Friday, December 6, 2013

Industrial Hygienist

Duties and Responsibilities:
Recognizes, evaluates, and controls chemical, physical, and biological hazards in the work place. Evaluates university compliance with regard to state and federal occupational health and safety regulations, laws, rules, and codes. Educates and informs employees and students about occupational health and safety hazards. This is a specialized classification and is distinguished from the Health/Safety Specialist in that incumbents perform industrial hygiene functions.
Salary: $77,857
Education: Industrial Hygiene is a health profession that uses the concepts of the natural sciences and mathematics, the principles of engineering, and effective public-health management skills to identify, characterize, and control biological, chemical, physical, and psycho-social agents of disease, disability, or discomfort that may arise in or from the workplace and affect the health or standard of living of workers and/or the community at large.
                                           
                                       

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