ATSDR Environmental Health Assessor Professional Competencies

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Click on each professional competency to learn more about what health assessors and other health professionals can learn after studying the training, guidance, and tools related to it. For a printable table version of the ATSDR Environmental Health Assessor Professional Competencies, go to https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/training-health-assessor/competencies.html.

Competency #1: Design initial site-specific public health assessment strategy.
Competency #2: Engage communities throughout the public health assessment process.
Competency #3: Evaluate the environmental sampling data.
Competency #4: Identify and evaluate possible exposures to site-related contaminants.
Competency #5: Define and characterize potentially exposed populations.
Competency #6: Use comparison values to screen substances and identify contaminants and pathways requiring further evaluation.
Competency #7: Perform exposure calculations.
Competency #8: Perform in-depth analysis to determine if adverse health effects are likely.
Competency #9: Determine health assessment conclusions.
Competency #10: Make recommendations and develop a public health action plan.
Competency #11: Communicate effectively with all stakeholders during all phases of the health assessment and consultation process.