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How to become an Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professional

Official title: Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals

Plans, carries out, evaluates and oversees workplace safety, health and injury prevention programmes.

Main tasks

Draw up, carry out and oversee workplace health and injury prevention plans and policies
Carry out workplace risk assessments and occupational disease prevention strategies in areas such as food safety, worker safety and factory wastewater treatment
Identify hazards, assess and control health risks in the workplace, and give advice in line with relevant laws and regulations
Give information and advice on workplace safety and health
Investigate injuries and equipment damage, report on the results of injury prevention programmes, and coordinate compensation, rehabilitation and return to work for injured staff

Ways in

University department: Health & Public Health degrees, Offered by 18 universities in Taiwan
Technical college: Technician certificate: Occupational hygiene management. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 221 職業衛生管理. Tested at grade A (甲級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.; Technician certificate: Occupational safety management. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 220 職業安全管理. Tested at grade A (甲級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional industrial or mining safety engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 工業安全技師、礦業安全技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 18.
Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional occupational hygiene engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 職業衛生技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 41.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Average pay: NT$860,000 a year
Demand for Health and care jobs is projected at about 774,000 in 2024 and about 876,000 in 2030. (+13.2%)
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become an Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professional?

Ways in include: Health & Public Health degrees; Technician certificate: Occupational hygiene management; Technician certificate: Occupational safety management.

How much does an Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professional earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$860,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is an Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professional a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.2% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of an Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professional?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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