Job Specifications
Fort knox, KY
$75,000 - $97,000 PA
6 days ago
Full Time
Mid Level
Doctoral Degree
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Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
About the Position: Serves as the Safety and Occupational Health Specialist conducting inspections, supporting safety instructions and serving as the Fire and Life Safety Program Manager. This position is located at Ireland Army Health Clinic on Fort Knox, KY. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
- Plans, establishes, implements, administers, and evaluates a safety program covering support facilities on an Installation.
- Assures compliance with various national safety standards.
- Conducts safety and occupational health inspections of the health center and medical support facilities.
- Interprets safety and occupational health standards as they relate to the health care facilities for military and civilian personnel.
- Trains staff in safety and occupational health requirements and safe work practices.
- Identifies and either eliminates or minimizes safety hazards in the health center and support facilities.
Requirements
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing local safety programs, inspecting workplaces to determine possible hazardous conditions and applying occupational health laws, regulations, and/or guidance procedures to a facility. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: PhD or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.