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Safety and Occupational Health Specialist - Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-siteDes Moines, IA$51K – $81KApply by Jun 2, 2026Safety and Occupational Health ManagementESFJINFJISFJISTJHealthcare
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This position is located in the Occupational Safety and Health Service at the VA Central Iowa Healthcare System - Des Moines VA Medical Center, Des Moines, IA. The incumbent serves as a participant in the Technical Career Fields Program under the direction of a qualified preceptor. The Technical Career Field (TCF) is a national workforce development program within VHA that was designed to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions.
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.
- →As part of the VA's succession planning, the Technical Career Field (TCF) training program was created to ensure individuals are trained in critical areas that have current or predicted shortages.
- →The program is nationally funded to include salary, benefits and training/travel dollars.
- →At the time of acceptance into the TCF program, trainees will be asked to sign mobility, training, and service agreements.
- →Relocation expenses for acceptance into the training program or for placement are not funded by the TCF program.
- →Please keep in consideration, the training program is meant for those individuals who plan on staying with the VA a minimum of 3 years after completion of their training program.
- →Selectees will be required to complete and sign the following paperwork; Mobility, Training, and Continued Service Agreements.
- →Although not guaranteed, with more than 150 freestanding facilities and hundreds of clinic locations, we will strive to place trainees in positions that will work for their needs and the needs of the VA.
- →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.
- →You will ultimately acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11.
- →Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.
- →The Safety and Occupational Health Specialist - TCF Trainee performs nonsupervisory work in one or more of the following areas: Inspecting, investigating, recording, analyzing, and reporting.
- →Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
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 Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position.
- ✓Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.
- ✓The trainee is sedentary for long periods but is frequently required to make site visits to conduct surveys; these requiring prolonged standing, walking, climbing, bending, stooping, stretching, reaching, and other physical movement.
- ✓Because the trainee is often exposed to fire code inspections, construction sites, and hazardous materials, high levels of physical coordination, balance, and good health are 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 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: 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.
Personality Fit
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