Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and responsibilities:

Environmental health specialists protect the public and the environment by making sure that environmental regulations are being met. They often work for the federal, state or local government. Being an environmental health specialist can be dangerous because they put themselves in dangerous or stressful situations in order to gauge levels of safety.

Education:

To become an Environmental health specialist you must first a Bachelor's Environmental Health or related subjects like biology and chemistry. To get a career as an Environmental health specialist some people might require 1-3 years of work experience. Certification for this job is not required by law. To become an Environmental health specialist pursuing your Master’s is degree is important because by the BLS, a graduate degree and extensive work experience are typically required for advanced safety specialist positions.

Salary:

The Salary for an average Environmental health specialist is 70,210 dollars per year. Some extra money is given to those who put themselves in dangerous and stressful positions to keep people safe.

Demand for this profession:

This profession is expected to grow 11% faster than the average.

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