The workshop includes methods for performing laboratory work that form practical skills and abilities among environmental specialists to assess the state of habitats of plant and animal organisms, microbiology, bioindication of the level of environmental pollution, and radiation safety. Issues related to the determination of anthropometric indicators of a person are considered. Much attention is paid to the methods of calculating the basic sanitary and hygienic indicators of the quality of atmospheric air, water bodies, soils, methods of calculating the standards of permissible emissions, the territorial dimensions of the sanitary protection zone, as well as the standards of permissible discharges of pollutants into natural water bodies.