Nearly every industry worldwide needs environmental health and safety management. In compliance with federal, state, and local legislation, EHS professionals will support businesses lessening their impact on the environment and reducing risks and hazards in their workplaces. Hazard management includes air, soil, and water pollution, hazardous chemicals and wastes, solid waste, ergonomics, workplace safety, chemical, physical, and biological exposures, noise and lighting hazards, recycling, and sustainability management. EHS also provides emergency response to chemical, biological and nuclear spills and provides compliance with emergency response planning.

The Environmental Health and Safety Management department offers degrees and certificates to provide entry-level skills or upgrade and refine existing skills to perform EHS functions in manufacturing, healthcare, laboratory research, construction, and maritime industries. The programs are specifically designed to prepare students to interpret, analyze and implement various regulations, interpret injury and illness data, and minimize chemical, biological, and physical hazards for employees and the environment. This program emphasizes multicultural applications for training, digital literacy, professional written communications, leadership, and teamwork.

Career Opportunities

Environmental Health and Safety Technician/Specialist
Toxic Waste Specialist
Hazardous Waste Technician
HAZWOPER Emergency Response
Industrial Hygiene Technician
Environmental Compliance
Environmental Protection Specialist
Environmental Research
Stormwater/Wastewater Sampling
Sustainability Technician/Specialist
Air Quality Specialist
Phase 1 Investigator
Phase 2 Sampling Technician
EHS Consultant
COVID-19 Program Management
Environmental Remediation
Risk Management