41000580 - Environmental Health Monitor

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.