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)
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