Workshops: Food Truck Inspections and Plumbing Code/Food Code

MEMBER UPDATE

April showers bring... WMPHA Power Hour Workshops!

Join Franklin/ Hampshire Lead Field Trainer Bri Dupras online on Wednesday May 17 at 3 PM to review the in and outs of Food Truck Permitting, and on Thursday, June 8 at 3 PM for Plumbing and the Food Code!

Click here to register for food truck training

Click here to register for the plumbing and food code training

Click here to download the flyer

ADVOCATING FOR THE FUTURE OF LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH

WMPHA members were well represented at the State House hearing on the SAPHE 2.0 Bill on Thursday, May 4, delivering a message of the urgent need for public health funding and standards, and sharing the WMPHA municipal leaders letter with legislators. Photos: Montague Board of Health Chair Melanie Ames Zamojski, WMPHA Executive Committee member Phoebe Walker, and Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra testified before the Joint Committee on Public Health at the State House on May 4. Retired Health Agent Glen Ayers of Greenfield also testified.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE WESTERN MA SUPPORT LETTER

WMPHA JOB BOARD

Send your postings to walker@frcog.org for inclusion.

Foothills Health District Part Time Nurse

Quabbin District Health Inspector Job Posting

Berkshire County Housing Specialist Job Posting

FRCOG Regional Health Inspector Job Posting

Easthampton Health Director Job Posting

Berkshire County Health Inspector and Training Hub Training Specialist Job Posting

Western MA Health and Medical Coordinating Coalition Coordinator Job Posting

Southampton Part Time Health Agent Job Posting

Greenfield Health Agent Job Posting

Northampton Public Health Nurse Job Posting

Missed a WMPHA Newsletter?

Click here to see past issues: https://www.wmpha.org/news

Berkshire Public Health Alliance Resources

The Alliance routinely provides Boards of Health with Job Aids and annual trainings that a include BOH 101 Orientation, Temporary Food Events, and a Food Safety Training series that meets the FDA Program Standards.

To review the Job Aids, visit BOH Job Aids - Berkshire Regional Planning Commission

Registered Sanitarian Study Supports!

Are you interested in taking the Registered Sanitarian exam? WMPHA has study guides available for free to help Health Department staff from Western Massachusetts attain this important credential. They can be checked out for three months at a time. If you are interested contact Executive Committee member Bri Dupras.

Also, WMPHA is exploring offering free online study courses for the RS exam. Stay tuned!