Environmental Health Practitioner
Johannesburg Health District
Total years of experience :4 years, 1 Months
- Assisted in creating an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for cleaning water coolers in healthcare facilities
- Assisting in the development and application of occupational health and safety systems
- Investigating injuries on duty collaboratively with the OHS coordinator
- Conducting monthly inspections at all facilities
- Participated in the Health Care Waste Regional and District forum meetings
- Assisted in the implementation of an integrated health care waste management system and standard operating procedures
- Monitoring of pest control activities at facility level
- Collecting surface swabs for laboratory analysis
- Collecting water samples at various government entities for monitoring purposes
- Conduct projects in accordance with the Environmental Health Calender
- Compile weekly, monthly schedules and weekly reports
- Compile monthly reports, DHIS reports, monthly HCW reports and reports for all inspections
- Conduct monthly and quarterly Hazardous Chemical Substances audits
- Malaria control and outbreak response by conducting relevant investigations
- Ensure compliance to all ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001 procedures
- Ensuring that processes required for the Energy, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems are established, documented, implemented and maintained
- Co-ordinate all legal training e.g. Fire Fighting, Safety Representatives, First Aiders and Forklift Drivers
- Ensure compliance with all environmental regulations and initiate corrective measures
- Co-ordinate/organize all Health and Safety meetings
- Co-ordinate/organize fire drills
- Verification of Health & Safety compliance with all independent contractors
- Auditing of the management systems and reporting of results to the SHEQ and Process Manager and Process and Quality Management Department
- Conduct IOD investigations and administration of paperwork (NCR system administration)
- Ensure legal compliance in terms of PPE
- Ensure compliance of register of independent external contractors
- Performance monitoring of all independent external contractors
- Co-ordinate and arrange Fire and Occupational Health and Safety Surveys and implementation of corrective measures
- Support and monitor the NCR process within the assembly plant
- Conduct Health and Safety, 5S, Environmental, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Audits
- Administer, minute and report on Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental issues
- Volatile Organic Compound monitoring
- Involvement in Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health Awareness campaigns
- Undertaking Occupational Hygiene Surveys and evaluating situations in the workplace also in conjunction with an AIA
- Assessing risks to health arising from many different factors, such as chemicals, noise and poor lighting and ventilation
- Accurately measuring and sampling levels of exposure through precise use of specialist equipment
- Compiling data, writing reports and presenting report findings
- Co-ordinate team to meet health and safety objectives
- Data capturing on Occupational Hygiene Database
- Raise requisitions and reservations
- Conducting personal noise dosimetry
- Conducting breathing Air Analysis Surveys
Environmental Health