Environmental Health Monitor at eThekwini Municipality

Key Responsibility Areas: 

• Survey undeveloped areas (vacant land, swamp land, marsh land, rivers, streams, watercourses etc.) and other prescribed localities including residential and industrial areas for actual and potential mosquito breeding. 
• Collect specimens of mosquito larvae and freshwater snails, record their exact location and submit same for laboratory identification/research.
• Destroy mosquito breeding with larvicides and apply herbicides for the control and destruction of weeds.
• Note and report on public health nuisances i.e. illegal dumping and derelict vehicles, squatting/illegal shack erection, sewer surcharges, dead animals, offensive smells, fly breeding and rodent activity, pollution of rivers/water courses. 
• Undertake vector surveys and control campaigns.
• Maintain a full record of daily work and submit a monthly statistical return. 
• Clean vehicles attached to the Vector Control Section. 
• Assist in the training of students in the field. 
• Ensures effective destruction of rodents, cockroaches and other pest by the correct selection and utilisation of chemicals, materials, and equipment. 

Competencies:

• Managing work. 
• Workplace safety. 
• Task Accountability.
• Quality orientation. 
• Oral communication.
• Communication. 
• Interpersonal relationships. 
• Accountability and ethical conduct.
• Learning orientation.
• Team orientation. 

Essential Requirements: 

• Grade 12 (NQF Level 4) or equivalent. 
• 1 Year relevant experience 

Preferred Requirements: 

• 2 Years relevant experience.