4 X Environmental Health Practitioner at Overberg District Municipality

Requirements:

• A relevant tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma in Environmental Health or a BTech Degree in Environmental Health.
• Proof of registration as an Environmental Health Practitioner with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
• Minimum of two (2) to five (5) years relevant experience.
• Law enforcement/ Peace Officer certificate will be an advantage.
• Completed one (1) year community services.
• Relevant knowledge of in Environmental Health legislations (National, Provincial, Local) including interpretation and application thereof.
• Full knowledge of Municipal Health Services; Theories and principles of Health Promotion; Project Management; Interpretation of laboratory results relating to food and water samples; Air
• Quality Act 39 of 2004; Municipal Systems Act and applicable national, provincial, and local regulations and by-laws; National atmospheric emission licensing system; and National atmospheric emission inventory system; Valid Code B driver’s license.
• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office applications). Environmental Health Practitioners may be expected to serve more than one
• Municipal Area and can be placed anywhere in the district.

Other requirements:

• Full knowledge of communicable diseases, including signs, symptoms and how communicable diseases related to Environmental Health can be spread in communities.
• Applicants must be literate in at least two of the three Official languages of the Western Cape.
• Applicants must have own transport/vehicle.

Responsibilities/ Duties:

• The incumbent is responsible to conduct Municipal Health Services inspections.
• Water quality monitoring.
• Waste management monitoring.
• Health surveillance of premises.
• Surveillance and prevention of communicable diseases, excluding immunizations.
• Food control, Vector Control and Environmental pollution control.
• Disposal of dead.
• Chemical Safety Law Enforcement and Air Quality.

Closing date: 3 October 2025