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Where an environmental health inspector can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an environmental health inspector already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Environmental health inspectors carry out investigations to ensure that areas, organisations and companies comply with environmental and public health legislation. They evaluate environmental complaints, provide reports on their findings and work to prevent future hazards or noncompliance with current policies. Environmental health inspectors perform consultations to promote public health and safety.

Also known as public health inspector.

Technicians and associate professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: industrial waste inspector, 31%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
industrial waste inspector 31% covered public health policy officer 26% covered health and safety officer 24% covered health and safety inspector 22% covered environmental programme coord… 20% covered environmental health insp… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from environmental health inspector, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an environmental health inspector already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An environmental health inspector needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • perform environmental investigations information skills
  • check methods social sciences, journalism and information
  • address public health issues management skills
  • contribute to public health campaigns management skills
  • conduct environmental surveys information skills
  • public health health and welfare
  • promote health and safety communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide improvement strategies management skills
  • monitor legislation developments information skills
  • audit techniques business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an environmental health inspector does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Environmental health inspector is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an environmental health inspector’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.