Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities

An environmental health specialist is a specialist who analyzes environmental issues and develops possible solutions to those issues. An environmental health specialist will do research and collect data. They also conduct surveys, and take samples of nature to analyze whats going on. They will collect the data from soil, air, water, and food. They will then present their findings to the public. They will also pitch ideas to businesses to invest in their plans to better the environment. An environmentalist will work full time and upto 40 hours when in the field.  

Salary: They make $67,640 a year.

Education:  For most environmental health specialists the least amount of education you need is a bachelor's in a science-environment field.   

Demand for this profession: This profession will increase by 11% in the years between 2014-2024.

Reflection: It would be fun to be an environmental health specialist because you get to travel. I would also like it because I do like raising awareness about our environment.