DEPARTMENT: Environmental Development
DIVISION: Environmental Health: IPC
POSITION: General Worker             
SALARY: X18 (R 64 392 – R 68 688) PER ANNUM

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to read and write
• Familiar with pesticides usage, safety requirements and disposal procedures

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct pest control activities in or on council premises
• Place poison and bait stations in identified areas for controlling pests
• Ensure that pest control equipments are clean and kept in a safe place including the vehicle by locking them in the storeroom
• Manage poison utilization to ensure the safe storage and distribution of poison by determining the quantity to be used through scaling
• Participate in the implementation of health and safety program
• Ensure that community is protected from their pesticides applications for safety purposes by baiting inside the holes and minimizing poison application where necessary
• Responsible for their protective clothing and wear them at all times during operations by cleaning them and reporting if they are not working
• Undergo by-annual and annual tests to determine the level of exposure

CLOSING DATE: THURSDAY, 16 JULY 2009
PLEASE QUOTE REF: ED/GW PEDH0026 ON YOUR APPLICATION

Comprehensive CV to be addressed to ED HRM&DEV, PO Box 13 Kempton Park 1620, or applications can be hand delivered to Room A216, 2nd floor, Kempton Park Civic Centre, Cnr C R Swart & Pretoria Rd. For more information please contact ?(011) 999 3608/3611/3612/3615/3616/3617/3619.

No faxed applications will be accepted.

Should candidates not be informed of the outcome of the application within six weeks of the closing date, it should be regarded as having been unsuccessful.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality subscribes to the principles of Employment Equity and Affirmative Action