Safe Water and Vector-Borne Disease Student(s), Environmental Health

Competition #: 26-012-A

• Position Title:              Safe Water and Vector-Borne Disease Student(s), Environmental Health
• Position Available:      TBD
• Position Category:      Temporary, Full-time Up to 4 Months
• Reports To:                 Manager, Environmental Health
• Union:                         Non-Union
• Wage:                         $19.05 per hour
• Office(s):                     Haliburton (1) Lindsay (1), Peterborough (1), Port Hope (1)

Assignment:

Lakelands Public Health will employ four (4) post-secondary school students for the Safe Water and Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Programs. To be clear, these positions will involve working in both the Safe Water and Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Program areas, not one or the other.

Duties will include:

• Interpretation of laboratory results for drinking water and recreational water samples.
• Sampling of rural and municipal recreational water with an emphasis on public beaches.
• Posting beaches when adverse bacteriological results are obtained.
• Update disclosure website with beach water surveillance results.
• Response to private, adverse drinking water results.
• Answering telephone calls related to safe water and vector-borne disease prevention.
• Developing and implementing communications strategies with the support of the Communications and Environmental Health Managers.
• Investigating standing water complaints.
• Monitoring stormwater management ponds for mosquito breeding.
• Setting up mosquito traps and submitting contents for testing.
• Assisting with tick collection surveillance.
• Maintaining records and completing summary reports.
• Public communication and education through written and verbal means.

Qualifications:

• Enrollment in, or completion of, a relevant university undergraduate degree; preference will be given to those enrolled in 1st, 2nd or 3rd year of a Certified Environmental Health Program accredited by the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.
• The candidate must possess and demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to coordinate daily activities effectively.
• Evidence of vehicle insurance, including business-use insurance.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have access to ongoing reliable, efficient and effective transportation throughout the work day to meet the position’s needs.                                       
• Maintain up-to-date immunization according to the Ontario Publicly-Funded Immunization Schedule and/or the most recent edition of the Canadian Immunization Guide and the National Advisory Committee
• Immunization as per Lakelands Public Health policy, including being fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine series; and
• TB skin testing is required at the onset of employment and may be required as part of routine TB surveillance or follow-up of potential exposures.   
• Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors Student Membership (preferred).
• Current and satisfactory Criminal Records Check and Vulnerable Sector Search.
• Students must be able to swim.

Note: This opportunity does not qualify as field training for the purpose of meeting the practicum requirements of the Board of Certification of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.