Environmental Health Specialist

Duties and responsibilities: An environmental health specialist is a specialist who monitor health and safety conditions in residential settings. They are responsible for many things such as handling of hazardous and infectious waste! They also are in charge of collecting and analyzing samples to determine if there is anything hazardous in the public. Environmental specialist may be associated with milk and dairy productions, sewage disposal, food management, water pollution, etc. They also must have good communication skills to advise the community about something not healthy in the environment. Finally, they must have a commitment of creating a safe environment.

Salary: $41,880 on average.

Education: The education that is needed to become an environmental health specialists is to:

1. Earn a bachelor’s degree. A success tip is to complete an internship, which can be extremely helpful.  
2. You must gain experience. According to study.com, employers prefer to hire people with 1-3 years of work experience.
3. You must consider a certification.Students must earn a 2-3 year degree in the CSP.

4. Lastly, students must pursue a master's degree.

Demand for this profession: There is a small percentage of these specialists so there should be a demand for more for this profession.

Reflection: I think I would like to be an environmental health specialist, because I do care the problems around by environment and by community. I would like make the environment a better place.