The our bodies representing Environmental Well being Officers (EHOs) in England, Wales, Northern Eire and in Australia have signed an settlement which might assist enhance recruitment into the career in every nation.
The Presidents of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Well being (CIEH) and Environmental Well being Australia (EHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which they are saying develops a transparent pathway for EHOs in England, Wales and Northern Eire to have the ability to follow in Australia and vice versa.
Environmental well being is likely one of the hardest skilled roles to fill within the 4 nations with many vacancies remaining open for months and the continual scarcity of EHOs is inflicting concern for the way forward for public well being safety in consequence.
CIEH President Mark Elliott and EHA President Melissa Burn signed the settlement following the fruits of seemingly a few years of negotiation and mapping of competencies between the nations.
It’s hoped that this settlement might be used as a blueprint for related MoU’s between different nations and assist deal with the workforce challenges in environmental well being globally.
CIEH President Mark Elliott stated: “The signing of the MoU with our counterparts in Australia marks a major and thrilling milestone within the historical past of the environmental well being career in our nations. England, Wales and Northern Eire and Australia share ongoing challenges by way of recruitment and the way forward for the career is beneath risk with out motion equivalent to this being taken.
“We hope this settlement will open up doorways and take away obstacles for EHOs, ought to they want to relocate, to utilise their extensive armoury of expertise and information for the advantage of communities in our nations and assist enhance beneath stress environmental well being workforces.”
Environmental Well being Programme Chief at Liverpool John Moores College, Graeme Mitchell, stated: “For these of us who’ve spent our profession in environmental well being and are passionate in regards to the career this settlement is an thrilling improvement, which can undoubtedly assist to make finding out environmental well being an much more engaging proposition with the elevated potentialities and choices this MoU represents.”
EHA President Melissa Burn stated: “This MoU acknowledges the worldwide nature of environmental well being. It enhances the environmental well being qualification, making it a extra engaging choice given the widened accessibility of alternatives.”
Professor of Environmental Well being at Flinders College, South Australia Kirstin Ross stated: “This settlement gives a transparent pathway for environmental well being professionals to comply with to permit them to follow in a unique nation, and excitingly, gives a blueprint for different nations to undertake related MoU’s.”