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| Health and Environment Quality (Environmental Health)
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| | | Environmental Health Officers (EHO's) develop, regulate, enforce and monitor laws and regulations governing public health, building, and environmental management, in order to promote good health, hygiene and environmental practices. Council's Environmental Health Officers are responsible for: Information on this page: Back to top Environmental Health Officers (EHO's) develop, regulate, enforce and monitor laws and regulations governing public health, building, and environmental management, in order to promote good health, hygiene and environmental practices. Council's Environmental Health Officers are responsible for: Information on this page: Back to top | | | | | | | | | |
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| What is Environmental Health?
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| | | Environmental Health is concerned with the investigation, assessment and management of the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in our environment that have the potential to impact upon human health and well being.
In managing these factors Environmental Health focuses on creating and maintaining sustainable environments that permit human development, enhance human health and wellbeing, and ensure environmental protection. Environmental Health is concerned with the investigation, assessment and management of the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in our environment that have the potential to impact upon human health and well being.
In managing these factors Environmental Health focuses on creating and maintaining sustainable environments that permit human development, enhance human health and wellbeing, and ensure environmental protection. | | | | | | | | | |
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| What is an EHO?
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| | | Environmental Health is concerned with the investigation, assessment and management of the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in our environment that have the potential to impact upon human health and well being.
In managing these factors Environmental Health focuses on creating and maintaining sustainable environments that permit human development, enhance human health and wellbeing, and ensure environmental protection. Environmental Health is concerned with the investigation, assessment and management of the physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in our environment that have the potential to impact upon human health and well being.
In managing these factors Environmental Health focuses on creating and maintaining sustainable environments that permit human development, enhance human health and wellbeing, and ensure environmental protection. | | | | | | | | | |
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| What does an EHO do?
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| | | Environmental Health Officers deal with the environmental health of a city, state or country. Broadly this includes all physical, chemical, biological and social conditions which have an impact on human health.
Specifically, the job includes:
• Promoting healthy environments
• Managing environmental pollution
• Environmental protection –
o Monitor and control water, air and noise pollution and collect water samples for chemical and microbiological analysis to make sure that it complies with standards.
• Contaminated food –
- Investigate complaints about food and ensure that food is hygienically prepared, stored and served by inspecting places such as shops, cafes and food processing factories and by collecting food samples for chemical and microbiological analysis.
o Conduct food hygiene education seminars and other community health education programs for students and food handlers.
• Flammable and Combustible liquid storage –
- Inspect to ensure that flammable and combustible materials are being stored according to standards to ensure public safety.
• Waste management –
- Manage the collection, transportation and disposal of all waste generated in the city.
• Vector control –
- Coordinate mosquito control including Dengue Fever management.
• Disaster management –
- Establish and coordinate emergency centres and ensure basic hygiene levels are maintained in the events of a disaster.
• Disease surveillance –
- Investigate and manage diseases of public health importance.
• Development assessment –
- Assess building and development applications to make sure they comply with environmental and health standards.
• Multiple accommodation management –
- Ensure houses, caravan parks and other public buildings and locations are clean and not overcrowded, have adequate ventilation, lighting, washing and toilet facilities and refuse disposal systems.
• Health promotion –
- Prepare policy documents, guidelines, pamphlets and brochures relation to environmental health matters.
- Prepare and conduct health promotion programs for students, community groups and industry.
- Conducting and organising immunisation clinics.
- Provide communities with advice, reports and expertise regarding environmental health matters or anything that may affect the health and wellbeing of the community.
• Preventive health –
- Undertake risk assessment for anything that might impact on the community’s health.
- Inspect and license premises, such as tattoo parlours and acupuncturists, where skin penetration and body piercing occurs.
- Inspect and license personal appearance services such as hair dressers and beauty salons.
An EHO’s role is constantly changing and evolving to service the needs of ever-changing life of the 21st century. Environmental Health Officers deal with the environmental health of a city, state or country. Broadly this includes all physical, chemical, biological and social conditions which have an impact on human health.
Specifically, the job includes:
• Promoting healthy environments
• Managing environmental pollution
• Environmental protection –
o Monitor and control water, air and noise pollution and collect water samples for chemical and microbiological analysis to make sure that it complies with standards.
• Contaminated food –
- Investigate complaints about food and ensure that food is hygienically prepared, stored and served by inspecting places such as shops, cafes and food processing factories and by collecting food samples for chemical and microbiological analysis.
o Conduct food hygiene education seminars and other community health education programs for students and food handlers.
• Flammable and Combustible liquid storage –
- Inspect to ensure that flammable and combustible materials are being stored according to standards to ensure public safety.
• Waste management –
- Manage the collection, transportation and disposal of all waste generated in the city.
• Vector control –
- Coordinate mosquito control including Dengue Fever management.
• Disaster management –
- Establish and coordinate emergency centres and ensure basic hygiene levels are maintained in the events of a disaster.
• Disease surveillance –
- Investigate and manage diseases of public health importance.
• Development assessment –
- Assess building and development applications to make sure they comply with environmental and health standards.
• Multiple accommodation management –
- Ensure houses, caravan parks and other public buildings and locations are clean and not overcrowded, have adequate ventilation, lighting, washing and toilet facilities and refuse disposal systems.
• Health promotion –
- Prepare policy documents, guidelines, pamphlets and brochures relation to environmental health matters.
- Prepare and conduct health promotion programs for students, community groups and industry.
- Conducting and organising immunisation clinics.
- Provide communities with advice, reports and expertise regarding environmental health matters or anything that may affect the health and wellbeing of the community.
• Preventive health –
- Undertake risk assessment for anything that might impact on the community’s health.
- Inspect and license premises, such as tattoo parlours and acupuncturists, where skin penetration and body piercing occurs.
- Inspect and license personal appearance services such as hair dressers and beauty salons.
An EHO’s role is constantly changing and evolving to service the needs of ever-changing life of the 21st century. | | | | | | | | | |
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| How do I become an EHO?
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| | | In Queensland there is a shortage of qualified Environmental Health Officers. To become an EHO, a university degree is required.
You will need....
- A passion to enhance human health and well being;
- An interest in sustainable development and environmental protection;
- An accredited undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in Environmental Health or training as an Environmental Health Technician/Worker;
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills;
- Good resource and time management skills;
- Ability to identify, work through and resolve problems; and
- Ability to work autonomously and/or as part of a team.
A career in Environmental Health offers....
- Employment opportunities in local, state and federal governments (including the Australian Defence Force), consultancies, businesses and international agencies both in Australia and overseas;
- Impressive salary range and benefits;
- Autonomy and flexibility;
- A sense of purpose and achievement;
- Opportunity to specialise or diversify;
- Both field and/or office work;
- Opportunity to develop policy and law;
- The chance to make a difference;
- Management opportunities;
- and much more.
Universities offer courses in Environmental Health either on-campus or through correspondence. For further information on which universities offer courses in this field, please visit the Australian Institute of Environmental Health website or branch.
Contact a Branch....
NSW & ACT – nsw@aieh.org.au
QLD – qld@aieh.org.au
SA – sa@aieh.org.au
VIC – vic@aieh.org.au
TAS – tas@aieh.org.au
WA & NT – wa@aieh.org.au
In Queensland there is a shortage of qualified Environmental Health Officers. To become an EHO, a university degree is required.
You will need....
- A passion to enhance human health and well being;
- An interest in sustainable development and environmental protection;
- An accredited undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in Environmental Health or training as an Environmental Health Technician/Worker;
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills;
- Good resource and time management skills;
- Ability to identify, work through and resolve problems; and
- Ability to work autonomously and/or as part of a team.
A career in Environmental Health offers....
- Employment opportunities in local, state and federal governments (including the Australian Defence Force), consultancies, businesses and international agencies both in Australia and overseas;
- Impressive salary range and benefits;
- Autonomy and flexibility;
- A sense of purpose and achievement;
- Opportunity to specialise or diversify;
- Both field and/or office work;
- Opportunity to develop policy and law;
- The chance to make a difference;
- Management opportunities;
- and much more.
Universities offer courses in Environmental Health either on-campus or through correspondence. For further information on which universities offer courses in this field, please visit the Australian Institute of Environmental Health website or branch.
Contact a Branch....
NSW & ACT – nsw@aieh.org.au
QLD – qld@aieh.org.au
SA – sa@aieh.org.au
VIC – vic@aieh.org.au
TAS – tas@aieh.org.au
WA & NT – wa@aieh.org.au
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