Environmental Health Technician
Job description: Ensure healthy working and living conditions in all RAF facilities, and for Service personnel in all situations
Pay after one year: £18,340
Joining age: 17 – 29
Category: Airmen/airwomen
Usual service: 9 years
Open to: men or women
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Qualifications you need: 5 GCSEs/SCEs at Grade C/3 minimum or equivalent, including English language, maths, physics (or a physics-based science) and chemistry (or a chemistry-based science).
This role requires a physics based science subject. Please check by reading this document (opens in a new window).
Qualifications you can gain: Foundation degree in environmental and occupational health
Nationality: Citizen of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, or a Commonwealth citizen since birth
The job
Environmental Health Technicians provide professional advice to ensure that RAF personnel always have safe and healthy working and living conditions.
As an Environmental Health Technician, you’ll identify, evaluate and control chemical, biological and physical hazards that may affect the well-being of the community. You’ll visit RAF bases to inspect and advise on all aspects of occupational and environmental health, such as disposing of toxic waste or how to maintain hygiene when people are working in the field.
Opportunities
Once you’ve successfully completed your training, you’ll be awarded an HND in Environmental and Occupational Health. You’ll have opportunities for further training throughout your career, and you could be selected to study for a degree in Environmental Health.
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