Assistant Environmental Health Specialist

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Under close supervision and with detailed instructions and specific standards, incumbent gathers data on environmental issues; perform preliminary environmental analysis, research, surveys, investigations, and studies of less difficulty; prepare preliminary drafts of reports; prepare drafts of routine correspondence; answer questions of a routine and minor nature from the public; and do other related work. Work at this level is characterized by a reliance on detailed instructions and assistance from higher graded Environmental Specialists in the application of proven techniques and methodologies to assigned work. Essential duties include the following (all duties may not be performed by all incumbents and the Assistant Environmental Health Specialist is not authorized to perform any duties requiring possession of a letter from the California Department of Public Health as a Trainee or possession of a valid Environmental Health registration): • Conducts investigations and tasks in all Environmental Health program areas including: food and consumer protection, sewage disposal and liquid waste management, housing and institutions, land use, recreational health, water supply protection, solid waste management, public nuisances, hazardous materials management, underground storage tanks, vector and rabies control. • Conducts investigations of public or private sanitation-related nuisances or complaints. • Performs food facility inspections and advises food handlers and restaurant operators on correct methods of sanitation protection. • Makes inspections of public and private recreational facilities and swimming pools. • Makes housing inspections to determine health and safety compliance with appropriate laws and standards. • Takes water, sewage, soil, and waste samples and interprets data. • Explains environmental health laws and regulations to the public. • Reviews plans for new subdivisions and recommends suitable water and sewage installations. • Reviews building plans for compliance with Environmental Health regulations and standards. • Conducts on-site evaluations of sewage disposal systems. • Conducts hazardous materials storage, treatment, disposal, reduction, and reuse inspections. • Works with various Environmental Health committees and groups. • Establishes and maintains liaisons with representative of State, Federal, and local agencies and commissions. • Make presentations before the Board of Supervisors, professional organizations, or public groups to provide information on Departmental programs and goals.