title: OSHA response to occupational health personnel needs and resources.
abstract: Because of the nonavailability of sufficient numbers of qualified industrial hygienists to assume roles as health compliance officers in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a three - year career development program for trainee industrial hygienists has been initiated. The present and projected personnel needs in the occupational health field in the U.S. are presented, together with a general description of the OSHA career development program. The program is a response to current needs; it will be curtailed when university graduates are available to meet Agency needs.
mesh_terms: D006077:Government Agencies; D006281:Health Occupations; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce