environmental health inspector

Description

Environmental health inspectors carry out investigations to ensure that areas, organisations and companies comply with environmental and public health legislation. They evaluate environmental complaints, provide reports on their findings and work to prevent future hazards or noncompliance with current policies. Environmental health inspectors perform consultations to promote public health and safety.

Hierarchy

Related skills

• address public health issues (essential · skill/competence)
• audit techniques (essential · knowledge)
• check methods (essential · knowledge)
• conduct environmental surveys (essential · skill/competence)
• contribute to public health campaigns (essential · skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation (essential · skill/competence)
• environmental legislation (essential · knowledge)
• environmental policy (essential · knowledge)
• monitor legislation developments (essential · skill/competence)
• perform environmental investigations (essential · skill/competence)
• present reports (essential · skill/competence)
• promote health and safety (essential · skill/competence)
• provide improvement strategies (essential · skill/competence)
• public health (essential · knowledge)
• use consulting techniques (essential · skill/competence)
• write inspection reports (essential · skill/competence)
• analyse health problems within a given community (optional · skill/competence)
• biology (optional · knowledge)
• chemistry (optional · knowledge)
• communicable diseases (optional · knowledge)
• conduct educational activities (optional · skill/competence)
• consumer protection (optional · knowledge)
• develop environmental policy (optional · skill/competence)
• enforce sanitation procedures (optional · skill/competence)
• environmental engineering (optional · knowledge)
• foodborne diseases (optional · knowledge)
• hazardous waste storage (optional · knowledge)
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges (optional · skill/competence)
• maintain relationships with government agencies (optional · skill/competence)
• occupational health (optional · knowledge)
• percolation (optional · knowledge)
• perform risk analysis (optional · skill/competence)
• pests and diseases (optional · knowledge)
• pollution prevention (optional · knowledge)
• provide advice on breaches of regulation (optional · skill/competence)
• provide testimony in court hearings (optional · skill/competence)
• wear appropriate protective gear (optional · skill/competence)

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