The purpose of this qualification is to develop learners who would meet the minimum requirements for accreditation and registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as Environmental Health Practitioners. The qualifying learner will be able to perform and integrate laboratory tests with epidemiological conditions and operate in compliance with statutory requirements in terms of ethics, safety and quality assurance. Supervisory, management and research skills are developed after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). EHP's will be qualified to work in both public and private sectors. The course content is designed with both horizontal and vertical cross linking between the subject contents for each year in succession. i.e. Professional Practice, Sociology and Sustainable Development, address the human interaction with the physical environment (Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Anatomy, Physiology and Microbiology). This two-pronged (Human and Natural Sciences) approach in the programme design runs as a golden thread through the subject content of the B Environmental Health Degree and is based on the outcomes of the training needed for EHP's.
- English: Level 4
- Mathematics: Level 5 OR Technical Maths: Level 5
- Life Sciences: Level 4
- Physical Sciences: Level 4
- Plus any two other subjects (excluding Life Orientation): Level 4
