SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-08 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following Specialized Experience: The ability to apply safety and occupational health laws, regulations, principles, theories, practices, and procedures to advise on or resolve technical matters dealing with occupational safety and health requirements.

- Experience in administering and executing program requirements for one of more of the following special programs; Hearing Conservation, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Lead and Asbestos, Confined Spaces, Respiratory Protection, Fall Protection, Mishaps and Investigations, Radiation, Laser, and Ergonomics.

- The ability to analyze and evaluate the safety programs of installation/tenant organizations aboard the base and advise and provide recommendations to improve the effectiveness of their programs.

- The ability to perform periodic and unannounced/spot inspections to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations, to include identify, document, and track program deficiencies until abated.

-The ability to provide technical safety training to safety representatives and base personnel, to include promotion of safety via presentations (e.g., safety stands downs, conferences, meetings, etc.) and production, publishing, and disseminationation of safety information to increase awareness.

The ability to analyze identified hazards, mishaps, mishap trends, leading, and lagging indicators in order to create relevant status briefs and reports with statistical data and charts to convey program performance, gaps and weaknesses, and status to leadership.

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/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. Major Duties:

• You will perform periodic and random inspections to determine compliance with applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations.
• You will advise supervisors and safety representatives of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous practices, processes and environmental conditions.
• You will plan, organize, coordinate, direct, evaluate and conduct mishap investigation in accordance with current mishap prevention orders and directives.
• You will provide technical safety training to installation and unit safety representatives, inspectors and their employees using a wide variety of methods and media.
• You will establish, guide and encourage supervisor-employee safety committees to identify and eliminate hazardous equipment operations and unsafe working conditions.