Nkangala District Municipality: Environmental Health Practitioner Internships 2025

Full Time

Website Nkangala District Municipality

The Nkangala District Municipality is a Category C municipality in the Mpumalanga Province.

Nkangala District Municipality invites graduates to apply for Environmental Health Practitioner Internships for 2025.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Grade 12 Certificate.
  • A relevant tertiary qualification, preferably a National Diploma or B-Tech Degree in Environmental Health.
  • Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
  • Computer Literacy: MS Office
  • Valid driver’s license.
  • Applicant must be unemployed residing within Nkangala District Municipality

EXPERIENCE

  • The applicant must have recently qualified and have the ability to acquire relevant experience within a reasonable time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Performing inspection of specific premises, undertakes, offensive trades, hairdressers, places of entertainment, recreational facilities, resorts, child-care establishments, hostels
  • Preparing monthly MHS reports
  • Conducting general inspections of residential and business premises in response to EH related complaints received.
  • Perform routine monitoring and sampling of water sources
  • Enforcement of MHS by-laws and other relevant legislations.
  • Conduct environmental education and awareness campaigns within the local jurisdiction
  • Investigating complaints regarding noise disturbance and monitor levels thereof.
  • Preparing and serving notices, letters, report, etc according to environmental health legislations
  • Conduct food premises inspections
  • Monitoring waste management within the local jurisdiction
  • Monitoring the exhumation and reburial or disposal of human remains
  • Scrutinising building plans and report comments
  • Providing health education and institution during inspections
  • Investigate outbreaks/incidences of food borne diseases (infections and poisonings).