Career Exploration Seminars

in Industrial Hygiene

Trina Redford, Industrial HygienistNational Naval Medical CenterNaval Business Center, Bld. 615Philadelphia, PA

Purpose To introduce the field of industrial

hygiene and recruit minority students interested in pursing careers in the profession.

Industrial Hygiene Anticipation, recognition,

evaluation, and control of workplace environmental factors that may effect the health of comfort or productivity of the worker.

Science. Art that involves judgment

creativity and human interaction.

Job Diversity Public Utilities Government Laborer Unions Research

Laboratories Hospitals

Hazardous Waste Companies

College and Universities

Consulting Firms Chemical

Companies Manufacturing

Companies

The Federal Government’s Role

1970-Occupational Safety and Health Act

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Educational requirements Undergraduate degree in:

Engineering Chemistry Biology Occupational Health Industrial Hygiene

Areas the Industrial Hygienist may be involved in include:

Asbestos Biological

Monitoring Biosafety Confined Spaces Ergonomics Environmental Lead Exposure

Assessment

Hazard Evaluation Indoor Environmental

Quality Radiation Laboratory Health

and Safety Toxicology Workplace

Environmental Exposure Levels

Occupational Health Team Occupational Health Physician Certified Occupational Health Nurse

(COHN) Audiologist Optometrist Industrial Hygienist

Salary of an Industrial Hygienist Entry Level $35,000-$40,000 Mid Level $40,000-$70,000 Top Level $60,000-$130,000 or higher

“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather that the quality of or services and relationship to mankind.”

Martin Luther King Jr.