Assist the program supervisor with the supervision and training of staff. - Advise on methods and techniques applied, to environmental health and safety; review completed assignments and assist in the more difficult and sensitive investigations and enforcement activities. - Initiate hearings for suspension/revocation of permits; serve as hearing officer. - Perform administrative studies of environmental laws and ordinances by comparing federal, state, and local codes in a specific program area to determine their impact on environmental health programs and operating methods. - Determine training needs through investigation, consultation, and evaluation of requests; develop and recommend programs to meet these needs. - Prepare inspection reports, legal notices, citations, notices of violations, and other investigative reports for the enforcement of environmental health laws and regulations. - Issue official notices of corrective action and abatement; make follow-up investigations to ensure compliance. - Organize, coordinate, or lead conferences; make outside speaking engagements and serve on professional committees; observe and evaluate the effectiveness of staff serving as instructors: oversee training of existing and newly hired staff. - Establish contacts with local colleges and universities to orient, encourage, and counsel graduates to enter a career in environmental health; provide counseling regarding careers in environmental health management. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in courses that enables the applicant to meet the minimum educational standards prescribed by the California Department of Public Health. Experience: One year equivalent to an Environmental Health Specialist III with the County of Riverside. Other Requirements. License/ Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver's License. Possession of a valid certificate of registration as an Environmental Health Specialist issued by the California Department of Public Health. Physical Requirements: Independent body mobility to stand, climb stairs and ladders, walk on uneven ground or wet, slippery floors at construction sites, retail food, public pools, mobile home parks, composting facilities, landfills and large excavated areas, manufacturing plants, and hazardous materials handling/storing facilities; upper body strength to reach and move items from high shelves; manual dexterity to hand-write and use personal computers; corrected vision to read standard text, labels, color change indication test papers, monitoring equipment display screens, and computer screens. Additional Physical Requirements for incumbents assigned to the Hazardous Materials Program: Strength to move 55 gallon drums of materials (with drum dolly); strength to lift and carry tools or personal protection and test equipment up to 25 pounds in weight; physical capability to wear personal protective equipment including Level A, B, C and D suits and cartridge respirator; ability to lift materials weighing up to 70 pounds. Environmental Requirements: Will be required to work in an office and all types of field environments, be exposed to inclement weather conditions, and enter and perform work in establishments which may have nudity, sexually explicit pictures and literature; come in contact with materials/waste including odors and fumes from various industrial processes, cleaning solvents, chlorine, and insecticides; ability to tolerate very hot and cold temperatures, walk or stand for extended periods of time with no rest, walk over rough terrain, work at heights higher than 10 feet, and bend or stoop repeatedly or continually over time; ability to use stomach and lower back to support the body when lifting. Knowledge of: The principles of physical, biological, chemical, and social sciences used in environmental health and safety; functions and operations of related governmental agencies and community organizations; state and local laws and regulations governing environmental health and public health; penal code provisions relating to public health nuisances; methods and techniques of investigating, inspecting, and obtaining compliance where corrections are necessary; environmental research and statistical methods; principles and practices of environmental health and safety; principles and techniques of supervision; principles of environmental planning and management. Ability to: Analyze situations accurately and take effective action; establish and maintain cooperative relationships; communicate clearly both orally and in writing; prepare clear and concise reports; plan, organize, and carry out research, analyze and evaluate data, and make recommendations based on findings; detect public health hazards and conditions which violate public health and safety laws, ordinances and regulations, and secure their correction through education, voluntary compliance or legal enforcement; instruct in the methods and procedures of environmental health and safety inspections and correction of violative conditions; interpret public health needs and goals to others; use a personal computer and software programs.