Meeting Competency Frameworks

Dr Alan Page: Principal Lecturer in Env and Public Health

Qualifying as an EHP

“Has been registered as an EHP with specialisms in Food Safety and Environmental Protection having also achieved generalist level in Health & Safety and Public Health”

Modelling outcomes

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That’s where we wereA student qualified and was able to be

selected and select area THEY and YOU felt they best fitted

With experience or training they could be moved around

With experience and training they could specialise.

The New Model: The Generalist EHP

EHness

Food H&S

Hsg EP PH ‘Set on the road to competence as a Generalist EHP’

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The new eraCompetency frameworks mean that may not be

able to do all of a function

Food: may be only do cat C and below or not seize and detain

Question: is this a problem? Something to debate

Question: even if initially registered as generalist could one evidence specialism later on?

NOTE: development of competence is seen as a Post Graduation role

The even newer model: The restricted generalist

EHness

‘Generalist level competencies’

Food H&S

Pollution PH

Already Happening: see Australian EHPs in UK

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New model/New Idea: Specialist EHPs

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Food ‘Generalist level competencies’

‘Fully competent EHP’

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IssuesCan do all of a function (and probably really

well if also have right attitudinal skills)

But not deemed able to do other functions

Question: is this a problem? Something to debate

Note: We did try this at MU but you were not happy. How do we collectively manage this?

Applied env

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EH stressors and intro

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Health stressors

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OHS and Food

Housing(cert for HHSRS)

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Management

OHS and Food

Pollution

Produces : The Generalist EHP

EHness

Food H&S

Hsg EP PH ‘Set on the road to competence as a Generalist Practitioner”

concernMy concern is that the door to employment

will close

Takes 3 years to train and person in year one doing generalist may not find employment in 3 years time

Thus I WANT to keep as many doors to employment open

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Applied env

science

Function anat and patholog

y

Law, governanc

e and practice

EH stressors and intro

to disciplin

es

Year 1

Research

methods

Health stressors

and micro

OHS and Food

Housing(cert for HHSRS)

Year 2

Year 3

projectPH

Management

OHS and Food

Pollution

Has been registered as an EHP with specialisms in Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety and Public Health having also achieved generalist level in Housing and environmental protection”

conclusionIs this close to what you want?

It may mean something added on at the end as CIEH see specialisation at Post Grad level