Environmental Health Assistant I - City of Norfolk Public Health Dept. (Job)
Description:
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Essential Functions
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The essential functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Conducts thorough and systematic investigations for mosquito breeding on residential and commercial property.
- Responds to complaints and educate the public about mosquito breeding during backyard surveys and other surveillance and abatement activities.
- Exterminates pests by formulating and dispensing mosquito and rodent chemicals in accordance with product labels, to include operating mosquito fogging trucks in the evening or early morning.
- If needed, engages in ditch maintenance, which includes the use of hand tools (hoe forks, bush axes, brush cutters).
- Maintains daily worksheets and accurate records of mosquito control activities and chemical applications.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills/Eligibility:
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Education/Experience
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Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with six months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency. Junior college, vocational, business, technical, or correspondence schools are likely sources. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.