Registered Environmental Health Specialist

IntroductionThis is a reopening of an existing examination. The scores and dispositions of candidates for this examination will be merged with previous exam participants. If you previously submitted an application for the Registered Environmental Health Specialist #18-5665-01, and choose to reapply, you must contact the analyst at: Nicole.Lewis-Bolton@acgov.org to have your previous application released back to you. Your new score/disposition resulting from this exam will replace your current score/disposition. If you do not wish to change your score/disposition, you are not required to reapply to this examination.Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Applications will only be accepted online. A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.DESCRIPTIONThe CountyAlameda County, located on the east side of San Francisco Bay, is California's seventh-largest county. The County employs 9,700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4 billion. Oakland, the County seat, is California's eighth largest city. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live in a variety of incorporated cities, unincorporated communities, and rural areas. As a major urban county, Alameda provides a full range of services to its citizens.THE POSITIONUnder general supervision, conducts inspections and investigations to enforce applicable state health and safety codes, regulations and local ordinances; and to perform related work as required. Program responsibilities include, but are not limited to retail food facilities, consumer protection, public swimming pools/spas, public water systems, on-site sewage disposal/treatment systems, housing, recreational areas, institutions, work sites, solid waste, medical waste, hazardous materials, vector control and public health nuisances.Incumbents in this class are typically assigned to a geographical area or a specific program, in which they are responsible for maintaining disciplinary surveillance for assigned program areas, conducting routine inspections of all facilities on inventory, investigating disease outbreaks and responding to complaints as they arise. Under the supervision of the Supervising Environmental Health Specialist, the Section Chief, or the Director, incumbents submit all completed inspection reports, records, correspondence and daily activity reports for review.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSThe minimum professional requirements for admission to the competitive assessment process include:CERTIFICATION:

Possession of a valid Certificate of Registration as an Environmental Health Specialist Issued by the California State Department of Health Services.EDUCATION:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university (180 quarter units or 120 semester units) with major course work in environmental health science or a closely related field.LICENSE:

Possession of a valid California driver’s license.KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSKnowledge of:Principles and practices of environmental health, including water supply, sewage disposal and treatment, refuse disposal, housing, recreational and industrial sanitation, vector control and land use.Principles and practices relating to sanitary food production, processing, and handling.Principles of zoonoses and control of rodents and arthropod vectors.Techniques of conducting environmental health inspection, preparing risk assessments and enforcing relevant laws.Provisions of the California Health and Safety Code, other statutes and regulations pertaining to environmental health.Ability to:Explain and interpret rules, regulations and laws.Establish effective working relationships with others.Write and communicate effectively.Read and interpret structural plans and blueprints.EXAMINATION COMPONENTSThe examination will consist of the following steps: 1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process; 2) A screening of applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified candidates. Those selected will move on to the final step in the examination process.Selection PlanApplicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency.BENEFITSAlameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. These benefits include but are not limited to:Medical – HMO & PPO PlansDental – HMO & PPO PlansVision or Vision ReimbursementBasic Life InsuranceRetirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)ConclusionAll notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied.

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