Environmental Health Specialist-Sanitarian

Duties and Responsibilities: Environmental Health Specialists enforce the governments’ rules and regulations. It is there job to advise their clients as well as improve the current conditions. They will take and analyze samples. They will develop informational programs and decide if something has to go to waste or not.

Salary: $25,000 - $50,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED is needed to start. A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is needed in environmental health or environmental engineering.

 

Reflection: I don’t think that I would like to have this career because it doesn’t really seem to interest me.

Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities: A health information specialist analyzes all data that has to do with the hospital and finance wise. They provided this information so that the practitioners know how to care and what to provide for the patients. There are three different parts to the health information specialist and they are the coding specialist, record technicians, and record administrators.

Salary: $20,000 - $25,000 (Coding Specialists)  $23,000 - $30,000 (Record Technicians) 

$30,000 - $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Education: to become a coding specialist you must have a high school diploma or GED. Training is usually done on the job but there are classes offered at technical school and community colleges and you must pass an examination. Record technicians must earn an associate’s degree and as well pass an exam. A record administrator must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass an exam.

 

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this career because it doesn’t seem interesting to me.

 

Histology Specialist

 

Duties and Responsibilities: Histologists have to cut thin slices of tissue and then prepare them so that they can be viewed through a microscope. Doing this they can see if the patient has a disease or anything.

Salary: $22,000 - $50,000

Education: Anybody who wants to be a Histology Specialist should have a diploma or GED. They must also have an associate’s degree in the field. They must also complete a long term training and then pass a national exam.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be a Histology Specialist? Why? Why not?

I think that I would like to be a Histology Specialist because it seems like a fun job. It looks like if you always have something to do.

 

Health Information specialist

 

Duties and Responsibilities: A health information specialist obtains and analyzes medical insurance data so that they know what kind of health care should be provided to the patients. There is a variety of jobs around this one who work together to get the job done.

Salary: $20,000 - $40,000

Education: Students should have a high school diploma or a GED. They should also take high school courses such as business, information management, science, math, and English. Training is usually done on the job but there are classes available at trade schools and community colleges. 

Answer: I wouldn’t like to be a Health Information Specialist because it does not seem to interest me, it seems to boring.

 

Environmental Health Specialist  

Duties and Responsibilities: As an Environmental Health Specialist you check and state health. You also enforce safety codes. You will also conduct experiments to check for hazards everywhere. In this work position you will also find other little jobs that you will have to do.

Average Yearly Salary: $70,512.00 - $84,489.60

Education: You will need to a high school diploma or GED. You will also need to graduate from a 4 year college or university and major in environmental health science or a closely related field.  

 

Answer: I would like to have this job because it looks like you will always have something to do and not get bored. It also looks like an interesting job and it also looks like you will always be moving from place to place.

 

Health Information Specialist

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Educational Requirements

Students should take high school courses in business, information management, science, math, and English.

Coding specialists must have a high school diploma or GED certificate. Training is usually conducted on the job, but classes are offered at technical schools and community colleges. To become an certified, specialists must pass an examination.

Accredited record technicians must earn an associate’s degree from an accredited college program or from the American Health Information Management Association Independent Study program. Additionally, they must pass a credentialing examination.

Record administrators must complete a bachelor’s degree program in the field and pass a certification examination.

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