Basic Requirements

• U.S. native or naturalized citizen
• Less than 44 years of age (this may be adjusted upward for current/prior active duty service)
• Meet current medical and security requirements

Degrees and Certifications

To be an environmental health officer requires one of the following:

• Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in environmental health from a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council
• Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in industrial hygiene, safety, or health physics from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• Master's or doctoral degree in environmental health, occupational health, or industrial hygiene from a school of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
• Certification as an Industrial Hygienist (CIH) by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
• Certification as a Health Physicist (CHP) by the American Board of Health Physics