Job description Environmental Health And Safety Technician in the Halifax Region Green job Help - Green job - Help
Find out what work is like for an environmental health and safety technician in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety (NOC 21120).
Public and environmental health and safety professionals
Description
Public and environmental health and safety professionals review, evaluate and monitor public health and environmental safety hazards and develop strategies to prevent, control and eliminate disease and environmental impact caused by biological and chemical factors. They inspect restaurants, industrial establishments, municipal water systems, public facilities, and institutions to ensure compliance with government regulations regarding sanitation, pollution control and the handling and storage of hazardous substances. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Work week duration
Public and environmental health and safety professionals usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Public and environmental health and safety professionals have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Inspect the sanitary conditions of restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and other public facilities or institutions
- Conduct surveys and monitoring programs of the natural environment to identify sources of pollution
- Collect biological and chemical samples and specimens for analysis; measure physical, biological and chemical; and conduct safety and environmental audits
- Investigate health and safety related complaints, spills of hazardous chemicals, outbreaks of diseases or poisonings
- Inspect workplaces to ensure that equipment, materials and production processes do not present environmental hazards to the environment or a health and safety hazard to employees or to the general public
- Lead the development and the implementation of public safety and environmental health and safety programs and strategies to mitigate risk and optimize the general public and worker’s health and safety and environmental protection
- Initiate enforcement procedures to fine or to close an establishment contravening municipal, provincial or federal regulations
- Provide consultation and deliver training programs to employers, employees and the general public on issues of public health, environmental protection or workplace safety.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Sitting
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Public and environmental health and safety professionals are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Establishements throughout the private and public sector
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Somewhat close (e.g. share office)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 21120), and a list of similar occupations:
- environmental health officer
- environmental officer
- environmental safety advisor
- hazardous waste inspector
- pollution control inspector
- public health inspector
- public health inspectors supervisor
- public safety consultant
- public safety coordinator
- public safety officer
- restaurant inspector
- rodent control inspector
- water inspector
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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