sampes of air, soil, dirt, and water. Then they test the samples to determine if there is any dangerous substance in the material.

Salary:

The average salary of an environmental health specialist is $37,300 to $57,551 per year.

Education:

Most positions for environmental health specialists require at least a bachelor's degree. Work in chemistry, biology, public health, physical science, as well as environmental engineering is also needed. In addition work experience is required either through internships or other environmental health related jobs.

Demand of profession:

The job outlook for environmental specialists is about 11 percent from 2014 to 2024.

   

Reflection:

I believe I would like to become an environmental health specialist because it involves a lot of going into nature and stuff. Although science is my least favorite subject I would make an exception if that was my only choice.