Find a Job

How many Environmental Health Professional Enforcement Officer jobs are available on Pertemps?

There are 2023 Environmental Health Professional Enforcement Officer jobs available on Pertemps right now.

What does a Environmental Health Professional Enforcement Officer do?

Job holders in this group perform a variety of roles not elsewhere classified in Unit Group 2483: Environmental health professionals.

Tasks required include:

• Ensures animal welfare for compliance with legislation, issues licences for premises such as pet shops, zoos and abattoirs.
• Follows up complaints of unsafe workplaces, investigating accidents.
• Gives talks at public enquiries and meetings, ensures compliance through education, advice and enforcement.
• Initiates legal proceedings and gives evidence in court.
• Inspects businesses for compliance with legislation on health and safety, food hygiene and food standards and takes appropriate action in the event of non-compliance.
• Investigates outbreaks of food poisoning, infectious diseases or pests.
• Monitors radiation activity, levels of noise, air, land and water pollution and takes appropriate action when safety levels are exceeded.

What are the entry requirements for a Environmental Health Professional Enforcement Officer?

Entrants normally require a degree accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) or the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS). To gain chartered status an additional period of work experience is required or successful completion of the CIEH's chartered practitioner programme.