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Environmental Health Practitioner
Environmental Health Practitioners make sure that troops have a clean, safe environment that’s free of health risks. Could you keep them fit and well?
Starting salary
£26,334
Role details
Everything you need to know about the role, requirements and what you’ll gain.
Age
To apply for this position, you must be between 17 years & 9 months old and 35 years & 6 months old at the time of your application.
Fitness
Mid Thigh Pull 50kg
Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m
2km run 12 min
Education
5x GCSEs at grade C/4 or above (including English Language, Mathematics, and Science)
or 4x GCSEs at grade C/4 or above (including English Language, Mathematics, and Double Science or two individual Sciences; Geography can count as a Science).
or Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2, and Adult Literacy/Numeracy certificates are accepted as GCSE equivalents.
Plus 104 UCAS points
All applicants must attend the specialist Army Environmental Health Practitioner Insight Event.
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For an active, capable Army we need every soldier and officer to be fit and well. That means protecting our troops’ health and wellbeing, wherever they are in the world. As an Environmental Health Practitioner, you advise commanders on environmental health, occupational hygiene, preventing disease and environmental protection. Whenever troops are deployed, you go out beforehand on reconnaissance missions to assess the location and risks. It’s vital work, which means you’ll get the highest standard of training.
Key responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Get a fully recognised civilian BSc in Environmental Health
Help prevent disease outbreaks
Give military commanders guidance on water and food safety
Advise frontline troops on the safest places to build military bases and camps
Step 1
Basic military training teaches you how to be a soldier. This covers everything from fieldcraft to how to handle a rifle. This course takes place at either Pirbright in Surrey or Winchester, Hampshire.
Step 2
You begin practical training at the Defence School of Healthcare Education. At the same time, you’ll start a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Health from Leeds Beckett University. You will gain qualifications in occupational health and pest control over three years.
You'll earn £25,200 a year from the start of your training, which will go up as you progress throughout your career.
Then you’ll begin practical training at the Defence School of Healthcare Education. At the same time, you’ll do a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Health from Leeds Beckett University. You will gain a NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and a BPCA Certificate in Pest Control over three years.