The NSW Health Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program was developed to build an Aboriginal workforce with the leadership and technical skills to progress environmental health issues into the future.
Trainees are employed full-time by a Public Health Unit or Local Government Council as a Trainee Environmental Health Officer in urban, rural and remote NSW. At the same time, they undertake a six-year, Bachelor of Natural Science (Environmental and Health) degree by distance learning through the University of Western Sydney.
The program covers the cost of travel and expenses associated with the trainee's employment or study. Course fees (including HECS) for a full degree course load and any other associated costs (including textbooks, technical equipment, tuition and graduation costs) are met by NSW Health and partner council and/or a Public Health Unit (PHU).
Trainees are given the opportunity to actively participate in a wide range of environmental health issues.
Advertisements for the Traineeships are placed by the employing PHU's and Councils on the NSW Health and general recruitment websites, Australian Indigenous Health Infonet and in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Media such as Koori Mail, Indigenous Times and Tracker magazine.
More information
Find out more information on the Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program.
To make an enquiry phone (02) 9391 9790 or email: enhwu@doh.health.nsw.gov.au