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Job Description

Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1041.01

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Compliance Inspectors”.

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Tasks for “Health Inspector”

Review and evaluate applications for registration of products containing dangerous materials, or for pollution control discharge permits.
Observe and record field conditions, gathering, interpreting, and reporting data such as flow meter readings and chemical levels.
Evaluate label information for accuracy and conformance to regulatory requirements.
Prepare written, oral, tabular, and graphic reports summarizing requirements and regulations, including enforcement and chain of custody documentation.
Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
Verify that hazardous chemicals are handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with regulations.
Inspect waste pretreatment, treatment, and disposal facilities and systems for conformance to federal, state, or local regulations.
Inform individuals and groups of pollution control regulations and inspection findings, and explain how problems can be corrected.
Analyze and implement state, federal or local requirements as necessary to maintain approved pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water runoff programs.
Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
Interview individuals to determine the nature of suspected violations and to obtain evidence of violations.
Maintain and repair materials, worksites, and equipment.
Learn and observe proper safety precautions, rules, regulations, and practices so that unsafe conditions can be recognized and proper safety protocols implemented.
Conduct research on hazardous waste management projects in order to determine the magnitude of problems, and treatment or disposal alternatives and costs.
Determine sampling locations and methods, and collect water or wastewater samples for analysis, preserving samples with appropriate containers and preservation methods.
Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
Respond to questions and inquiries, such as those concerning service charges and capacity fees, or refer them to supervisors.
Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, then make recommendations and complete documentation.
Participate in the development of spill prevention programs and hazardous waste rules and regulations, and recommend corrective actions for hazardous waste problems.
Monitor follow-up actions in cases where violations were found, and review compliance monitoring reports.
Determine which sites and violation reports to investigate, and coordinate compliance and enforcement activities with other government agencies.
Investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or labeling laws.
Inform health professionals, property owners, and the public about harmful properties and related problems of water pollution and contaminated wastewater.
Prepare data to calculate sewer service charges and capacity fees.
Research and keep informed of pertinent information and developments in areas such as EPA laws and regulations.
Perform laboratory tests on samples collected, such as analyzing the content of contaminated wastewater.

Related Technology & Tools

Sample bottles
Liquid chromatographs LC
Sand corers
Continuous water quality monitors
Dataloggers
Wheaton dip samplers
Ion selective electrode ISE testers
Enzyme immunoassay kits
Mercury vapor analyzers
Water sampling gear pumps
Box corers
Total petroleum hydrocarbon TPH analyzers
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrophotometers
Pond samplers
Sediment sieves
Reciprocating piston sampling pumps
Hand sampling pumps
Water quality data sondes
Interferometers
Centrifugal water sampling pumps
Hydraulic vibracorers
Turbidity probes
Wireline samplers
Progressive cavity sampling pumps
Conductance meters
Optical beamsplitting devices
Laboratory analytical balances
Mass spectrometers
Helium-neon lasers
Atmosphere monitors
Photoionization detectors PID
Van Veen grab samplers
Headspace vials
Kemmerer depth samplers
Fuel fluorescence detectors FFD
Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
Composite liquid waste samplers COLIWASA
Laptop computers
Ponar dredge samplers
Dissolved oxygen probes
Continuous flame ionization detectors FID
Waste pile samplers
Measuring cylinders
Differential photometers
Surface acoustic wave sensors SAWS
Chlorine samplers
Benthic grab samplers
Passive diffusion bag PDB samplers
Graphite furnace atomic absorption GFAA spectrometers
Chlorophyll-a probes
Portable two way radios
Piezoelectric sensors
Portable mass spectrometers MS
Aluminum ladders
Spectrophotometers
Bottom fill bailers
Liquid grab samplers
Ekman grab samplers
Laboratory dropping pipettes
Power augers
Thief samplers
Van Dorn samplers
Gravity corers
Membrane interface probes MIP
Sample collection chambers
X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
Split spoon samplers
Hand corers
Weighted bottle samplers
Laser-induced fluorescence LIF instruments
Ground penetrating radar GPR
Bucket augers
Infrared IR spectrometers
Suction-lift pumps
Rotary hammer systems
Wastewater samplers
Double check valve bailers
Scaffolding
Bacon bomb samplers
Sampling triers
Ultraviolet fluorescence UVF test kits
Syringe pumps
Desktop computers
Russian peat borers
Specific conductance probes
Split core samplers
Extractive Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Magnetic locators
Shelby tube samplers
Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
Laser-induced breakdown spectrometers LIBS
pH indicators
Portable gas chromatographs GC
Bladder pumps
Flowmeters
Colorimetric field sampling devices
Mobile cone penetrometer MCP systems

Geographic information system GIS software
Mass Flux Toolkit
Microsoft Excel
Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System MAROS
Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool EKAT
Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support FIELDS
Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance SADA
DQO-PRO
Scribe
Microsoft Office
Field Operations and Records Management System (FORMS) II Lite
Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft PowerPoint
HRS Quickscore
Database software
Microsoft Word
Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools SMARTe
Rapid Assessment Tools R.A.T.