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Environmental Protection Specialist (Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
Hybrid Jamaica Plain, MA $57K – $74K Apply by Jun 24, 2026 Environmental Protection Specialist ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The Technical Career Field (TCF) is a national workforce development program within Veteran Health Administration (VHA) that was designed to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions. The Environmental Protection Specialist (TCF) position is in the Facilities Management Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System located at the Jamaica Plain, MA location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →The TCF career fields represent those technical fields where VA-specific knowledge and experience is desirable for success in the field.
- →Individuals selected follow a formal training plan for two years during which they are trained, coached, and supervised by a preceptor.
- →Preceptors are selected annually, through an extensive application process, for their technical expertise, their commitment to training and the suitability of their facility as a training location. *Selectees will be required to sign Mobility, Training, and Continued Service Agreements.
- →This is a developmental position leading to a GS-11, performing assignments intended to broaden skills and provide practical experience leading to progressively more complex assignments performed under progressively less supervision.
- →The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
- →At the GS-7 entry level, this is a 2-year long program, the incumbent performs general environmental protection specialist assignments to gain knowledge and experience necessary to support Veterans Administration's (VA) Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) implementation and one or more programs or functional areas of environmental protection work.
- →Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: The trainee applies working knowledge and a general understanding of environmental laws and regulation to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulation (e.g., for air emissions, wastewater discharge, solid and hazardous waste, fuel and oil storage, and spill prevention, among other areas).
- →The trainee collects and evaluates environmental data and compliance using appropriate analytical methods and techniques.
- →The trainee recommends necessary changes, control measures, best practices, etc.
- →The trainee assists with hazardous waste and residual shipping.
- →The trainee prepares and conducts briefings and writes reports and letters.
- →The trainee supports environmental sustainability initiatives.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Training-Service Agreement and Mobility Agreement required.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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