This position is with the the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within the Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP), located in Washington, D.C. This position is at the full performance level. This position is inside the bargaining unit. This position is not remote. Selectee will be expected to report to the office above.
THIS POSITION HAS A BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED. Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; or A 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; or Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene(external link) (ABIH)). Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable. Evaluation of Education: All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the above requirements must be acceptable for credit toward the completion of a standard 4-year professional curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university. Evaluation of Experience: Qualifying experience involves the recognition, evaluation, corrective actions, and elimination of environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness. This experience must demonstrate a professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of industrial hygiene and closely related sciences such as physics and engineering controls. Such work must have involved experience in all of the following areas: the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative data, and the measurement of exposures for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological stresses; the analysis of the data acquired and the prediction of probable effects of exposures on the health and well-being of workers; and the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment. You must meet the "Individual Occupational Requirements" listed above and the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for Industrial Hygienist, as described below. At the GS-13 level: In addition to meeting the individual occupational requirement, Applicants must have at least 52 weeks experience at the next lower level in the normal career progression of the position being filled. When compared to Federal experience, this experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-12. This experience may have been gained either in the Federal or Private sectors. Resumes should reflect the majority but is not limited to the following specialized experience listed below: Providing technical assistance and/or policy advice on occupational safety and heath matters to develop national policy and program directives/initiatives. Providing recommendations to management for new or modified standards that deal with serious, high risk occupational safety and health standards. Evaluating the effectiveness of national enforcement policy and program directives/initiatives. Representing a Federal Agency or inter-Agency task forces or committees involving assessment of occupational factors that affect employee health and safety.
Major Duties of the Industrial Hygienist position include, but are not limited to, the following: Participating in the preparation of Annual Reports submitted by the Secretary of Labor to the President of the United States. Representing OSHA on national level task forces and committees involving the study and control of safety and occupational health hazards that affect employees health. Developing new approaches to compliance program requirements by working with other DEP offices, Directorates, and other government agencies, Developing comprehensive interpretive guidance for the application of policy, directives, regulations and guidelines related to federal agencies. Monitoring professional journals, participating in seminars, conferences, and committees and workgroups to discuss new technology impact on actual federal agency workplace safety and health.