Industrial Hygienist
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is located at Martin Army Community Hospital; within Directorate of Clinical Support Department of Radiology at Fort Benning, Ga. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Major duties
Conducts periodic surveys of working conditions to determine the nature and magnitude of hazardous exposures and effectiveness of existing control measures. Plans and conducts complete evaluations of work operations involving potentially hazardous environmental conditions. Investigates reported health problems affecting workers. Investigates radiological health hazards for the safe-guarding of personnel exposed to ionizing radiation. Utilizes a number of radiation monitoring techniques. Conducts health education training designed to educate the activity's personnel as to means of preventing occupational disease and their role in controlling hazards. Utilizes standard chemical and physiological sampling techniques and procedures.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet education and/or experience the requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Industrial Hygienist: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR Related Degree: Bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technicology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum. OR Certification: Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH).In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting evaluations of work operations involving potentially hazardous occupational health and/or environmental conditions, and performing sampling utilizing various instruments/equipment. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or a related science. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.
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