Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and responsibilities: The health specialist is someone who prepares inspection reports and they issues notices and violations. They also respond to citizen complaints like the condition of a place. They protect people from the public from sickness and illness. They protect people from getting harmed and protect them from not getting something bad that why they investigate. They do inspections on places that are exposed to the public like schools, fast foods, hotels,parks,etc. They want to be aware that places are safe for people that are out in the public.

Salary: $37,300 - $57,511 per year

Education: To become an environmental health specialist you need to first have a bachelor’s degree. It has to be related to the fields of biology or chemistry. They must major on toxicology, environmental law. Then you must gain experience on how to deal with these things and make sure that they are safe. 1-3 years of experience is required and be able to clean up anything that is contaminated.

Demand in Profession: It is expected to grow from 10%-15% in the next few years. Many work locally but there needs to be more working outside. The amount of people in this profession is growing which is good.

Reflection; I would not be interested in this career because it’s a lot of work having to search a whole area to make sure that it is safe. Also, it is good that people are making sure that public places are safe for people in our community.