Industrial Hygienist
Duties and Responsibilities: Industrial
hygiene is generally defined as the art and science dedicated to the
anticipation, recognition, evaluation, communication and control of
environmental stressors in, or arising from, the work place that may result in
injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well being of workers and members of
the community. These stressors are divided into the categories biological,
chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial. The
profession of industrial hygiene uses strict and rigorous scientific
methodology and often requires professional experience in determining the
potential for hazard and evaluating exposures or risk in workplace and
environmental studies.
Salary: $77,857
Education: Students who are successful in the Industrial Hygiene program typically have undergraduate degrees in one of the sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics), or Engineering.
Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
I wouldn't like to become because to me it doesn't look interesting. It's not my type of dream job.