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Safety Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The Safety Technician position is located in the Safety Office of the Facility's Management Department at the Richmond VA Medical Center under the management of the Safety and Occupational Health Manager. The incumbent will provide support work in the safety field that involves obtaining and providing factual information about safety, participating in routine safety inspections and surveys, and identifying a variety of straight forward safety violations.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: Participates in routine safety inspections and surveys in medical facilities in support of the enforcement of occupational safety and health laws.
- →Findings result typically from observing obvious violations of established requirements and safe practices.
- →Reviews accident reports for such Items as specific causes and the nature of injuries or damage to property to ensure proper coding.
- →Reviews contractor and government employee mishap reports covering disabling injuries, fatalities, motor vehicle accidents, and property damage; identifies causes and possible safety violations.
- →Identifies needed corrections and discusses them with the supervisor.
- →Maintains files of accident reports and Government compensation cases.
- →Codes each accident, using special codes to record the type, location, severity, cause and corrective action about the accident; and transfers the information to computer records.
- →Searches through files and records to obtain requested safety information and; provides supervisors, employees and safety representatives with clearly applicable information concerning accident hazards in the work setting.
- →Work Schedule: 12:00 am to 08:30 am Tuesday - Saturday.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Safety Technician/PD02416A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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.
- ✓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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 582e20e9-b340-4df9-8903-8f0ad49c0bcf
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