Occupation Atlasenvironmental health inspector
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a092cb70-f3e3-4224-98a3-b97c0114de77
environmental health inspector
Environmental health inspectors carry out investigations to ensure that areas, organisations and companies comply with environmental and public health legislation. They evaluate environmental complaints, provide reports on their findings and work to prevent future hazards or noncompliance with current policies. Environmental health inspectors perform consultations to promote public health and safety.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CIRConventional · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.84
- I Investigative4.77
- R Realistic4.57
- E Enterprising3.21
- S Social2.35
- A Artistic1.05
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Environmental Compliance Inspectors (13-1041.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- address public health issues
- audit techniques
- check methods
- conduct environmental surveys
- contribute to public health campaigns
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- environmental legislation
- environmental policy
- monitor legislation developments
- perform environmental investigations
- present reports
- promote health and safety
- provide improvement strategies
- public health
- use consulting techniques
- write inspection reports
Optional (21)
- analyse health problems within a given community
- biology
- chemistry
- communicable diseases
- conduct educational activities
- consumer protection
- develop environmental policy
- enforce sanitation procedures
- environmental engineering
- foodborne diseases
- hazardous waste storage
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- occupational health
- percolation
- perform risk analysis
- pests and diseases
- pollution prevention
- provide advice on breaches of regulation
- provide testimony in court hearings
- wear appropriate protective gear
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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