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How to become a Public Health Officer in Greece
Public health officers prevent disease across whole communities through inspection, education and outbreak response.
Quick answers
- What does a Public Health Officer do?
- Public health officers prevent disease across whole communities through inspection, education and outbreak response.
- How do you become a Public Health Officer in Greece?
- Common ways in: Bachelor of Environmental or Public Health (about 3 years); Master of Public Health (for senior roles) (about 2 years). Routes and durations vary by country and person.
- Which school subjects help you become a Public Health Officer?
- Biology, Chemistry, Geography.
Official definition
Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals assess, plan and implement programmes to recognize, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, to ensure safe and healthy working conditions and to prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, radiological and biological agents or ergonomic factors.
ISCO-08 unit group 2263, Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals. Contains ESCO data. (c) European Union. Reuse authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU). ISCO-08 is the International Standard Classification of Occupations of the International Labour Organization.
What the work involves
- Inspect food, water and sanitation
- Run health education campaigns
- Track and respond to outbreaks
Key skills
- Public health
- Data analysis
- Communication
- Policy analysis
Where this career can lead
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Ways in
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Degree · about 3 years
Bachelor of Environmental or Public Health
Degree · about 2 years
Master of Public Health (for senior roles)
School subjects that keep this path open
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Geography
Where this career can lead
CareerProof Global guidance: common routes and typical durations compiled by our team; they vary by country and person.
No onward moves recorded yet.
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- Change fieldMicrobiologistDisease surveillance work (about 2 years)
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