SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Summary

You will serve as a SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALIST in the OCC SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFC, PORTSMOUTH, NAVAL SHIPYARD of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Duties

• You will recommend practical measures to eliminate, control, or reduce identified hazards and monitors corrective action and abatement.
• You will take immediate action, including stopping work or directing personnel from an area, where conditions present an imminent danger to life or health, and report such actions through established channels.
• You will evaluate workplace monitoring results with appropriate subject-matter experts.
• You will develop and implement corrective measures and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) program elements.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-09 Experience investigating newly recognized hazards for which established controls or precedents may be inadequate and develops or recommends appropriate interim and long-term measures. Experience developing, evaluating, and implementing safety and occupational health program elements, procedures, instructions, and monitoring activities. Experience planning and coordinating workplace monitoring and sampling activities for anticipated or recognized hazards including gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, fibers, physical agents, and others as applicable. Experience maintaining required records, reports, statistics, and exposure-related documentation and uses available data to identify trends, recurring deficiencies, and opportunities for improved hazard control. Experience participating in system safety reviews and evaluating new or modified work processes, equipment, drawings, and procedures for safety and occupational health implications. Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: GS-07 Experience conducting comprehensive safety and occupational health inspections, surveys, audits, and evaluations throughout the shipyard. Experience inspecting shipboard, shop, building, construction, maintenance, overhaul, refueling, storage, and other work areas to identify hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions and practices. Experience evaluating work processes, equipment, materials, environmental conditions, personnel protection measures, and compliance with applicable requirements. Experience performing workplace monitoring and evaluates safety and occupational health information, including chemical and physical agent measurements and other exposure-related data, as appropriate to the assignment. Experience investigating accidents, injuries, property damage, complaints, deficiencies, and unusual or emergent safety and occupational health problems. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/safety-and-occupational-health-management-series-0018/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: GS-09: Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position: Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene) or a degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study form 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; Or Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent degree in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene) or a degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study form 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; Or Successful completion of an LL.B. or J.D. degree that is related to the position being filled. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/ NOTE: One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is cred…