Victor Bernard De Vries

Perform administrative functions to provide effective environmental health services to the community together with the planning and control activities to ensure affectivity, by:

a) Effective office administration and the following of a work programme of the activities of the section

b) Liaising with members of the public, professional people, business organisations, local authorities, heads and senior officials of other sections, provincial administrations and government departments

c) Attending of meetings

d) Taking care of correspondence, reports and other steps arising from duties

e) Drafting and serving of notices and the instituting of prosecutions where necessary

f) Keeping of relevant statistics and records arising from his/her normal functions

g) Furnishing the necessary contribution in respect of the budget and the compilation of reports to the Council and the Department of Health

h) Scrutinising of building plans from a health point of view

i) Keeping the relevant laws and regulations up to date

j) Keeping up with development of the profession through the study of publications, laws and regulations

k) Planning and pursuing of a continuous healthy environment programme

l) Continuously evaluating of the services rendered by Council and the determination of priorities

m) Organising/formulating an annual workload and aim at reaching targets using the computer

n) Setting targets, goals and objectives of Environmental Health Section in time with those of the company and Health Department using computer, guidelines, National and Provincial Environmental Health strategies

o) Ensuring availability of necessary equipment, eg monitoring (H2O) equipment, pest control chemicals, etc by means of budget, requisition book, books, pen

Perform Environmental Health Practitioner’s duties to ensure Environmental Health Services are rendered in the whole of the District, by:

a) Health education of public and business people involving visits to community and businesses using TV monitor, Laptop, projector, pamphlets

b) Attending to Environmental Health complaints by means of complaints book, car, petrol, pen, camera, voice recorder

c) Preventing/monitoring air, water and land pollution by educating public taking readings and remedial action by testing/sampling equipment, media, pamphlets

d) Investigating, control and monitoring infectious diseases using hospital/clinic records

e) Scrutinizing building plans and dealing with license applications and exhumations

f) Performing administrative duties eg report writing, prosecutions and attending meetings using computer, pen, paper

g) Conducting and performing all duties of the Environmental Health Practitioner using all of above

Inspection of business premises to execute environmental health control prescriptions, by:

a) Routine inspection of premises so as to ensure that there are compliance with Health Legislation and the Licence Ordinance concerned as applicable in the area of jurisdiction

b) Giving special attention should be paid to the hygiene of food which includes the transport, handling, storage, processing and distribution of products

c) Regularly inspecting of products and routine monitoring to ensure that a product that is not hazardous to health is supplied and to take the necessary steps to prevent the distribution of food that is hazardous to health

d) Investigating of cases of food poisoning and the implementation of precautionary measures

e) Issuing of business licenses

Perform inspection services regarding Infectious Diseases to prevent the outbreak or spreading, by:

a) Conducting routine inspections on business and residential areas by means of car, diary, petrol, camera, voice recorder

b) Taking water, milk and food samples using sampling equipment

c) Attending to the infectious disease aspects in consultation with the part-time medical officer of health concerned Where he forms part of the health team he shall be concerned with the environmental aspects, which contribute towards the rendering of a comprehensive preventative health service

Execute environmental health control to exercise control over the health requirements regarding Housing, by:

a) Routine inspections within jurisdiction to ascertain the health conditions standard of housing and to make the necessary recommendations so as to obtain rectification

Inspection of the water purveyance service to ascertain that health standards are adhered to, by:

a) Ensuring that a water supply is stored, purified/treated and distributed, that it is not harmful to the health of the consumer and that regular water quality monitoring takes place

Application of Pest Control measures to ensure that effective health control is applied, by:

a) Investigating into the occurrence and spread of rodents, insects and vectors and the instituting of applicable control measures

Perform emergency planning to prevent or manage disaster, by:

a) Contributing to the planning of appropriate emergency measures with regard to environmental health control

Report to Immediate Supervisor to ensure timeous attending to issues of concern by:

a) Informal reporting on specific incidents, problems encountered in the performing of tasks, state of infrastructure, machinery or tools

b) Formal reporting on information, facts, statistics, recommendations, an analysis of trends, technical issues

c) Production of monthly reports of inspections done, concerns rising, recommendations

Conduct/ facilitate Health and Hygiene Education sessions to create awareness amongst the members of the community to protect themselves against environmental deceases,

Perform any other related duties as instructed by supervisor