INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST
What you'd do
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Major duties
You will work in the Industrial Hygiene Program Office as a senior Industrial Hygienist. You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys, and evaluations individually or as part of a team. You will assess work practices to identify the population at risk and to detect violations of published health standards. You will present oral briefs, if requested, and provide detailed written reports of IH survey findings. You will evaluate the need for quantitative assessment of air contamination and ventilation systems. You will recommend engineering controls to correct deficiencies where feasible. You will provide consultation and advice to activities on occupational health problems and concerns.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: -Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; seeks/generates and evaluates alternative perspectives/solutions; makes timely/effective recommendations, based on potential implications of findings or conclusions. Critically evaluates to identify the causes of problems and chooses courses of action that balance the interests of the employee, mission, and stakeholders. -Conveys written information in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. -Recognizing and evaluating occupational health hazards, including those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood. -Devising a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, and change in work procedures. Isolation, education, and personal protective equipment. -Evaluating proposed new work processes and/or materials and to recommend measures to minimize health hazards using industrial hygiene sampling techniques and instrumentation. -Conduct baseline and periodic industrial hygiene survey based on work practices, hazards, PPE, and shop priority. -Knowledge of and proficiency with personal computers, MS Office Suite software products (e.g., Word, Excel, and/or Access). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/industrial-hygiene-series-0690/ 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.
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