About this role
Job SummaryThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves in the Department of Preventive Health Services at the Academy of Health Sciences, located at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Responsible for providing education and training to develop military and civilian students at the Army's largest civilian-accredited service school.
QualificationsWho May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education AND 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. Basic Requirement for Industrial Hygienist position: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR Related Degree: 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. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum. OR Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes industrial hygiene sampling instrumentation; performing analyses associated with industrial hygiene evaluations; technical report writing; and preparing and presenting training in industrial hygiene matters. Identifying and evaluating conditions which may be hazardous to worker's health, assessing workplace hazards, evaluating and recommending controls of industrial hygiene problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Industrial Hygiene, Industrial Health, Occupational Safety, Safety Sciences, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Toxicology or Occupational Health Sciences. 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.
Major DutiesMaintains training products in support of Military Preventive Medicine, with special focus on Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, and Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Reporting System (DOEHRS).Writes lesson plans and other elements of Program of Instructions (POIs), information papers and other staff actions, and technical documents.Identifies elements of training required for technical proficiency according to performance standards, military occupational specialty, area of concentration, functional position, grade level, and conditions under which performance occurs.Teaches the full spectrum industrial hygiene topics related to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, prevention, and control of those environmental factors or stresses that may arise among workers or among citizens of the community.Provides technical support to branch and promotes optimum use of technology in all training.Assists with equipment and laboratory preparation and maintenance by preparing materials for daily instruction and performing preventive maintenance checks and services; and calibration.