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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Boston Region, Hartford, CT Area Office. The full performance level for this position is a GS-12. Position is in the Bargaining Unit. Selectee will be expected to report to the office listed above.
What You'll Do
- →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.
- →Conducts research assignments using internet technology to prepare for on-site inspections or in response to requests for information.
- →Interprets the application of specific guidelines for particular phases of an inspection, exercising sound judgment in the application of industrial hygiene criteria to potential hazards or unsafe working conditions.
- →Gains compliance with published standards by exchanging information, communicating findings and advice, and coordinating work efforts.
- →Contacts often involve dealing with uncooperative persons and include serious technical disagreements and difficult labor-management relations.
- →Conducts research assignments using internet technology to prepare for on-site 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.
- →Conducts specific (targeted) outreach activities and provides information on OSHA legislation, regulations, and compliance activities to a variety of different audiences.
- →Communicates orally and in writing, in order to communicate basic occupational safety and health information and guidance, participate in some outreach activities, and provide technically accurate information generated by requests for information.
- →GS-12: Reviews scientific literature related to health hazards in the workplace, compiles data, performs quantitative analysis of health and exposure data, analyzes comments from affected groups and assists in preparing all necessary documents, including decision papers, work plans, analyses, standards package and related documents.
- →Prepares draft sections of the preamble for proposed and final standards, draft and final guidance products, and other documents.
- →Analyzes inspection records, conducts investigations and prepares reports, evaluates on-site inspections, and as requested, accompanies state investigators on compliance visits.
- →Assesses the quality and uniformity an inspection program, identifies areas of state program operations which significantly deviate from federal requirements, and recommends corrective action.
- →Interviews state officials with findings of potential problems.
Requirements
- ✓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: c54c00d8-f7f9-457e-9ed5-d0bc72812e07
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