Environmental Health Specialist Ii

EXAM NUMBER:

PH5671C

Friday, September 18, 2020 at 12:30 p.m., Pacific Time (PT)

This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

This announcement is being reposted to reopen the filing period, update additional information, update eligibility information, update transfer of score information and to clarify the certificate requirements.

Open Competitive Job Opportunity

No out of class experience will be accepted.

Enforces environmental health and consumer protection laws by making inspections, conducting investigations, and taking appropriate enforcement action.

Positions allocate to this class work independently in either a general or a specialized Environmental Management Program under the administrative and technical direction of higher-level environmental health staff. Incumbents plan and implement complex as well as routine investigations and inspections of food serving establishments, food markets, school cafeterias, school buildings, mobile home parks, recreational facilities, public assembly areas, and dwellings to detect unhealthy conditions.

Incumbents also conduct investigations of potential consumer fraud relating to misrepresentation of food.

These positions function independently in the field and have legal authority to initiate emergency action when the public health or safety is endangered or to issue citations which are reviewed after issuance. They conduct periodic inspections of food establishments and restaurants to ensure legal compliance and to promote environmental health by making observations and ensuring that food is unadulterated, properly labeled, refrigerated, stored, handled, and protected from contaminants.

• Reviews and observes utensil washing and sanitizing procedures, testing water temperatures and cleaning agents to ensure compliance with Federal, State, and local legal requirements.
• Ensures that food equipment such as stoves, refrigerators, and other cooking equipment and appliances are clean, in good repair, and takes appropriate enforcement action; completes reports of areas in violation.
• Investigates complaints concerning the infestation of rodents and insects by looking for evidence of infestation, placing poisons, recommending corrective measures, and taking appropriate enforcement action.
• Conducts periodic inspections and investigates complaints concerning improper disposal of garbage, rubbish, and sewage and other unsanitary conditions in buildings, multiple and single family dwellings, and retail food or other establishments.
• Conducts specialized technical inspections and investigations to prevent and control consumer fraud in retail marketing and sale of food under public health laws and regulations concerning adulteration, mislabeling, and false advertising of food.
• Initiates and participates in prosecution of environmental health cases of non‑compliance by completing investigation reports, securing evidence, taking and collecting photographs, and preparing cases for prosecution, initiating and attending office hearings, and conferring with City or the District Attorney.
• Participates in communicable disease investigations related to environmental health.
• Ensures that establishments being inspected have obtained a current public health license or permit; ensures that establishments receive and post a grade/score card.
• Maintains rapport with community organizations and may serve as a member of the organization’s formal structure to provide guidance on environmental health related problems.
• Testifies in court as the investigating officer for the Department of Health Services as needed.

Certificate as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist issued by the California Department of Public Health.

You MUST submit a legible, valid and current copy of the required certificate or pocket license as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist issued by the California Department of Public Health with your application or within 15 calendar days…