Dawn Manson, Environmental Health Officer with Shetland Islands Council, came to visit our Home Economics class, to tell us a little bit about food hygiene so we can run the tuck shop and to tell us a little about her job.

The first thing we did was to put special gel on our hands that would reflect under a UV light and then we would wash our hands well and see what bits we missed, if any. This will help us to have good hand hygiene when we are working on the Tuck Shop, in Home Economics lessons and at home.

Then Dawn showed us pictures of situations the Environmental Health Team have dealt with in their daily jobs in Shetland, such as pollution from bonfires, needles from drug use, food hygiene problems and bugs.

She talked about qualifications needed to become an Environmental Health Officer and we researched the career on myworldofwork.co.uk.

Dawn and Emily also had a little speak with us about what we would like to do in the future.

Thank you to our DYW School Coordinator, Emily van Tonder, for organising this visit for us.

Alice S2

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