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Environmental Health events, training and webinars

The Environmental Health Directorate hosts a range of educational programs including webinars, workshops and seminars to support environmental health professionals, industry and health professionals to enforce or comply with a range of environmental health legislation and to manage environmental health risks.

Upcoming webinars

Register for the upcoming environmental health webinars.

 Date Topic  Registration
Tuesday 15 November, 9am to 11am
  • Horticulture standards for berries, leafy greens and melons
  • Food safety management systems and compliance with the Food Act 2008
 Register here (external site)
 Tuesday 7 March 2023, 9am to 11am  To be confirmed   To be confirmed
 Tuesday 11 July 2023, 9am to 11am To be confirmed  To be confirmed
 Tuesday 14 November, 9am to 11am To be confirmed  To be confirmed

Upcoming workshops

How to register for an event

Register for events using the Environmental Health Directorate Eventbrite page (external site). Registration for webinars, workshops and seminars will be promoted on Eventbrite (external site).

Find out about events

To find out when upcoming events are organised sign up to the Environmental Health e-news (external site).

Library of webinar recordings

Explore our library of webinars below.

Asbestos

The following webinars are available on asbestos management.

Topic Presentation Further resources
Asbestos contamination

Guidelines for the assessment, remediation and management of asbestos contaminated sites workshop – 26 November 2021 (external site)

  1. Prevention of asbestos contaminated sites (external site)
  2. Asbestos contaminated soils – WorkSafe WA (external site)
  3. Contaminated sites guidelines and asbestos contaminated sites – DWER (external site)
  4. Assessment and management of asbestos contaminated sites – DOH (external site)
  5. Management of asbestos in parklands and reserves (external site)
 Learn more.
Fire damaged asbestos in local government Management of fire damaged asbestos in local government (external site) Learn more.
Environmental Health Workforce

The following webinars are available on Environmental Health workforce matters.

Topic Presentation Further resources
Environmental Health Professional Review Board WA Environmental Health Professional Review Board – November 2021 (external site) Learn more.
Environmental Health Workforce Capacity Environmental Health Workforce Planning and Capability Development – November 2021 (external site)  
Events and public buildings

The following webinars are available on events and public buildings. 

 Topic  Presentation  Further resources
Public buildings and event regulation Events and buildings
Examples of public buildings disasters  

Food

The following webinars are available on food safety matters.

Topic Presentation Further resources
Food Safety Culture Food safety culture – March 2021 (external site)  
Food labelling

Food Safety Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) – March 2022:

 Learn more.
Mosquito Entomology

The following webinars are available on mosquito management and surveillance.

Topic Presentation Further resources
Atlas of Medical Entomology Refresher on using the Atlas of Medical Entomology (external site) Learn more (external site).
CLAG forum 2022

Refer to the mosquito management playlist (external site) to view all webinars. 

  1. Introduction to Japanese Encephalitis virus (external site)
  2.  Japanese Encephalitis virus symptoms and vaccine program (external site)
  3.  Japanese Encephalitis virus surveillance plan and overview (external site)
  4. Northern WA JEV surveillance program (external site)
  5.  Japanese Encephalitis virus in animals (external site)
  6. Enhanced southern surveillance in proximity of piggeries (external site)
  7. Japanese Encephalitis virus response (external site)
  8. Capability survey (external site)
  9. 2022 season wrap up (external site)
  10. Shire of Derby West Kimberley update (external site)
  11. Karratha update (external site)
  12. Carnarvan update (external site)
  13. East Swan River update (external site)
  14. Swan Canning Rivers CLAG update (external site)
  15. South Metro CLAG update (external site)
  16. Peel CLAG update (external site)
  17. Leschenault CLAG update (external site)
  18. Geographe CLAG update (external site)
  19. OmniDrone presentation (external site)
  20. CLAG funding 2022-23 (external site)
 Refer to CLAG 
Public Health Act administration
Topic Presentation    Further resources
 Overview  Overview of the Public Health Act 2016 (external site)  Learn more.
 Staged implementation  Staged implementation of the Public Health Act 2016 (external site)  Learn more. 
 Reporting requirements  Reporting requirements for local government under the Public Health Act 2016 (external site)  Learn more. 
 Authorised officers  Designation of authorised officers (external site)  Learn more. 

Public health planning

The following presentation is available on public health planning.

Topic Presentation Further resources
Public health planning What is local government's role in public health? (external site) Learn more.
Wastewater

The following presentations are available on wastewater matters.

Topic Presentation
Basic plumbing overview
Last reviewed: 04-04-2022

For queries about Environmental Health webinars email Environmental Health Stakeholder Engagement.

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