Job Growth: Employment opportunities in disaster management, demand for those doing health safety and environment courses increased..

Disaster Management: Recently, the incident of a cloudburst in the Dharali area of Uttarakhand has caused huge devastation. Such incidents are often seen in hilly or inaccessible areas. Apart from this, many states of India are also facing the problem of severe floods, due to which the lives of the common people there have been greatly affected. In these situations, the responsibility of rescue work lies with the employees associated with the Disaster Management Department.

Due to such disasters, career opportunities for youth in the field of Health, Safety, and Environment are also increasing rapidly. In such a situation, if you have passion, enthusiasm, and dedication towards your work, then you can make a great career in the field of disaster management by doing diploma to graduation and post-graduation courses related to Health, Safety, and Environment.

Variety of courses

To pursue any course related to this field, you must have passed 12th or its equivalent level examination with 50% marks in Physics or Mathematics along with Chemistry. The Trade Diploma in Health, Safety and Environment course is 18 months. You can also do a certificate course in Fire Technology and Industrial Management.

Apart from this, there are options for courses like Diploma in Health Safety and Environment, Diploma in Fire Fighting, PG Diploma in Fire and Safety Engineering, BSc in Fire Engineering and Rescue and Fire Fighting, whose duration ranges from six months to three years. There is an All India Entrance Exam for admission in these.

Skills are also important, along with a degree.

Along with a degree, professionals associated with this field need patience and courage, leadership skills, and the ability to make decisions in challenging moments. Apart from this, under physical eligibility, the minimum height of men should be 165 cm, weight 50 kg, while the height of women should be 157 cm, and weight should be at least 46 kg. Eye vision should be 6/6 for both, and the age should be between 19 and 23 years.

Opportunities will be available here.
Today, the appointment of a fire engineer has been made mandatory in every government and non-government office. Apart from the fire department, there is a great demand for fire engineers in places like architecture and building construction, insurance assessment, project management, refinery, gas factory, construction industry, plastic, LPG, and chemical plants, multi-storey buildings and airports.

Major Institutes
Delhi Institute of Fire Engineering, www.dife.in
IGNOU Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, www.ignou.ac.in
National Institute of Fire, Disaster and Environment Management, Nagpur, www.nifdem.com

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