About this role
Duties and Responsibilities An officer at this level will coordinate environmental health activities in the area of deployment. Specific duties and responsibilities will include: Implementing promotive and preventive health programmes. Ensuring safety and quality of food and water for both domestic and industrial use. Abating sanitary nuisances. Promoting hygiene education including school health programmes. Implementing international health regulations and rules at ports, airports, frontiers and border posts. Undertaking inspection for preventive maintenance of health facilities. Vetting and approving building plans. Inspecting and issuing occupancy certificates of new buildings. ix.. Inspecting commercial and trading premises for maintenance of set standards. Overseeing exhumation process and authorizing disposal of unclaimed bodies. Educating the public on health and safety at work place. Implementing community based health care programmes. xii. Requirements for Appointment For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: Served in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of three(3) years. Diploma in either Environmental Health Science or Public Health Inspection from a recognized institution. Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution go to method of application »