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Industrial Hygienist
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
These positions are with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). These positions are located in the St. Louis, Wichita and Omaha Area Offices. The full performance level of these positions are at the GS-12 grade level. Positions are in the bargaining unit. A writing sample may be included as a part of the interview process. Selectee will be expected to report to the office.
What You'll Do
- →GS-07: Develops contacts with higher-graded specialists, industrial hygienists, and safety engineers in the immediate office or assigned inspection/compliance review assignment as well as line supervisors, employees, and employee representatives met during assigned inspections or compliance reviews.
- →Communicates the nature and type of hazards and unsafe working conditions encountered, and to coordinate the carrying out of measures to correct any adverse occurrence, unguarded machine operations, and fire hazards.
- →Motivates and encourages personnel who are usually willing and cooperative to adopt safe working practices and to remedy hazardous conditions.
- →Resolves assignments that consist of specific, often unrelated duties which provide an orientation to occupational work and the different types of safety hazards and unsafe working conditions and the techniques, measures, and procedures used to eliminate or control them.
- →Makes recommendations concerning the appropriate course of action to be followed by determining the merits of the case and by evaluating testimony and the applicability of OSHA policies and court decisions.
- →GS-09: Deposes, makes affidavits and testifies in a court of law where an opposing attorney may challenge the competence of the IH including his/her work methods or findings.
- →Identifies areas in need of immediate corrective action or conditions which are of imminent danger to life or limb.
- →Assists in investigating mishaps resulting in fatalities or injuries and serious incidents.
- →Assists in conducting sampling, arranging for shipment of samples to laboratory for analysis, reviewing laboratory analyses, and preparing reports which include findings and recommendations for control of identified hazards.
- →Inspect worksites, machine, equipment operations, environmental conditions, work practices, protective devices, equipment, and safety procedures.
- →Conducts research assignments using internet technology to prepare for onsite inspections or in response to requests for information.
- →Selects and applies appropriate regulatory provisions to determine whether establishments are complying with prevailing safety and occupational health standards.
- →Uses the automated system to calculate penalties assessed based on the gravity of the violations and consideration of the severity of possible injury or illness and the probability that such should occur.
- →As the employee progresses, the assignments will become more difficult and complex with less supervision.
Requirements
- ✓If you wish to use your education as a basis for meeting the eligibility and/or minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must submit academic transcripts demonstrating that you meet the qualifying educational requirements.
- ✓If specific course work is required to fulfill the eligibility and/or minimum qualification requirements, you must supply transcripts from each academic institution in which the required courses were taken in order to receive credit for that course work.
- ✓See the 'Qualifications and Evaluations' section of this announcement for more details.
- ✓Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
- ✓If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
- ✓Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a9a4bac2-69f8-4d43-b0a9-0304ff066737
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