Environmental health officers cover four main areas:
food control
health and safety at work
housing
pollution or environmental protection
The work requires investigative and decision-making abilities. A high level of scientific and technical understanding is necessary.
Environmental health officers take an accredited three-year degree course. The minimum requirement is two to three A-levels, one of which in must be in a science subject. If someone has taken a degree in biology, physics, chemistry or biochemistry etc, it is possible to study a postgraduate degree.
