COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEAL...

Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) are committed to improving environmental and occupational health. The task of the EHP is determined by legislation and includes the following: Industrial, commercial and housing development; safe water supply; food safety; occupational health and safety; pollution control (air, water, soil, radiation and environmental noise pollution); disease control; health surveillance; research; health promotion and community development; waste management; pest control; transport safety; public relations; as well as accident and disaster control.

Type: Undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Environmental Planning


• Community Development


• Microbiology


• Health Physics and Chemistry


• Anatomy and Physiology

Second Year Subjects:

• Community Development


• Occupational Health and Safety


• Environmental Pollution


• Food and Meat Hygiene


• Epidemiology

Third Year Subjects:

• Occupational Health and Safety


• Environmental Pollution


• Food and Meat Hygiene


• Epidemiology


• Management Practice

Careers: Environmental Health Practitioners (EHP)

Source: www.cput.ac.za

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