Careers - Griffith University

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An environmental health degree will open the door to an exciting range of career opportunities in the maintenance and improvement of public health.

Environmental health graduates can find employment with federal, state or local authorities, where responsibilities may include

health promotion
food hygiene and safety management
regulation of accommodation standards
communicable diseases management
running immunisation clinics
quarantine management
disaster and emergency management
air, water and noise pollution
safeguarding the public from toxic substances resulting from chemical incidents
environmental health risk assessment

Other graduates work for environmental consultants and may be employed in the investigation of sick buildings, or in minimising public health impacts of large-scale development projects such as coal seam gas extraction.

There are numerous other career opportunities including

maintenance of hygiene standards on cruise liners
mitigating the effects of climate change on public health
maintaining public safety in the wake of natural disasters such as cyclones, floods, tsunamis and storms.

Griffith’s environmental health degrees are also recognised in a number of overseas countries.