Health Safety

Pinky H. Patel

*** ***** **** *****, *******, GA 31005

Ph: 478-***-**** (home) or 863-***-**** (cell) E-Mail:

abkvlr@r.postjobfree.com

Environmental Health & Safety Specialist/Scientist

SUMMARY

Two years experience as an environmental health specialist/scientist and

food safety consultant; where my knowledge and skills are utilized to bring

various types of facilities in compliance with environmental and

governmental standards. In addition, these facilities are helped to improve

their sanitation and safety standards to achieve higher health department

inspection scores by providing education and technical assistance.

Significant amount of money was saved by offering cost effective measures

such as filling the gap with weather strips under the door to prevent pest

entry and escape of hot or cold air in food service establishments. As a

bank teller in financial institution for more than nine years, due to

problem solving skills and an attitude for walking an extra miles for

customers, I was rewarded many times for various customer services awards.

I significantly contributed in increasing financial assets by exceeding

cross-selling and referral goals for Robins Federal Credit Union.

EDUCATION

Master of Public Health with concentration in Environmental Health (GPA

4.0)

Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030

Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition (GPA 3.6)

Faculty of Community Science, M.S. University, Vadodara, India

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

. ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification (97% score) accredited by

the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - Conference for Food

Protection (CFP).

. Bank-Teller Training Diploma (96% score) from Wake Technical Community

College, Raleigh, NC.

. Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS 100) - Emergency

Management Response System Certification.

ACADEMIC ACOMMPLISHMENTS/HONORS

. Won National Merit Scholarship of India in high school.

. Research Thesis: A comparative study of prevalence rate of cancer within

a one, two, and three mile-radius of Powersville Landfill, Peach County,

Georgia.

. Poster Presentation: "A comparative study of the prevalence rate of

cancer within a three mile radius of the Powersville Landfill, Peach

County, Georgia" at American School Health Association Annual Conference,

October 28-31, 2009; Denver, CO; and at American Academy of Health

Behavior Annual Conference, February 7-10, 2010, Clearwater Beach, FL.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Food Safety Consultant (November 2008 - Present)

EcoSure, 300 Tristate International Drive, Suite 200, Lincolnshire, IL

60069

(Ph # 847-***-****, ext. 79874)

Duties and achievements:

. Conduct food safety evaluations of restaurants including taking product

temperatures, observation of employees' personal hygienic practices and

food safety practices for prevention of cross contamination and food

borne illnesses, chemical storage procedures, integrated pest management

practices and overall safety measures to keep food safe.

. Conduct play place evaluation, which involves collection of OSHA safety

information including wear and tear issues of play ground equipments.

. Perform industrial and restaurant based customer and employee safety

evaluations.

. Improved food safety and sanitation practices of many chain restaurants

through education and demonstration of food safety principles which

helped those units achieve higher score with local Health Department

inspections.

. My coaching about food safety and sanitation standards to restaurant

managers helped them achieve higher score for food safety certificate

exams.

2. Environmental Health Scientist/Specialist I (February 2008 - June 2008)

Hendry County Health Department, 1100 South Olympia Street, Clewiston, FL

33440

(Ph # 863-***-**** ext. 156)

Duties and achievements:

. Performed compliance inspections for onsite sewage treatment and disposal

facilities, mobile homes, recreational vehicle parks and camps, public

swimming pools, migrant farm workers housing, group care facilities

including foster homes, family day cares, public day care centers and

public schools - for the purpose of identifying and eliminating hazardous

conditions; recommended necessary enforcement actions and provided

technical assistance and education at individual and organizational

level.

. Completed food safety evaluations for group care facilities to minimize

the risk of food borne illnesses among children.

. Prepared inspection reports, reviewed site plans and license applications

for above stated facilities, collected water samples, used scientific

instruments and equipments for data collection and analysis, and issued

permits.

. Investigated sanitary nuisance complaints for environmental and food

related issues and responded accordingly.

. Attended meetings, demonstrated team efforts and achieved online training

to maintain current knowledge of environmental issues.

. Complied with department's policies and procedures regarding submission

of daily activity report, time sheet, travel vouchers and other

paperwork.

3. Public Health Internship (May 2004 - July 2004)

Peach County Health Department, 406 East Church Street, Fort Valley, GA

31030

(Ph # 478-***-****)

Duties performed:

. Conducted compliance inspections of restaurants, motels and swimming

pools;

. Performed site evaluation and soil sampling for approval/placement of

septic system, conducted initial OSTDS inspection after placement of

septic system.

. Investigated nuisance complaints such as animal bites for surveillance of

rabies, dead birds for West Nile Virus or illness resulting from

restaurant food consumption.

. Recommended necessary actions to the general public or organizations to

be in compliance by providing education and technical assistance.

. Collected private well water samples and suggested further disinfection

treatment, if necessary.

. Maintained paperwork, prepared reports and performed other duties as

assigned by supervisor.

4. Bank Teller (April 2000 - January 2008)

Robins Federal Credit Union, 502 South Houston Lake Road, Warner Robins, GA

31088

(Ph # 478-***-**** ext. 3401)

Duties performed:

. Handled in person or ATM/night deposits, withdrawals, loan payments,

credit card advances and other transactions related to cash and

negotiable instruments such as cashier's checks, travelers checks, money

orders, savings bonds, visa gift cards and maintained log books.

. Provided account services to members such as balance transfers/inquiries,

provide account statement copies, issue temporary checks, and close or

change information on existing accounts.

. Assisted for closing and balancing procedure of credit union.

. Accomplished required on line training and achieved Washington Award

Certificate for Banking, Professional Development, Member Services Level

II and Financial Management certificates along with attending meting and

seminars.

. Won first prize four times by selling raffle tickets for fund raising for

credit union to lobby at congress level, also won first prizes three

times for fund raising by selling coin collection books and paper hearts

for community project - Children's Miracle Network; volunteered for Meals

on Wheels program and delivered hot/free lunches to about 40 people.

. Saved about $80.00 by catching counterfeit currency.

. Won prizes for perfect balancing as well as exceeding credit union's

cross selling and performance goals above average.

SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE

. Knowledge of environmental health principles including indoor/outdoor

air, food, water, and soil pollutants and related environmental laws,

food safety and food allergies, HACCP, integrated pest management

practices and hazardous chemicals storage/handling practices.

. Prepared and presented several papers (for example: WIC program, Solid

Waste Disposal Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act,

waste water and drinking water treatment plants operation).

. Computer skills: word processing, power point, data entry, 10-key by

touch.

. Linguistic skills: fluent in foreign languages Gujarati and Hindi.

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