Nicholas Iszler
Environmental Health Sanitarian II (REHS) at Calhoun County Public Health Department- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHSRS)
National Environmental Health AssociationNov, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Calhoun County Public Health Department
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Environmental Health Sanitarian II (REHS)
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Nov 2020 - Present
Developed advanced skills in several environmental health programs including reviewing engineered plans for onsite sewage disposal systems and review and approval of site-condominium projects. Continuing involvement in water well and sewage disposal system permitting, food inspecting, and septage truck and landsite inspecting.Involved in response to PFAS contamination of groundwater: investigates area geology when issuing well permits so that placement, depth, and construction best protect both the individuals consuming the water, and the aquifers themselves. Also involved with responding to state PFAS testing results, including providing affected homeowners with PFAS filtration systems. Continuing to develop CCPHD's Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Program, including trapping, identifying, and testing multiple target species of mosquito for pathogen testing. Also helps coordinate public outreach informing residents of vector-borne disease risk. Continuing to develop environmental health software, and tailor programs to the needs of several EH programs. Also utilizes EH software to perform QA/QI to improve the quality and efficiency of all EH programs.Involved in state accreditation of several EH programs, including food, private/type III water supplies, and onsite sewage disposal.Continuing to perform other duties, outside of EH, as assigned, including driving truck & trailer with COVID-19 clinic supplies, driving mobile clinic as needed, and more. Show less
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Environmental Health Sanitarian I
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Oct 2017 - Nov 2020
Developed skills necessary to perform independent work in several environmental health programs including water well & sewage disposal system permitting, food inspections, septage truck & land site inspections, complaint investigation, long-term monitoring of contamination, and more.Began to develop Calhoun County's Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Program, monitoring populations of mosquitos and ticks for diseases transmissible to humans.Involved in the development and implementation of environmental health software for performing inspections, issuing permits, and documenting complaints. Also assisted in launching geographic information systems platform for use in documenting information in map form. Became involved in programs outside of environmental health such as emergency preparedness and clinical public health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other tasks such as movement of supplies and PPE, contact tracing, close contact notification, and supporting roles at testing and vaccination events were performed as needed. Show less
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Environmental Health Intern
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May 2017 - Oct 2017
Learned fundamentals of environmental health including water well & sewage disposal system permitting, food inspecting, and complaint investigation.
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Integrated Pest Management Intern
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
Involved in inspection of field crops for signs of disease, pest infestation, nutrient deficiencies, and more. Assisted in diagnoses of problems, and followed up at sites post-treatment to ensure problems were efficiently remediated in order to decrease cost to farms, and increase yield. Involved in inspection of field crops for signs of disease, pest infestation, nutrient deficiencies, and more. Assisted in diagnoses of problems, and followed up at sites post-treatment to ensure problems were efficiently remediated in order to decrease cost to farms, and increase yield.
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Education
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2022 - 2023
University of Missouri-Columbia
Master of Public Health - MPH, Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology -
2013 - 2017
Ferris State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Biology
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