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Safety & Occupational Health Specialist-Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
On-site Orlando, FL $50K – $97K Apply by Sep 10, 2026 Safety and Occupational Health Management ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The Technical Career Field (TCF) is a national workforce development program within VHA that was designed to replenish technical staff in critically identified positions. The Safety and Occupational Health Specialist is an integral member of the Safety and Health program. This position is responsible for supporting safety and health staff in regulatory compliance, research, training, program development, accident prevention and safety surveys in a healthcare environment.
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.
- →Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainees work with supervisors, union officials, and safety and occupational health committees to eliminate or control hazardous operations or conditions.
- →The trainee performs nonsupervisory work in one or more of the following areas: Inspecting: Observing workplace conditions and employee performance patterns to identify hazards, detect risks, and determine causal relationships; developing abatement recommendations for safety and occupational health hazards.
- →Investigating: Searching for clues, studying variables, questioning witnesses, and retracing sequences to uncover the sources of reported injuries and illnesses.
- →Recording: Assuring the validity of data collected, accurate documentation of occurrences and data summaries, and maintenance of program information.
- →Analyzing: Examining available data to identify possible sources of losses experienced, determining critical factors prior to occurrence, and recommending alternatives to eliminate or minimize losses from injuries and illnesses.
- →Reporting: Defining terminology, writing summaries, and preparing summary documentation related to safety and occupational health.
- →Work schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#: Safety & Occupational Health Specialist-Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee/PD99387S and PD99388S
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.
- ✓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/.
- ✓For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Personality Fit
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