How to become an environmental officer
Official title: Environmental officer (public health)
Also called: Environmental health and safety manager, Environmental health and safety specialist, Environmental officer (environmental public health), Environmental health and safety specialist
Environmental officer (public health) assesses, plans and implements environmental health policies, prevention programmes and strategies for communicable diseases, food safety, waste water treatment and disposal systems, recreation and domestic water quality, contaminated and hazardous substances. He/she implements and enforces environmental health legislations and regulations.
Main tasks
- Developing, implementing and reviewing programmes and policies to promote environmental and occupational health
- Preparing and implementing plans and strategies for the safe, economic and suitable disposal of commercial, industrial, medical and household wastes
- Implementing prevention programmes and strategies for communicable diseases, food safety, waste water treatment and disposal systems, recreation and domestic water quality, contaminated and hazardous substances
- Identifying, reporting and documenting hazards, and assessing and controlling risks in the environment and workplace and advising on compliance with relevant law and regulations
- Developing, implementing and monitoring programmes to minimise workplace and environmental pollution involving chemical, physical and biological hazards
- Prescribing methods to prevent, eliminate, control, or reduce the exposure of workers, patients, the public and/or the environment to radiological and other hazards
- Providing education, information, training, and advice to persons at all levels on aspects of occupational hygiene and environmental health
Ways in
- University: Health & Public Health degrees, Offered by 1 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $105,024 a year. The middle half earn $78,336 to $132,000 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an environmental officer?
Ways in include: Health & Public Health degrees.
How much does an environmental officer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $105,024 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $78,336 to $132,000.
Will AI change the work of an environmental officer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026