Chief Environmental Health Officer UpdateCAPT Michael M. Welch, RS, MSEH

June 21, 2012

COF Category DayUniversity of Maryland

Presentation Topics Overview of Category COSTEP’s Five Pillars EHO Readiness EHO Promotions Officer Details Leadership Development

Size of Corps from 1982-2012

  1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2011 2012

Medical 2062 1659 1811 1575 1239 1069 893 870

Dental 827 559 711 641 513 450 332 311

Nurse 582 741 1009 995 1143 1323 1540 1590

Eng 543 564 570 491 403 398 423 422

Scien 229 261 281 270 262 253 304 327

EHO 273 285 338 351 363 373 367 363

Vet 90 91 109 100 99 85 88 89

Pharm 452 533 722 744 825 929 1100 1156

Diet 74 63 88 74 80 93 99 104

Ther 84 89 103 96 122 127 146 151

HSO 24 95 802 699 742 860 1187 1308

Total 5840 5441 6544 6036

5791 5960 6479

6691

By Agency, EHOs

May 2010

May 2011

May 2012

Agency/Program

ATSDR 21 19 18

BOP 2 2 2

CDC 69 65 69

CMS 0 0 1

DHS 22 22 24

DOD TMA 0 1 2

EPA 18 17 18

FDA 87 89 83

HRSA 2 5 5

IHS 110 101 98

INTERIOR 14 14 10

NIH 8 8 10

OS 9 10 10

PSC 10 9 9

USDA 3 5 4

 Total 376 367 363

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 39

2 0 0 121 35 0 50 0 0 8 3 103 320

3 23 24 261 63 55 62 7 280 21 16 301 1113

4 177 53 495 102 82 73 23 327 24 62 385 1803

5 229 94 401 135 56 98 15 278 22 41 222 1591

6 472 182 273 97 104 92 42 188 30 24 132 1636

7 13 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 32

8 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14

TOTAL 922 357 1557 436 298 378 89 1076 97 147 1184 6541

TGRADE MED DEN NURSE ENG SCI EHO VET PHARM DIET THER HSO TOTAL

Temporary Grade by Category as of  05/20/2010

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 27

2 0 0 116 36 0 36 0 0 1 1 64 243

3 25 19 210 57 42 57 4 274 17 16 280 1002

4 171 45 507 107 96 84 26 331 25 58 431 1881

5 212 83 429 131 57 92 12 300 23 46 250 1635

6 469 181 272 100 108 95 44 193 33 24 133 1652

7 13 2 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 28

8 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10

TOTAL 893 332 1540 423 304 367 88 1100 99 146 1187 6479

TGRADE MED DEN NURSE ENG SCI EHO VET PHARM DIET THER HSO TOTAL

Temporary Grade by Category as of  05/20/2011

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 87

2 0 0 138 20 0 21 0 0 2 0 48 229

3 21 19 231 59 45 69 4 283 18 14 272 1035

4 178 37 479 111 106 84 26 354 26 57 477 1935

5 189 72 465 123 68 86 16 325 26 54 280 1704

6 468 181 272 107 107 100 41 192 32 25 142 1667

7 8 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 2 24

8 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9

9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

TOTAL 870 311 1590 422 327 363 89 1156 104 151 1308 6691

TGRADE MED DEN NURSE ENG SCI EHO VET PHARM DIET THER HSO TOTAL

Temporary Grade by Category as of  06/10/2012

COSTEP’s Summer 2012-23 COSTEP’s selected IHS-18, NIH-1, CG-1, CDC-2, OS-1 April 15 notification of students/options May 18th Approved by Secretary Called to Duty in late May or Early June WCU-7, ISU-3, ODU-2, East Central-2,

Emory, UW, GW, W. Eau-Claire, Baylor, East Kentucky,

Five Pillars Proposed Assignment to Underserved Populations Assignment in Hardship or Difficult to

recruit positions Assignment Requiring Rapid

Deployment Assignment Requires Regular Contact

with Other Uniformed Services Assignment does not meet criteria 1-4

but can only be filled by CO

EHO Readiness Status Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of 31-Dec-2009 was: 95.56% Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of 31-Mar-2010 was: 96.33% Environmental Health Category Readiness

Status as of September 30, 2010 was: 75%. Impact of Direct Access

Environmental Health Category Readiness Status as of 31-Mar-2011 was: 95.57%

Environmental Health Category Readiness Status as of 31-Dec-2011 was 89.6

EHO Promotions 2011 T-04 – 14/16, 87.5% T-05 – 12/27, 44% T-06 – 12/43, 28% Overall Promotion Rates

• T-04 90%• T-05 43%• T-06 47% (Medical/Dental)• T-06 29% (All other Categories)

EHO Promotions 2012 T-04 – , % T-05 – , % T-06 – , % Overall Promotion Rates

• T-04 %• T-05 %• T-06 % (Medical/Dental)• T-06 % (All other Categories)

Officer Detail Opportunity Officers could opt for TDY

Assignments to other Agencies 2-4 week assignment Travel Paid by Receiving Agency Pay by Assigned Agency 5-10 Assignments/Yr

Leadership

Leadership• Know the Rules• Communicate• Motivate/Get Results• Coaching• Pass on the Power• Teamwork• Time Management

Leadership

• Accepting Change• Hire the Right People• Be Committed/Lead by Example• Retain the Best/Deal with the Rest• Recognize Potential in Others• Take Responsibility• Establish Core Values

Leadership

• Take the Lead as a Volunteer• Resolve Conflict• Effectively Express Yourself• Practice Self-Discipline• Recognize Others Accomplishments• Learn New Things

Mission Matters Public Service not Self Service

It’s Not a Job, It’s Your Passion

Know how you matter to the Mission of your Agency/Organization

QUESTIONS?

PHS CC 1985 and 2012 Category Officers Percent

Change MED 1666 to 870 -48.78% DENT 609 to 311 -48.94% NURSE 648 to 1589 137.65% ENG 562 to 422 -24.92% SCI 246 to 327 23.57% EHO 278 to 363 32.01% VET 84 to 89 5.62% PHARM 504 to 1156 118.25% DIET 64 to 104 54.68% THER 89 to 151 64.04% HSO 589 to 1306 102.55% TOTAL 5339 to 6688 21.14%