Onsite companies contend with a labor shortage, but so do some health departments. And some of them have a plan to fix the problem.
A group of health departments in North Carolina are pushing for a two-year degree program to train environmental health specialists, reported The Pilot of Southern Pines, North Carolina. To become a specialist, state law currently requires a four-year degree, an internship and passing state and local exams.
The two-year program would be developed in partnership with universities and would focus on courses about onsite wastewater and water. People completing the program would be able to work in limited ways
