Environmental services supervisors direct and administer a healthcare facility's housekeeping program to maintain sanitation and occupational health. They help departments in charge of the cleanup, sanitation, pest control, housekeeping, and laundry. These professionals should be experts in health, sanitation, and safety policies and regulations. They oversee the staff of the department and their working conditions. They inspect the ventilation, air conditioning, and heating. Also, they take charge of equipment and supplies, quality assurance and control, and prepare budgets.
Here are examples of responsibilities from real environmental services supervisor resumes representing typical tasks they are likely to perform in their roles.
We calculated that 22% of Environmental Services Supervisors are proficient in Patients, Environmental Services, and Cleanliness. They’re also known for soft skills such as Interpersonal skills, Analytical skills, and Communication skills.
We break down the percentage of Environmental Services Supervisors that have these skills listed on their resume here:
Coordinated Patient appointments with drivers to ensure patients arrived prompted for appointments.
Developed and ensured a strong adherence to the Environmental Services departmental budget and provided explanations for budget variances, including overtime.
Maintained cleanliness of work storage area and equipment used; performed other similar duties requiring comparable skill and responsibility as assigned.
Trained and Evaluated Employees Provided Customer Service Possessed Knowledge for Business Needs/Advancements Firm Decision Maker Positive Role Model
Carried out on all scheduled floor care procedures which included: mopping, refinishing, burnishing, and carpet extractions.
Clean patient rooms, Greet parents, responsible for any discharges, take out trash, sanitize rooms.
Some of the skills we found on environmental services supervisor resumes included "patients," "environmental services," and "cleanliness." We have detailed the most important environmental services supervisor responsibilities below.
See the full list of environmental services supervisor skills.
The Lead Field Technician serves as the assistant of the Field Supervisor. Their responsibility includes taking immediate action and making decisions for instances that individuals or organizations need their help. They are the one who implements and monitors a company's guidelines and policy and maintains the standard procedure of all the systems. Also, being an assistant, they can act as an overseer to determine the employees and equipment types that need to work smoothly and orderly.
In this section, we take a look at the annual salaries of other professions. Take hazardous waste technician for example. On average, the hazardous waste technicians annual salary is $1,614 higher than what environmental services supervisors make on average every year.
There are some key differences in responsibilities as well. For example, an environmental services supervisor responsibilities require skills like "patients," "environmental services," "cleanliness," and "customer service." Meanwhile a typical hazardous waste technician has skills in areas such as "dot," "osha," "hazwoper," and "spill response." This difference in skills reveals how truly different these two careers really are.
Hazardous waste technicians tend to make the most money in the manufacturing industry by averaging a salary of $45,577. In contrast, environmental services supervisors make the biggest average salary of $43,387 in the hospitality industry.
Hazardous waste technicians tend to reach similar levels of education than environmental services supervisors. In fact, hazardous waste technicians are 1.7% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.2% more likely to have a Doctoral Degree.
A Laboratory Analyst helps conduct experiments, run laboratory tests, and analyze results. They compile and record data for the documentation needed for testing and report preparation.
Now we're going to look at the lead field technician profession. On average, lead field technicians earn a $676 higher salary than environmental services supervisors a year.
While some skills are similar in these professions, other skills aren't so similar. For example, several resumes showed us that environmental services supervisor responsibilities requires skills like "patients," "environmental services," "cleanliness," and "floor care." But a lead field technician might use skills, such as, "data collection," "gps," "technical support," and "preventative maintenance."
Lead field technicians may earn a higher salary than environmental services supervisors, but lead field technicians earn the most pay in the utilities industry with an average salary of $48,774. On the other side of things, environmental services supervisors receive higher paychecks in the hospitality industry where they earn an average of $43,387.
When it comes to the differences in education between the two professions, lead field technicians tend to reach similar levels of education than environmental services supervisors. In fact, they're 4.7% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.2% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.
The laboratory analyst profession generally makes a higher amount of money when compared to the average salary of environmental services supervisors. The difference in salaries is laboratory analysts making $3,862 higher than environmental services supervisors.
There are many key differences between these two careers as shown by resumes from each profession. Some of those differences include the skills required to complete responsibilities within each role. As an example of this, an environmental services supervisor is likely to be skilled in "patients," "environmental services," "cleanliness," and "customer service," while a typical laboratory analyst is skilled in "test methods," "lab equipment," "lims," and "laboratory procedures."
Additionally, laboratory analysts earn a higher salary in the pharmaceutical industry compared to other industries. In this industry, they receive an average salary of $47,806. Additionally, environmental services supervisors earn an average salary of $43,387 in the hospitality industry.
Laboratory analysts typically study at higher levels compared with environmental services supervisors. For example, they're 5.7% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree, and 0.5% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.
Now, we'll look at hazmat technicians, who generally average a lower pay when compared to environmental services supervisors annual salary. In fact, the difference is about $66 per year.
While both environmental services supervisors and hazmat technicians complete day-to-day tasks using similar skills like hazardous waste, hazardous materials, and industrial cleaning, the two careers also vary in other skills.
Each job requires different skills like "patients," "environmental services," "cleanliness," and "customer service," which might show up on an environmental services supervisor resume. Whereas hazmat technician might include skills like "safety procedures," "emergency response," "osha," and "space entry."
In general, hazmat technicians reach similar levels of education when compared to environmental services supervisors resumes. Hazmat technicians are 1.7% more likely to earn their Master's Degree and 0.0% less likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.
