Environmental health officers protect, promote and improve public health to prevent people from getting sick from their environment. This work includes inspecting, educating, running projects, assessing planning and monitoring:
- drinking water
- food safety
- mosquitoes
- tobacco and smoking controls
- emergency management
- tattoo and piercing
- public swimming and spa pools
- wastewater and water recycling
- infectious diseases
- water cooling systems
- complaints
- health promotion activities
- pests, vermin and animals
- developments
- housing
- contaminated land
- caravan parks
- air quality
- noise
- funeral industry
- waste management.
Environmental health officers communicate every day with people, communities, businesses and other agencies.
A day in the life of an Environmental Health Officer
