My name’s Aaron Hieatt, I’m a graduate of QUT. I have a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health, and I work in water quality.

Being an Environmental Health Officer is a challenging job. I work in government, with Environmental Health Officers there’s always an opportunity for a job. You can work in defence forces, you can work in private industry. The skills and understanding that Environmental Health Officers have, is always in demand.

The classmates that I’ve met, the professors that I’ve met have all be very helpful and encouraging in my profession. It’s nice to know that if I do encounter a problem, if I come across a challenge that I’ve never seen before, that I have people I can go to get advice and to help me find a good solution that’s going to make sense in the setting I’m in.

QUT is one of the only places in Australia you can go to get a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health, which is necessary to work as an Environmental Health Officer in QLD, or in Australia for that matter.

Environmental Health is a great field. One day I can be out collecting water samples, and the same day be in a five star restaurant making sure that they’re doing everything properly.

I think the most rewarding thing about doing Environmental Health is that if you do your job right, people don’t get sick. And you’re protecting their health and making sure that they can have a safe and happy life.