Meat Inspector at IMQAS-Weltevrede Abattoir (2025-05 – Present)
Contract position managing abattoir food safety systems, records, and documentation.
- Managed abattoir food safety systems, records, and documentation to ISO 22000 and export standards.
- Maintained audit readiness and coordinated external audit close-outs.
- Managed HACCP plans, SOP reviews, and food safety controls.
- Managed non-conformances, corrective actions, and escalations.
- Oversaw product holds, releases, disposals, and decision rules.
- Monitored micro, swab, and sanitation verification results.
- Coordinated traceability exercises and mock recalls.
- Investigated food safety, quality, and customer complaints.
- Reported food safety performance, risks, and actions to management.
- Coordinated group SHEQ standards, registers, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Implemented H&S systems across the feedlot, farms, and abattoir.
- Liaised with divisional H&S officers as site contacts.
- Conducted H&S inspections, observations, and compliance checks.
- Monitored incidents, investigations, corrective actions, and close-outs.
- Followed up overdue actions and escalated high-risk matters.
- Maintained H&S documents, registers, training records, and audit files.
- Reviewed H&S trends, near misses, and repeat findings with managers.
- Supported H&S controls and contractor safety compliance.
- Supported environmental compliance reporting, corrective actions, and escalations.
Environmental Health Practitioner at Bongani Regional Hospital (2024-02 – 2025-01)
Community service position implementing environmental health systems and ensuring compliance with health regulations.
- Developed and monitored systems for segregating, storing, and safely disposing of general, hazardous, and healthcare risk waste.
- Conducted ward inspections to ensure sanitation, PPE compliance, and infection control.
- Inspected hospital kitchens, canteens, and food storage areas for hygiene and temperature compliance.
- Collected and assessed water samples to ensure potable water met SANS 421 requirements.
- Conducted disease surveillance and supported outbreak tracing, investigation, and prevention.
- Implemented pest management to prevent, monitor, and eradicate pests affecting patient safety.
- Conducted OHS inspections for chemical, radiation, ergonomic, lighting, ventilation, and safety risks and ensured continuous improvement of safety, health and environmental compliance.
- Prepared monthly environmental health indicator reports for management.
- Monitored external areas to maintain hygiene, safety, and pollution control.
Environmental Health Practitioner at Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (2023-01 – 2024-01)
Internship position conducting environmental health inspections, investigations, and compliance monitoring.
- Conducted inspections and investigations of residential, commercial and other occupied premises, visiting specific premises, observing and recording the outcomes of food handling and processing sequence.
- Identified environmental risks, conducted root cause analysis and provided corrective actions.
- Supported governance initiatives and provided health education to targeted groups.
- Monitored compliance with relevant legislation.
- Contributed towards the improvement of health and well-being of local communities.
- Assessed and analyzed the adequacy of structural design to accommodate specific business operations with due consideration given to ventilation, lighting, emission and waste extraction systems.
- Investigated reported cases of communicable diseases and implementing precautionary measures to prevent outbreaks.
- Carried out water sampling and inspections of water sources to ascertain the extent of the quality of water and promoting sanitation standards.
- Carried out inspections of non-food premises and other facilities for enforcing compliance with relevant national health legislation and local by-laws and supporting food safety.
- Monitored conformance with served orders and notices through scheduled and ad hoc inspections.
- Collaborated with other municipal departments to conduct enforcement and compliance inspections.
- Instituting further urgent measures such as termination of operations, closure of premises and issuing of fines.
- Planned and participated in the delivery of health and hygiene awareness programs in various local communities.
- Compiled and submitted monthly reports on environmental health indicators and presented to management.
