Environmental Health and Safety

Are you interested in learning how businesses can become more sustainable and socially responsible? If so, a career as an environmental science and protection technician may be the perfect fit for you! 

Allan Hancock College’s environmental health and safety program provides students practical knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as assessing environmental impacts, sustainability and public health, managing environmental regulatory compliance, monitoring and collecting water, soil and air samples, and workplace safety and hazard analysis. 

Students learn how to research and interpret environmental health and safety laws and regulations. Then, they apply their knowledge to develop and implement environmental sustainability and workplace safety programs of their own creation. 

Environmental science and protection technicians are employed in both the public and private sectors of agriculture, aerospace, construction, engineering, petroleum, retail and more.  Whether you see yourself working outdoors, in a laboratory, in an office, or a combination of these environments, this is the right career for you. Your career as an environmental science and protection technician starts here!

This program will help you to: 

• interpret environmental laws and regulations
• plan and manage environmental and safety programs
• work as a team to identify and assess environmental risks 
• formulate solutions to environmental and workplace hazards
• conduct a wide range of environmental monitoring and sampling investigations with precision and accuracy
• effectively communicate processes and results of environmental and workplace hazard analysis

To view the program requirements and suggested course sequences for the degrees and/or certificates available for this program, please visit the course catalog.

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