Environmental Health Specialist

Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Environmental health specialists monitor health 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, or a health and safety specialist. The main responsibilities of the position are to determine the existence of possible health hazards and to take steps to correct them.

Salary: $37,300 to $57,551 per year

Education:

Most positions for environmental health specialists require at least a bachelor's degree. Significant course-work in chemistry, biology, public health, physical sciences, as well as environmental engineering is usually needed as well.

Demand:

11% (Faster than average)

Reflection: I would not like to become an EHS because it doesn’t really interest me. The pay is okay but not enough to be doing what I don’t want to be doing.