The annual Communicable Disease Control Workshop was held on November 16 and 17. Over 100 surveillance officers, public health officers, epidemiologists and trainees attended and participated in scenario-based training on foodborne disease investigation and response.
The annual Environmental Health Policy and Practice days were held in February of 2015. Topics covered included wind farms, loose fill asbestos, and responding to water quality risks. The events were attended by a broad representation of environmental health officers and, for the water quality sessions, the water industry. Steve Hrudey, a Canadian public health expert, spoke of a number of international water quality incidents.
The NSW Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program aims to address labour shortage in the environmental health workforce and to develop an Aboriginal workforce with leadership and technical skills to progress environmental health issues. The Aboriginal Environmental Health Unit manages and administers the training program which is delivered through 50/50 funding partnerships with public health units and local government.
In 2015:
In 2015, the Office of the Chief Health Officer delivered a number of key public health emergency preparedness training courses that included: