Persepsi Inspektor Kesihatan Kawalan Mutu Air Minuman Ke Atas Rekabentuk Kursus Kajian Kebersihan Di Dalam Mempertingkatkan Prestasi Kajian Kebersihan Sistem Bekalan Air

Abstract

This research aims to enquire the perception of the Water Quality Health Control Inspector towards the course design executed annually by the Water Quality Control Unit; mainly on the sanitary survey of water supply system. In addition, this course design also aims to discover the influence over the job scope performance of the Health Inspector, whilst covering the research relating to the hygiene of the water supply system. The research tool employed for this descriptive exploration is in the form of questionnaires. These questionnaires are issued to 78 Health Inspectors who attended the related course, specifically associating to Water Supply System Control. This research tool highlights four major areas of research. There are the respondents' backgrounds, the course design, the targeted performance aspect and the open-ended questions. These questionnaires are then re-collected after four weeks from 49 active respondents. The percentage of effective response calculates to a 62.8% figure. These datas are then analysed through descriptive analysis, whereby the evaluation relating to performance and course design are analysed through regression analysis method. The research, has surfaced that the Health Inspector participating, stood as experienced specialist in water hygiene research. These inspectors stated that the duration, venue and method employed are at of satisfactory convenience. On the contrary, minor inconvenience forwarded by them are subjected to facilitators' expertise and course contents. Nevertheless, similarities obtained from regression analysis portrays that the course design pays an amount of influence over the Health Inspector performances. However, the model used as a yardstick is not at par to 95% possibilities. This is due to fact that interference of interchangable factors could highly influenced the Health Inspectors' performance whilst running the sanitary survey.