A professional who plans, directs, and conducts studies concerned with incidence of disease in industrial settings and effects of industrial chemicals on health. Responsibilities include:

• Confers with industry representatives to select occupational groups for study and to arrange for collection of data concerning work history of individuals and disease concentration and mortality rates among groups.
• Plans methods of conducting epidemiological studies and provides detailed specifications for collecting data to personnel participating in studies.
• Develops codes to facilitate computer input of demographic and epidemiological data for use by data processing personnel engaged in programming epidemiological statistics.
• Compares statistics on causes of death among members of selected working populations with those among general population, using life-table analyses.
• Analyzes data collected to determine probable effects of work settings and activities on disease and mortality rates, using valid statistical techniques and knowledge of epidemiology.
• Presents data in designated statistical format to illustrate common patterns among workers in selected occupations.
• Initiates and maintains contacts with statistical and data processing managers in other agencies to maintain access to epidemiological source materials.
• Evaluates materials from all sources for addition to or amendment of epidemiological data bank.
• Plans and directs activities of clerical and statistical personnel engaged in tabulation and analysis of epidemiological information to ensure accomplishment of objectives.