INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE TECHNICIAN

Duties

• You will plan, coordinate, and conduct workplace exposure evaluations to identify chemical, physical, and biological hazards at assigned naval activities.
• You will perform personal, area, bulk, and environmental sampling using established NIOSH and OSHA methods to evaluate workplace exposures.
• You will assess engineering and administrative controls, including ventilation systems, and communicate deficiencies and recommended corrective actions to the responsible IH or IHO.
• You will execute exposure monitoring plans by coordinating sampling activities, reviewing SDSs, preparing equipment, collecting samples, and ensuring proper laboratory documentation and shipment.
• You will accurately enter, review, analyze, and maintain workplace, personnel, sampling, and laboratory data in DOEHRS-IH in accordance with established quality assurance requirements.
• You will prepare workplace survey reports, field notes, sampling maps, and technical documentation, communicate findings, and conduct follow-up evaluations to verify corrective actions.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

For GS-9 Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-8 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience independently planning, coordinating, and conducting industrial hygiene surveys and exposure monitoring to identify, evaluate, and document chemical, physical, and biological workplace hazards using established industrial hygiene principles and practices.
• Experience selecting, preparing, and operating industrial hygiene sampling equipment and direct-reading instruments to conduct personal, area, and bulk sampling in accordance with established NIOSH and OSHA methodologies.
• Experience analyzing workplace exposure data, evaluating engineering controls, preparing technical reports and sampling documentation, and maintaining industrial hygiene records in databases such as DOEHRS-IH.

For GS-8 Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience assisting with industrial hygiene surveys by collecting workplace information, identifying potential occupational hazards, documenting work processes, and gathering information on chemical inventories and workplace controls.
• Experience preparing and operating industrial hygiene sampling equipment to collect workplace samples and measurements for airborne contaminants, hazardous noise, and thermal stressors using established sampling procedures.
• Experience compiling sampling results, maintaining workplace exposure records, preparing field notes and sampling documentation, and entering industrial hygiene data into electronic databases under established procedures.

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/0600/health-aid-and-technician-series-0640/

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.

Education

Applicants may substitute specialized experience by meeting education below:

For GS-09 Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements.

FOR THE GS-08:Successfully completed one and a half years of graduate level education that is directly related to the position being filled.
OR
Combination of experience and graduate level education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.

See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

Certain incentives (such as Relocation ) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.