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SANITARIAN [2 records]

Record 1 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Sanitarian: Inspects the environment, promotes measures to restore or improve sanitary conditions and supervises their implementation ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Personne spécialisée dans les questions d'hygiène, spécialement d'hygiène publique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

The job of the public health inspector... is to enforce regulations concerned with such things as food handling in shops; the maintenance of a clean water supply; the discharge of waste and sewage. He also inspects property where the tenant has complained that the landlord has not done the repairs... A more general duty is survey work connected with ascertaining whether houses are fit for human habitation.

OBS

"Sanitarian" is rarely used in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
CONT

Les inspecteurs sanitaires assurent la salubrité du milieu, des aliments et des produits, par divers types d'inspection.

Spanish

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