Environmental Health Specialists
Duties and
Responsibilities: Environmental
health specialists monitor and safety conditions in residential, industrial,
commercial, and recreational settings. A person who works as an environmental
health specialist may also be called an environmental health or safety
inspector. Most environmental safety work for the government agencies that
monitor local, state, federal safety and environmental regulations. This
includes checking plants factories for pollution or industrial waste,
inspecting restaurants for cleanliness, and inspecting schools, day care
centers, and nursing homes for hospitals handle biological waste and ensure
that swimming pools and other recreational facilities are safe for public use.
Salary:
$37300 to $57,551 per year
Education:
Most position for environmental
health specialists requires at least a bachelor’s degree. Significant course
work in chemistry, biology, public health sciences, as well as environmental
engineering is usually needed as well. Those want to work for the government
has to complete a certification course administered by the appropriate local,
state, or federal agency.
Reflection: I think being an environmental health specialists would be
really cool. I think it would be really cool because you would be able to go
into resturants , companies , and lots of other places. Another reason would be
because they get paid really good.