Most people know that the council deals with their household waste, but do they know about all the other functions it performs to protect them?
From dealing with rat infested basements to building roads, to monitoring air pollution, to giving consumer advice or fighting fires – a huge range of opportunities exists. Functions such as conservation, countryside management, environmental health, pest control, planning, pollution control, transport, civilian police work, fire services and waste management are all carried out by staff in this area. It is their job to ensure that we all live together in a safe and pleasant environment and that the balance of nature remains intact.
Environmental health officers and trading standards officers play pivotal roles in this area. They are responsible for the co-ordination of a range of functions that impact heavily on all areas within environmental services.
The following career profiles show some of the jobs you could to to protect your community:
- Community Safety Officer
- Duties Planner
- Emergency Planning Officer
- Fire Control Operator
- Firefighter
- Neighbourhood Watch Controller
- Scenes of Crime Officer
- Street Warden
Environmental Care & Conservation
- Cemetery Worker/Gravedigger
- Countryside Ranger
- Countryside/Woodlands Officer
- Crematorium Technician
- Dog Warden
- Environmental Monitoring Officer
- Gardener
- Head Greenkeeper/Foreman, Municipal Golf Course
- Memorials Officer
- Senior Ecologist
- Tree Officer
- Enforcement Officer, Environmental Health
- Environmental Health Officer
- Health & Safety Adviser
- Laboratory Technician
- Pest Control Officer
- Port Health Officer
- Technical Assistant, Dog Warden/Pest Control
- Technical Assistant, Environmental Health
- Technical Officer, Food Control
- Technical Officer, Health and Safety
- Technical Officer, Housing
- Technical Officer, Pollution Control
- Unit Clerk, Health & Safety
- Car Park Inspector
- Civil Engineer
- Highways Maintenance Engineer
- Motor Vehicle Technician
- Roadworker
- Section Engineer, Drainage
- Street Lighting Inspector
- Technical Assistant, Highways
- Traffic & Transportation Engineer