Paul Pansoka

Paul Pansoka

WASH Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Environmental Health Officer at Madisi mission hospital

  • Education

    • University of Malawi, the Malawi Polytechnic

      2011 - 2015
      BSc. Environmental Health with credit Environmental Health

      Activities and Societies: Member of Polytechnic Environmental health society

  • Experience

    • Water for people

      Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
      WASH Intern

      . Facilitating CLTS in conjuction with HSAs, and other village workers. Training water point committees on at whatcost contributions and permaculture. Conducting sanitation sensitisation meetings in communities in conjuction with village chiefs. Distributing fliers and posters for san products to increase uptake and use of the same. Monitoring borehole drilling activities as well as other sanitation and hygiene activities

    • Top Range Civil Engineering

      Nov 2016 - Apr 2017
      Health, Safety and Environmental (SHE) Officer

      . Conducting risk assessments and coming up with risk control and reduction measures. Carrying out safety inductions to newly recruited employees. Designing and implementing basic safety trainings to works. Designing and conducting toolbox talks with workers. Designing road traffic management on site. Investigating and reporting incidents including implantation of corrective measures. Ensuring that the contractor is compliant to health and safety standards and legislations.. Presenting reports on health, safety and environmental obligations to client on behalf of the contractor during site meetings.. conducting site inspections Show less

    • Mota-Engil

      Jun 2017 - Dec 2020
      Health and Safety Officer

      . carrying out risk assessments and come up with risk control and reduction measures. conducting safety inductions with newly recruited workers. conducting toolbox talks. conducting basic safety trainings with workers. Investigating and reporting incidents including implementation of corrective measures. carrying out safety inspections . Developing and distributing project health and safety IEC materials. Participating in the development of site Health & Safety plan, emergency plan, and social and environmental management plan. Organizing Health & S afety reviews. Preparing Health & Safety reports. Planning and implementing site WASH activities. Planning and implementing HIV/AIDS program in coordination with local health authorities Show less

    • Madisi mission hospital

      Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
      Environmental Health Officer

      As an environmental health officer, my many roles among others include the following:. Inspecting various institutions & work places to ensure that adequate steps are taken to protect person's health & wellbeing. Planning, organizing, and managing pollution control activities in the hospital & surrounding communities.Corraborating with all hospital departments & other external sectors involved in environmental management activities .Examining applications and plans for sanitary clearance. Enforcing laws & regulations on occupational health & safety.Acting as an HMIS focal person, and facilitating the overall process of collecting, analysing, disseminating the information, and making sufficient use of it. Designing data monitoring tools, & ensure their use. Designing & developing environmental health interventional programs to reduce, or modify environmental health risks, & conducting evaluation of the same. Carrying out epidemiological research of acute and chronic diseases. Preparing precautionary health reports which include problem explainations, analyses, alternative solutions & suggestions. Delivering details about potential health risks & possible treatments to the media, the public, other health care professionals or local, national and international regulators.Liasing with medical team regarding precautionary medicine problems. Implementing or assessing health service delivery systems to enhance the health of specific communities Show less

    • Blantyre City Council

      Feb 2023 - now
      Environmental Health Officer

      On top of regular roles as an Environmental Health Officer for the Council such as planning environmental health activities and ensuring compliance with public/environmental health laws within the city, I also coordinate cleansing services (solid waste management) for the Council.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certificate in Project Mangaement, and M&E

      Empowering vulnerable communities organisation (EVCO)
      Nov 2018
    • BSc degree in Environmental Health

      University of Malawi
      Jul 2015
    • First Aid Certificate

      St John Ambulance
      Jul 2017