PathSource - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT, IN-DEPTH: I Feel Like I'm Still In School

× We offer our visitors 5 free video views. Download the free iOS app here for access to thousands of videos. Schools may contact us for full platform access.

Tourist 063e8258caa4f4fb01ed0fe509f10cf5

Tags:

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT, IN-DEPTH: I Feel Like I'm Still In School

About this video

Alison, an environmental health consultant, describes the challenges of her job, what she likes most, her key decisions, and how to get into the industry. Alison has the opportunity to work with experts in the field, so she learns so many new things everyday that it is as if she were still in school.

Degree: Environmental Science

Job Title: Environmental Health Consultant

Job Summary: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Job Description

Environmental scientists and specialists use their knowledge of the natural sciences to protect the environment. They identify problems and find solutions that minimize hazards to the health of the environment and the population.

On-the-Job Training

None

Quick Facts

Average salary

National Statistic Change Location

Confirm

$40,000 - $110,000

Projected Job Growth

15 to 25 percent

Typical schedule

Full-time

Typical workplace

Indoor, Office, Outdoor

Personal Qualities

Analytical skills, Problem solving skills, Verbal communication skills, Written communication skills, Detail oriented, Technical skills

Educational Path

Education Requirement

Bachelor's degree

Recommended Education Degree

Bachelor's degree

Recommended Majors

Environmental Studies
Biochemistry
Biology
Geology
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

Related Careers

Chemists and Materials Scientists
Environmental Engineers
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians
Epidemiologists
Geoscientists
Hydrologists
Microbiologists
Natural Sciences Managers
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Postsecondary Teachers

View Detailed Career Data

PathSource provides free English transcriptions for each of our informational interviews on video which will appear here after you have signed in. Our advanced transcriptions are highly interactive. They scroll down automatically as the video plays and users can jump to a specific part of the video by clicking on any word in the transcript.

For a small fee, we offer transcriptions in different languages, making PathSource a great tool for English Language Learners. This feature is currently available for customers in the education field only.

Please contact us at support@pathsoruce.com if you have any questions or would like to get a price quote for advanced transcripts offered in a second language.

P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"What I like best about my job is the people that I get to work with. I work with some very smart and very creative people, and they really bring the field to life for me. So I think that they're very much experts in their field, and it's really great to actually learn from them every day. It's almost like I'm still in school, because I learn so much every day throughout working with these different people from different backgrounds. So that's been very rewarding. The part that's most challenging, I think it does come down to time management because it can be high intensity. And in order to get the most out of it, you really have to put a lot in. So you have to always be ready to help out, or always be ready to take on a new challenging project. Because those are the most rewarding, but they're also the most time consuming and the most demanding. So just figuring out how to best use my time and to be a team player, I think, is the most challenging. The key decision I made was really just to put myself out there. To get this interview for this job, I had to make a 30 minute presentation to the group on my research. And this was the first job interview I had had, and I was very intimidated. But I did it, and everyone was so impressed because actually I wasn't supposed to, just coming out of undergrad. It was more of a requirement for master's students. But I did it anyway, and I did OK. And so I think just putting myself out there really helped me get the job. And I've been there for over three years now, so it's been a good place to start. I think once you're in the field it's not hard to find work. But I think finding the field is actually kind of difficult. Because people know about environmental science and they know about public health, but environmental health where the two come together is a little less well known. Once you have a degree in something like industrial hygiene, epidemiology, or toxicology, then there's plenty of opportunities-- especially in consulting, because it's such a niche field that it's very highly sought after. It's challenging, definitely. I think in any consulting field you're definitely at the mercy of your clients, and so you want to do your best all the time. But after you get your bearings in this new job, then I think you can set some boundaries about when you want to have your time and hopefully your co-workers will be respectful of that. And at my job at least they have been, so it's been OK. ","file":{"id":357001,"video_id":"3218132730001","name":"2017-Alison-p-EnvironHealthConsultant2 In-depth","duration":170830,"thumbnail_url":null}});