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Environmental Health Professionals

Environmental health professionals use specialist technical skills and knowledge to protect people from health risks associated with the environment in which they live and work. They maintain and safeguard standards, including taking legal action to enforce relevant legislation with regard to public health policy.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 21,735
£ 33,821
£ 61,411

New workers start around £21,735. Normal pay is £33,821 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £61,411.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 7,367 vacancies for this type of job

5.71%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Initiates legal proceedings and gives evidence in court.

  • Gives talks at public enquiries and meetings, ensures compliance through education, advice and enforcement.

  • Ensures animal welfare for compliance with legislation, issues licences for premises such as pet shops, zoos and abattoirs.

  • Monitors radiation activity, levels of noise, air, land and water pollution and takes appropriate action when safety levels are exceeded.

  • Investigates outbreaks of food poisoning, infectious diseases or pests.

  • Follows up complaints of unsafe workplaces, investigating accidents.

  • Inspects businesses for compliance with legislation on health and safety, food hygiene and food standards and takes appropriate action in the event of non-compliance.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Risk Analysis

  • Safety Engineering

  • Functional Safety

  • Hazard Analysis

  • Safety Standards

  • Hazard Identification

  • Auditing

  • Environment Health And Safety

  • Project Engineering

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Planning

  • Operations

  • Safety Assurance

  • Investigation

  • Influencing Skills

  • Presentations

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Public Health

University of East London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stratford · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Health & Social Care

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Health and Social Care Top-up

University College Birmingham

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Variable · Birmingham · 2023-2024

Tariff points: N/A

Population Health Sciences

UCL (University College London)

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 128/152

Healthcare Practice

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Nuneaton · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Public Health

Buckinghamshire New University

BA · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 88/112

Health and Social Care

University of Derby

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Derby · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Public Health

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chelmsford · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Health and Social Studies

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Elgin · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 63/64

Environmental Science

Nottingham Trent University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Southwell · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Health Studies

Royal Holloway, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Egham · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 120/147

Health and Social Care

Staffordshire University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stoke-on-Trent · 2024-2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Public Health

University of Bedfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Luton · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Public and Environmental Health

University Centre Weston

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Weston-super-Mare · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Environmental Management

SRUC Scotland's Rural College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Edinburgh · 2023-2024

Tariff points: 16/21

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