SIBANGILIZWE MAPHOSA
15124 Pumula South, P. O. Pumula, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 773 560169/+263 712918181
Email: [email protected]

Date of Birth : 24 October 1978 Nationality : Zimbabwean
Gender : Male Marital Status : Married
Languages spoken: Ndebele, English and Shona

BIBLIOGRAPHY
My name is Sibangilizwe Maphosa born in 1978 and l am a holder of a Bachelor of Technology Honors Degree in Environmental Health and a class 4 driver’s license. Was trained as a rider for health in 2014 and l have been riding a motor cycle routinely ever since. I stated working for the Ministry of Health and Child Care in 2003 as a Nutrition Assistant from 2003 to 2009 and l was actively involved in disease prevention programs, such as prevention and management of severe malnutrition before undergoing training in the field of Environmental Health where my appreciation of Public Health grew and the need to play a bigger and more active role in disease prevention made me realize that l should study. I then enrolled to train as an Environmental Health Technician and stated in January 2009 and finished with a National diploma in Environmental Health in 2011. I rejoined the ministry of Health and Child Care in March 2013 to date where l continued to be part of a team of practitioners responsible for public health programs such as malaria prevention, I also coordinated various public health programs at district level where I took part in the distribution of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying.
Community mobilization, program monitoring and evaluation are part of my curricular activities and this prompts me to periodically liaise and collaborate with cadres at different levels within the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, other government authorities and stakeholders.

Sibangilizwe Maphosa worked in Matebeleland North Province’s Bubi District when he joining the ministry in 2003 until 2008 as a Nutrition Assistant where I felt the need to be actively involved in public health and then decided to pursue the field of Environmental Health training under the Ministry of Health and Child Care as a Trainee Environmental Health Technician (EHT) between 2009 to 2011. As a student, EHT, he was exposed to more public health programs, where different disease of significance took precedence. Upon completion of the training I re-joined the Ministry of Health and Child Care where I have working in the Environmental Health Department up to date. To improve the technical know how in the field of Public Health, I the underwent further training and added two more qualifications. Although I still work as an EHT, I am now qualified as an Environmental Health Officer and has been delegated to coordinated various programs as an EHO, while the level of professionalism displayed has also contributed to my acting on a number of occasions in the District Environmental Health Officer’s office. Maphosa is a reliable individual who upholds and adheres to public health regulations, with the sole purpose of improving public health within the community I serve.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
YEAR AWARDING INSTITUTION QUALIFICATION
2017 – 2018 National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe) Bachelor of Technology Honors in Environmental Health
2015 – 2016 Bulawayo Polytechnic College (Zimbabwe) Higher National Diploma in Environmental Health
2010 – 2011 Masvingo Polytechnic College (Zimbabwe) National Diploma in Environmental Health
2009 Masvingo Polytechnic College National Certificate in Environmental Health
1991- 1995 Entumbane Secondary School Ordinary Level

PROFESSIONAL BODIES MEMBERSHIP
• Environmental Health Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe ( Governing body )
• Zimbabwe Environmental Health Practitioners Association

SKILLS
• Holder of a clean class 4 driver’s license
• Motorcycle riding
• Computer skills
• Fluent in English, Ndebele and Shona

CAREER HISTORY:
Current Employment : Environmental Health Technician
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare
Period of Employment : 03 March 2013 to date
Purpose of The Job : To prevent ill-health amongst the population of Zimbabwe, promote a healthy living and working environment safeguarding community health and quality of life.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Disease Prevention and Control
 Health and hygiene education.
 Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR).
 Vector control (Distribution of LLINs, Indoor Residual Spraying).
 TB investigations, contact tracing, implementation of DOTS, defaulters and patients follow ups.

Food Quality monitoring
 Food premises inspection to check for conformance to minimum requirements.
 Inspection and sampling of food items.
 Meat hygiene activities.
 Food poisoning investigations.

Enforcement of the Public Health Legislation
 Prosecution of violators of the Public Health Legislation.
 Serving of notices of prosecution.

Port Health Activities
Guarding against the introduction of diseases from outside Zimbabwe through;
 Clearance of imported food, hazardous substances and articles of drugs and sampling and detention of those items that violate relevant legislation.
 Clearance of special cargo.
 Inspections of the Port of Entry, vessels and their disinfection.

Water Quality monitoring
 Water sampling.
 Water point (community boreholes, tapes dams, boreholes, for example) inspections
 Sanitary inspections.

Waste Management
 Advocate for the proper disposal of industrial and domestic waste.
 Enforcement of the waste management legislation.
 Health and hygiene education.

Noise and Air pollution control
 Monitoring emissions from manufacturing operations.
 Monitoring and assessing noise levels and advice accordingly.

Occupational Health and Safety
 Promote the implementation and integration of OHS management systems.
 Promote the participation of workers and their representatives’ in OHS programs.
 Ensuring that the workers and their representatives are consulted and encouraged to participate actively in all elements of the OHS management systems.

January 2009 to November 2011 Trainee Environmental Health Technician
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare

Purpose Of The Job Training in the prevention of ill-health amongst the population of Zimbabwe, promote a healthy living and working environment and to safeguard community health and quality of life.

Duties Same as Environmental Health Technician

January 2003 to December 2010 Nutrition Assistant – Bubi District
Ministry Of Health and Child Welfare
Duties and Responsibilities
 Identification and targeting of the beneficiaries for nutrition programs.
 Coordinate the procurement, receipt and storage of food and none food items.
 Keep an inventory of all assets for the community nutrition programs at district level.
 Mobilize and sensitize communities of current nutrition problems and assist in identifying and promotion of appropriate intervention.
 Organize community based nutrition related activities such as training workshops, nutrition education and promotion.
 Write periodic progress reports for community based nutrition activities for the District Nutritionist.
 Liaise with relevant cadres in other sectors at ward level.
 Conduct frequent support and monitoring visits to project sites.
 Participate in the evaluation of community based nutrition activities.
 Compile nutrition status data from nutrition projects and collect, analyze Nutrition Sentinel Surveillance data for use at all levels.

REFERENCES
Mr M Mhlanga Mrs D Muzvidzwa District Environmental Officer Distrct Environmental Health Officer Nkayi District Hospital Nyamandlovu Hospital P. O. Box 2 P. O. Box 7 Nkayi Nyamandlovu Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Tel: +263 772457713 Tel: +263 773 569780 Tel: +263 77