Description:
The Primary Purpose of the Position is to serve as the Supervisory Industrial Hygienist (IH) for the Central Texas Health Care System containing inpatient treatment, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, various mental health facilities, research, and all associated program elements the multi-facility, highly affiliated clinical and research spanning two major metropolitan medical centers; and, supervises part of the Safety and Industrial Hygiene Section.
Requirements:
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Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR)
Basic Requirements:
The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
- A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; OR
- A bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene; OR
- Certification from the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (formerly American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)). CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.
Evaluation of Education
All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the above requirements must be acceptable for credit toward the completion of a standard 4-year professional curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) as a professional engineering curriculum.
Evaluation of Experience
Qualifying experience involves the recognition, evaluation, corrective actions, and elimination of environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness. This experience must demonstrate a professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of industrial hygiene and closely related sciences such as physics and engineering controls.
Such work must have involved experience in all of the following areas: the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative data, and the measurement of exposures for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological stresses; the analysis of the data acquired and the prediction of probable effects of exposures on the health and well-being of workers; and the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment.
In addition to the above, you may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service; experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Developing, planning, managing, and continuously evaluating the effectiveness of the industrial hygiene, safety, occupational health, environmental health, radiation, and fire protection programs; Full evaluations, risk assessments and investigations; Determine continual compliance with occupational safety and health standards, The Joint Commission (TJC) standards; Solve systemic issues dealing with occupational health and the environment.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Health Risk Analysis
Safety Engineering
Managing Human Resources
Information Management
Technical Competence
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; religions; 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.