INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST (TITLE 5)

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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST (TITLE 5), Position Description Number T59046P1 and is part of the NC ANG, National Guard (ANG - 145th MDG / Position Number 104387634).

Basic 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 American Board of Industrial Hygiene SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 1 year experience equivalent to GS-10 level.

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.

Major Duties:

As an INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, GS-0690-11, you will plan, ensure statutory and regulatory compliance with applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Air Force Occupational Safety and health (AFOSH) directives and regulations.

Acts as the technical expert and advisor to Wing leadership on all issues pertaining to the above directives.

Serves as an expert advisor concerning OSHA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and US Air Force on installation health matters such as, (a) health hazard identification, evaluation and abatement; (b) workplace surveillance, (c) medical legal documentation, (d) asbestos abatement, (e) lead based paint, (f) ionizing and nonionizing radiation, (g) Thermo Luminescent Dosimetry (TLD), (h) air emissions, (i) drinking water, (j) wastewater discharges, (k) hazardous wastes, (l) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) activities, (m) pesticide use, (n) environmental noise, (o) environmental assessment, (p) environmental sampling, and (q) other environmental monitoring.

Serves as an installation expert regarding Nuclear Biological and Chemical readiness issues. Review plans for new and existing facility construction projects.

Ensure applicable OSHA, AFOSH, and EPA criteria are incorporated and notes where deficiencies are, recommending appropriate changes to facilities environments that would assure integration of occupational/environmental health and industrial hygiene controls to prevent adverse health and environmental impact.

Manage and assess installation environmental sampling, analysis and monitoring requirements, and performs ambient, source and substance tests and monitoring.

Compiles and evaluates pollution emission inventories to include air, wastewater and hazardous materials/wastes.

Determines human health impacts, works with Air Force, federal, and state officials collaboratively to ensure all laws are followed properly.

Authorize, review, and validate new hazardous material issued on AF Form 3952, Chemical Hazardous Material Request/Authorization.

Identifies low level less hazardous substitutes through expert chemical and process knowledge.

Reviews and approves issues related to hazardous material including personal protective equipment (PPE) and disposal requirements. Research technical orders (T.O's.) for possible substitutes, i.e.

environmentally friendly products. Provides and enters hazardous chemical information from AF Form 3952 and MSDS into AF-EMIS, ACES-EM, or EESOH.

Acts as the technical health expert and advisor to Wing leadership on issues pertaining to the Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) and other pertinent issues.

Conduct noise surveys before commencement of new operations or work processes, when notified that operations/processes have changes, or on a periodic basis.

Research needs and conducts sound/decibel tests in facilities or other areas where potential overexposures to noise may exist, such as machine shops.

Analyzes and implements appropriate engineering and/or administrative/procedural controls. Recommend personal protective equipment where excessive noise is evident.

Ensures proper documentation of surveillance is provided to other agencies (i.e. Public Health) to help meet physical exam requirements. Update and review base disaster/contingency/response plans.

Participate in planning and implementation of the Full Spectrum Threat Response (FSTR) cell, for control of real world and exercise incidents.

Provides input to the base security vulnerability assessment plan. Respond to actual disasters or exercises.

Principal expert and advisor to on-scene commander on chemical, biological, and nuclear materials and recommends personal protection equipment requirements; perform other duties as assigned.