CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT (*)
SPAIN
- TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (original language: ES) TÉCNICO SUPERIOR EN SALUD AMBIENTAL
- TRANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (language: EN) ADVANCED EXPERT IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
This translation has no legal status
- PROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
General competence
Perform the inspection operations required to identify, control, survey, assess and, when appropriate, correct the factors of environmental risks to health, developing health education and promotion programmes for people in their interaction with the environment, under appropriate supervision.
Competence units
- Organizing and managing an environmental health unit.
- Identifying, controlling and surveying health risks to the population at large associated to the use of water.
- Identifying, controlling and surveying health risks to the population at large associated to the air and the various sources of energy.
- Identifying, controlling and surveying health risks to the population atlarge associated to chemical products and vectors of interest to public health.
- Identifying, controlling and surveying health risks to the population at large associated to the management of solid waste and of the built environment.
- Identifying, controlling and surveying health risks to the population at large associated to food contamination.
- Promoting the health of people through activities of environmental education.
- RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE
Occupations or jobs:
Environmental health expert. Expert in the control of water for human consumption. Expert in air pollution.
Expert in waste management.
(*) Explanatory note
This document is designed to provide additional information about the specified certificate and does not have any legal status in itself. The format of the description is based on the following texts:Council Resolution 93/C 49/01 of 3 December 1992 on the transparency of qualifications, Council Resolution 96/C 224/04 of 15 July 1996 on the transparency of vocational training certificates, and Recommendation 2001/613/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 July 2001 on mobility within the Community for students, persons undergoing training, volunteers, teachers and trainers.
The body awarding this Certificate Supplement may leave blank any box considered not to be applicable.
- OFFICIAL BASIS OF THE CERTIFICATE
| Name and status of the body awarding the certificate MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN, CULTURA Y DEPORTE (Central Government) | Name and status of the national/regional authority providing accreditation/recognition ofthe certificate MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN, CULTURA Y DEPORTE (Central Government) COMPETENT BODY IN THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY (Autonomic Government) |
| Level of the certificate in the awarding country Advanced Vocational Training (CNED 51 H – Advanced Specific Vocational Training and equivalents, Plastic Arts and Design, and Sports) | Grading scale / Pass requirements Basic regulation of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of 21 July 1994. Occupational modules: graded from 1 to 10 (5 is pass). Training at work: pass / fail. Continuous assessment system. |
| Access to next level of education/training – Teacher (all majors) – Social Education Diplomaed Specialist. – Nursery Diplomaed Specialist. – Physiotherapy Diplomaed Specialist – Speech Therapy Diplomaed Specialist. – Chiropody Diplomaed Specialist. – Occupational Therapy Diplomaed Specialist. – Social Work Diplomaed Specialist. | International agreements |
| Legal basisGeneral Organic Law of the Educational System 1/1990 of October 3, Organic Law 5/2002 of June 19 on Qualifications and Vocational Training, Royal Decree 676/1993 of May 7, Royal Decree 777/1998 of April 30. ROYAL DECREE 540/1995, of April 7 (BOE 10.06.95). | |
- OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED WAYS OF ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE
* At Secondary Education Centres or approved training centres, including training modules of a theoretical-practical nature and Training at Work.
– WATER FOR HUMAN USE AND CONSUMPTION
– AIR POLLUTION, NOISE AND RADIATION
– CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE OF FOOD POLLUTION
– HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF HEALT H
– TRAINING AT WORK
– OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING AND GUIDANCE
– ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UNIT
– CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND VECTORS OF INTEREST TO PUBLIC HEALTH
– WASTE MANAGEMENT AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
| Total duration of the education/ training leading to the certificate | 2000 hours | |
| Entry requirements Holding the Certificate in Post-Compulsory Secondary Education (Bachillerato) or holding the corresponding certificate of the entry examination. | ||
| Additional information More information available at: http://www.educacion.es | ||