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Career Exploration Seminars in Industrial Hygiene

Career Exploration Seminars in Industrial Hygiene. Trina Redford, Industrial Hygienist National Naval Medical Center Naval Business Center, Bld. 615 Philadelphia, PA. Purpose.

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Career Exploration Seminars in Industrial Hygiene

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  1. Career Exploration Seminarsin Industrial Hygiene Trina Redford, Industrial Hygienist National Naval Medical Center Naval Business Center, Bld. 615 Philadelphia, PA

  2. Purpose • To introduce the field of industrial hygiene and recruit minority students interested in pursing careers in the profession.

  3. 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.

  4. Public Utilities Government Laborer Unions Research Laboratories Hospitals Hazardous Waste Companies College and Universities Consulting Firms Chemical Companies Manufacturing Companies Job Diversity

  5. The Federal Government’s Role • 1970-Occupational Safety and Health Act • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

  6. Educational requirements • Undergraduate degree in: • Engineering • Chemistry • Biology • Occupational Health • Industrial Hygiene

  7. 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 Areas the Industrial Hygienist may be involved in include:

  8. Occupational Health Team • Occupational Health Physician • Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN) • Audiologist • Optometrist • Industrial Hygienist

  9. 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

  10. “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.

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