Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Duties

The Safety and Occupational Health Specialist will work alongside the Park Safety Officer in administering and executing all elements of the Park's safety program.

• perform safety and health inspections at park concession operations, buildings, facilities, housing and other park sites
• advise of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous operating processes or environmental conditions
• schedule and provide technical safety training to park staff
• manage safety records (i.e., incident reports, findings, recommendations, etc.)
• review reports and plans for compliance with safety standards

Qualifications

To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must meet at least one of the following minimum qualifications:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Examples of specialized experience include activities such as: 1) applying basic knowledge and practical application of safety and occupational health techniques and measures used to identify hazards; 2) participating on a survey or inspection team ensuring compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards; 3) preparing reports based on survey findings and analysis of mishap trends; and 4) using a variety of computer programs to manage safety/health information databases, record keeping and tracking systems.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology.
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COMBINATION OF EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE: A combination of graduate education and specialized experience. To calculate your percentage of qualifying graduate education, divide your number of semester hours in excess of 18 semester hours by 18 or the number your school uses to represent one year of full time graduate academic study. To calculate your percentage of experience, divide your months of qualifying specialized experience by 12. Add the two percentages. They must equal 100% to qualify using this option.

Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies".

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.