Town Health Officer Trainings | Vermont Department of Health

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Below are some on-demand town health officer trainings in multiple file formats. When you see the same title listed twice, there is a PDF file and an audio file to go along with it.

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Topic	Title	File Type	Length
Drinking Water	After the Flood: Private Well Disinfection and Testing	Video	12:01
Mold	Mold for Town Health Officers	Video	20:47
Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae)	How to Identify Cyanobacteria	Video	02:23
Drinking Water	Town Health Officers and Private Water Supplies	Video	18:49
Radon	Residential Radon in Vermont	Video	08:47
Lead	THOs and Lead-Based Paint Tips and Complaints	Video	17:26
Waste, Recycling & Composting	Vermont's Universal Recycling Law	Video	43:37
Pests	Inspecting for Pests	Video	08:09
Asbestos	Asbestos and the Role of Town Health Officers	Video	29:22
Rental Housing	Mobile Home Parks	PDF
Fire	Fire and Life Safety	PDF
Fire	Fire and Life Safety	Audio	28:19
Health Orders	Health Orders	PDF
THO Duties	Duties of a Town Health Officer	PDF
Buildings	Dangerous Buildings and the THO	PDF
Buildings	Dangerous Buildings and the THO	Audio	18:40
Health Orders	Writing Defensible Health Orders	PDF
Health Orders	Writing Defensible Health Orders	Audio	1:00:26
Rental Housing	Rental Housing Inspections	PDF
Open Burning	Open Burning (and incineration, too)	PDF
Open Burning	Open Burning (and incineration, too)	Audio	22:51
Rabies	Rabies and Animal Bites: Roles and Responsibilities of THOs	Video	26:35
Water and Wastewater	Water and Wastewater Guidance	PDF
Water and Wastewater	Water and Wastewater Guidance	Audio	42:15
Drinking Water	Public Drinking Water System Regulation in Vermont	Video	20:17
Swimming Areas	Maintaining Safe Recreational Waters	Online Course