Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

Clarification from the agency

Open to status candidates, Land Management eligibles, VEOA eligibles, Career Transition eligibles, and those eligible for special / noncompetitive hiring authorities (including Public Land Corps) within the Washington D.

C. local commuting area

Duties

The major duties of the Safety and Occupational Health Specialist include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Supports the Safety and Occupational Health Program encompassing park lands / waters, private concessions, including recreational facilities, maintenance shops, and a wide variety of public visitor attractions.
• Collaborates with other staff in implementing policies and programs that will facilitate safe, healthful and efficient operations.
• Participates in annual safety inspections, and intermittently inspects offices, facilities, shops, and / or facilities.

Indicates actions to be taken to avoid accidents and injuries. Analyzes and evaluates findings and recommends corrective measures.

• Develops and prepares local safety and environmental directives, manuals, and plans. Provides instruction to employees covering a variety of safety and occupational health subjects including chemical, biological, and physical safety requirements.
• Manages documentation and records of all safety-related matters to assure compliance with state and federal regulations.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service);

with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments.

Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

• You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work.
• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 2 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
• You may be required to complete training and obtain / maintain a government charge card with travel and / or purchase authority.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06 / 26 / 2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted.

An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience . For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and / or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

To qualify for this position at any grade level, you must satisfy the following Basic Requirement by close of the announcement :

Education : Undergraduate and Graduate Education 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.

Experience in or related to safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include :

• Managing safety or occupational health program elements.
• Developing and recommending safety and occupational health policy to higher levels of management.
• Applying 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.
• Developing safety and occupational health standards, regulations, practices, and procedures to eliminate or control potential hazards.
• Developing or implementing programs to reduce the frequency, severity, and cost of accidents and occupational illnesses.
• Analyzing or evaluating new and existing jobs, processes, products, or other systems to determine the existence, severity, probability, and outcome of hazards.
• Designing or modifying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems to control or eliminate hazards.
• Inspecting or surveying workplaces, processes, products, or other systems for compliance with established safety and occupational health policies or standards and to identify potential new hazards.
• Training of workers, supervisors, managers, or other safety and occupational health personnel in safety or occupational health subjects.
• Work in occupational fields such as industrial hygienist, safety engineer, fire prevention engineer, health physicist, and occupational health nurse.
• AND-

To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement :

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).

This experience must include at least two of the following : (1) Experience with safety management, policies, procedures, and accident reporting (2) Experience in inspecting concession and / or construction sites, identifying workplace and worksite hazards, enforcing PPE regulations (3) Applied use of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, and NFPA Standards to implement a Safety and Occupational Health Program.

You must include hours per week worked.

EDUCATION : 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., if related.

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, have 6 months of the specialized experience described (50% of the experience requirement), and 1 of the 2 full years of directly-related graduate level college study as defined above in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education).

Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement :

EXPERIENCE : At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

This experience must include at least three of the following : (1) Extensive experience with safety management, policies, procedures, accident reporting and analysis, and establishing policy and management of safety management plan (2) Experience in reviewing technical construction planning, identifying workplace and worksite hazards, and enforcing PPE regulations (3) Applied use of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards and NFPA Standards to develop and implement a Safety and Occupational Health Program (4) Serves as the subject matter expert in one or more specific areas of safety and occupational health (such as inspection, evaluation, training, etc).

EDUCATION : A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related.

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, have 6 months of the specialized experience described (50% of the experience requirement), and 1.

5 of the 3 full years of directly-related graduate level college study as defined above in an accredited institution (50% of the qualifying education).

Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include transcripts.

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".

Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an 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 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.