Professional Development for Environmental Health Specialists

Environmental health specialists have prescribed technical training requirements in NC. The key resource for these trainings is the NC Environmental Health State of Practice Committee.

On a national level, core non-technical competencies for environmental health specialists have also been developed. There are 14 non-technical core competencies grouped into three primary functions: Assessment, Management and Communication.

This School is designed to assist environmental health specialists to identify learning resources to meet training needs around these non-technical competencies and to enhance technical training.

Your Professional Roadmap

Step 1: Review the environmental health specialist non-technical core competencies by clicking "Competencies" on the right-hand side of this page. Use these to assess your public health skills. You may also want to review the job description for an Environmental Health Specialist and the 10 Essential Services for Environmental Health Specialists.

Step 2: Assess your skills.

A self-assessment tool is currently being developed. In the meantime, you can assess your skills by reviewing the environmental health specialist competencies.

Step 3: Search for learning opportunities.

Once you have assessed your current skills and identified your professional development needs, you can search for learning opportunities by clicking "Learning Opportunities" on the right-hand side of this page.