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This fact sheet produced by the Industry Skills Council lists the tasks Indigenous environmental health workers may perform. It also provides general information on the personal attributes suited to the job, skills which are helpful for working in environmental health, qualifications needed and long term career opportunities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The enHealth environmental health officer skills and knowledge matrix describes the skills and knowledge required to support the range of activities taken on as environmental health officers (EHO). The matrix includes:
Abstract adapted from enHealth
A fact sheet outlining the qualifications, salary and job opportunities for environmental health officers in the Northern Territory.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The environmental health worker resource kit has been developed for people who provide training, work with, or employ Indigenous environmental health workers. The kit provides resources to cover the literacy and numeracy skills required to carry out workplace tasks ranging from measuring pesticide and water tank volumes to basic computer operations and report writing.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This document outlines the primary and secondary roles of Indigenous environmental health practioners, including the duties relating to enviromental health issues.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The environmental health officers skills and knowledge matrix was developed as a foundation for a national approach to managing environmental health workforce issues. Included is a section relevant to Indigenous environmental health practitioners.
The following key issues were considered in the production of the matrix:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is preparing Indigenous communities for the cyclone season and the clean up process following a cyclone.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is animal management in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is dust control and water testing in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is the education programs Indigenous environmental health practitioners present to schools and communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is the training undertaken to become an environmental health practitioner.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is food handling and safety in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is the types of jobs an environmental health practitioner will perform in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is pest control, in particular mosquito control methods, in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is sewage management, including pest control, in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health. The focus of this video is rubbish control and education in Indigenous communities.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This video forms part of the Careers That Matter, My job series which provides information and advice about careers in Indigenous environmental health.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
A resource kit to support education and training staff to deliver the population health and Indigenous environmental health qualifications that are part of the health training package within the VET sector.
Some material from the kit is available to download from the Industry Skills Council website (see links section).
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
With the support of the Upper Hume Primary Care Partnership and Wodonga Regional Health Service; the Mungarbareena Aboriginal Corporation and Women's Health Goulburn North East have developed a resource kit Making Two Worlds Work: building capacity of the health and community sector to work effectively and respectfully with the Aboriginal community. The aim is to assist health care workers to provide culturally competent health care to Indigenous peoples.
The kit consists of posters; audit tool kit; working with Aboriginal clients and organisations; using an Aboriginal health promotion framework through an Aboriginal lens; CD with Indigenous images; DVD and Welcome sticker and template; information guide providing answers about Aboriginal health, history and protocols.
This initiative won the 2009 Victorian Health Care Awards - Reducing Health Inequalities section.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
