Safety & Occupational Health Specialist - Arlington, United States - US Washington Headquarters Services

US Washington Headquarters Services

Verified Company

Arlington, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Duties:

***Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following:

Investigates workplace injuries/accidents, material damage, and cases of occupational disease
Prepares formal written reports of findings with recommendation, in accordance with regulations.
Provides safety training and maintains statistical data regarding safety performance.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

U.S. Citizenship is required
Total salary varies depending on location of position
May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
Must be determined suitable for federal employment
Required to participate in the direct deposit program
The incumbent may be required to wear protective equipment and clothing, as needed, including hard hat, safety shoes, hearing and eye protection, gloves and respirators.
The incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

For qualifications determinations, it is recommended that applicants include their months and hours worked per week for each employment listed on their resume. If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration.
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The Safety and Occupational Health Management Series, 0018, has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) that must be met in addition to the specialized experience.
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BASIC REQUIREMENTS:***
Education:Undergraduate and Graduate Education:

Major study - safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.

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OR

You may qualify at the GS-12
level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the
GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (experience may have been gained in the private sector) that demonstrates your ability to identify and evaluate occupational hazards of construction and/or commercial work sites; provide recommendations on control measures for environment characteristics of unsafe work processes; contributed to the development of safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and/or procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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All qualifications and education requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume.

Education:

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Unless otherwise stated:
(1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

PASS/FAIL COURSES:

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION:

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.

Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study

Additional information:

Other priority consideration programs will continue under their current operating procedures.

Current or Former Political Appointees:

Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code.

If you are currently or have been within the la