About the Role

The Epsom & Ewell Environmental Health Team inspect for hygiene in food businesses, ensuring landlords provide safe homes, dealing with pollution, neighbour noise and poor air quality and investigating waste crimes such as flytipping.

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council is delighted to offer the start of a career in Environmental Health undertaking these tasks and more whilst being paid a salary to both study for a degree and to work assisting the Environmental Health Team in their tasks.

Once you have completed the salaried four-year apprenticeship and professional pathway, you will be eligible for employment as a fully-fledged Environmental Health Practitioner in a range of public, private and third sector employers with an almost limitless opportunity to make a contribution to public health and public protection.  The Covid-19 pandemic showed the value of Environmental Health Practitioners, and the national shortage of suitable individuals makes those with the right training and skills very sought after.

You will study at the University of Middlesex on their four-year Environmental Health (Apprenticeship) BSc (Honours) course commencing Autumn 2026, and when not attending taught classes will work with experienced and professional colleagues supporting all the environmental health functions including food safety, housing, pollution control and health and safety at work.

As a condition of continued employment, it will be necessary to be accepted on and to progress through the degree programme.  Support will be available to liaise with the University directly since this takes place outside of the UCAS process.