Health Education Specialists
Tasks Include:
- Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.
- Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
- Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
- Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +13.9%
National: +7.7%
Education
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$59,990.00
State
$63,220.00
Regional
Health Education Specialists
Description
Career Cluster: | Human Services |
Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.
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Health Education Specialists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 62.17%
- Bachelor's Degree = 30.93%
- Master's Degree = 3.44%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 2.60%
- Doctoral Degree = 0.86%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 41.57%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 39.41%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.82%
- None = 2.60%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 2.60%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 64.31%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 26.94%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.06%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.42%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.40%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.86%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 56.62%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 17.20%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.96%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 7.70%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.10%
- None or short demonstration = 2.42%
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Health Education Specialists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Develop operational plans and policies necessary to achieve health education objectives and services.
- Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
- Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
- Supervise professional and technical staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.
- Design and conduct evaluations and diagnostic studies to assess the quality and performance of health education programs.
- Provide program information to the public by preparing and presenting press releases, conducting media campaigns, or maintaining program-related Web sites.
- Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work.
- Provide guidance to agencies and organizations on assessment of health education needs and on development and delivery of health education programs.
- Develop and maintain health education libraries to provide resources for staff and community agencies.
- Develop, conduct, or coordinate health needs assessments and other public health surveys.
- Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
- Design and administer training programs for new employees and continuing education for existing employees.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Develop educational materials and programs for community agencies, local government, and state government.
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Health Education Specialists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Desktop computers
- Digital video disk players or recorders (Digital video disk DVD players)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Liquid crystal display projector (Liquid crystal display LCD projectors)
- Overhead projectors (Overhead display projectors)
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- Photocopiers (Photocopying equipment)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epi Info
- Data base user interface and query software
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC WONDER
- Microsoft Access
- Desktop publishing software
- Microsoft Publisher
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Web page creation and editing software
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Health Education Specialists
Additional Resources
Association of Schools of Public Health
1101 15th St, NW Suite 910
Washington DC 20005
www.asph.org/
American Public Health Association
800 I St, NW
Washington DC 2001
www.apha.org/
Society for Public Health Education
750 First St. NE, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20002-4242
www.sophe.org/
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations
www.hsc.usf.edu/CFH/cnheo/
American Association for Health Education
1900 Association Dr Reston, VA 20191
www.aahperd.org/aahe
American College Health Association
PO Box 28937
Baltimore, MD 21240
www.acha.org
American School Health Association
7263 State Route 43
PO Box 708
Kent, OH 44240
www.ashaweb.org
The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
944 Marcon Blvd., Suite 310
Allentown, PA 18109
www.nchec.org/
Health Education Professional Resources
www.nyu.edu/education/hepr/
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Health Education Specialists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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90.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
88.25 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
80.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
77.00 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
65.75 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
64.75 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
64.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
62.50 | Sociology and Anthropology | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins. |
60.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
60.00 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
59.75 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
58.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
54.75 | Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
54.00 | Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Health Education Specialists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
78.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
78.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
72.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
72.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
68.75 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
65.50 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
59.50 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Health Education Specialists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
81.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
72.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
65.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Health Education Specialists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
93.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
92.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
88.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
88.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
87.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
86.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
85.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
85.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
84.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
83.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
80.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
79.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
79.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
78.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
78.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
77.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
77.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
76.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
75.25 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
69.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
65.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
65.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
63.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
62.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.75 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
60.00 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
56.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
55.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
49.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
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Health Education Specialists
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
93.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
90.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
87.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
85.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
84.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
83.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
82.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
81.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
79.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
79.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
78.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
76.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
76.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
75.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
63.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
72.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
50.00 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Health Education Specialists
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
97.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
95.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
94.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
88.40 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
85.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
83.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
81.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
78.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
78.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
76.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
76.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
75.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
72.00 | Public Speaking | How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? |
71.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
71.20 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
71.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
71.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
70.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
69.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
61.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
60.00 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
59.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
57.80 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
53.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $37,140.00 | $59,990.00 | $81,610.00 |
Virginia | $39,120.00 | $63,220.00 | $79,950.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $36,809.43 | $53,504.36 | $71,964.63 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $37,558.14 | $51,599.87 | $79,168.25 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $56,217.79 | $62,812.89 | $78,775.72 |
Crater Area | $42,095.06 | $60,910.48 | $70,885.69 |
Greater Peninsula | $39,768.97 | $54,713.10 | $67,963.53 |
Hampton Roads | $45,679.74 | $61,765.11 | $73,425.70 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $45,164.68 | $65,900.16 | $88,498.60 |
Northern Virginia | $54,290.45 | $68,183.68 | $84,463.24 |
Piedmont Workforce | $49,614.38 | $67,880.46 | $77,152.65 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $32,824.95 | $59,590.63 | $94,142.49 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $39,082.56 | $48,540.63 | $62,224.10 |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 59,600 | 64,200 | +7.7% |
Virginia | 1,251 | 1,425 | +13.9% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Coordinator (ACLS Coordinator)
- Area Coordinator
- Basic Life Support / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Program Coordinator (BLS / CPR Program Coordinator)
- Breastfeeding Educator
- Certified Breastfeeding Educator (CBE)
- Certified Diabetes Educator
- Certified Health Education Specialist
- Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC)
- Certified Lactation Educator
- Child Development Specialist
- Child Health Associate
- Clinical Instructor
- Clinical Nurse Educator
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Community Educator
- Community Health Consultant
- Community Health Education Coordinator
- Community Health Educator
- Community Health Planning Director
- Community Health Worker (CHW)
- Diabetes Educator
- Early Breastfeeding Care Specialist
- Education Coordinator
- Family Services Consultant
- Health Education Specialist
- Health Educator
- Health Promotion Specialist
- Healthcare Educator
- Lactation Consultant
- Lactation Specialist
- Lamaze International Breastfeeding Support Specialist
- Nurse Educator
- Public Health Advisor
- Public Health Analyst
- Public Health Educator
- Public Health Instructor
- Public Health Representative
- Public Health Specialist
- Public Health Technologist
- Staff Development Assistant
- Tobacco Prevention Health Educator
- Trainer
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Health Education Specialists
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