- Position Title
- SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGER (TITLE 5)
- Agency
- Air National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- IL-11793525-AF-23-019 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 20, 2023 to Friday, January 19, 2024
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Eligibilities
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All on-board federal employees/technicians within the state for which you are applying (Title 32 and Title 5, Permanent and Excepted Indefinite). Are you a current on-board federal employee or technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2,or 3).
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Tenure in Block 24 (1, 2,or 3).
Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Do you possess an Undergraduate 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?
or
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. Twelve months experience must be equivalent to the GS-09 level. 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.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Use a wide variety of formal training materials to provide and/or reinforce information related to safe work practices, accident prevention techniques, and mishap reporting requirements.
3.
Identify and evaluate potential risks, conducts accident investigations, prepares guides or instruction, educates employees in safe operating practices or techniques, and coordinates activities with other safety and occupational health specialists as necessary in the discharge of their responsibilities.
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Resolve safety and occupational health problems by planning and coordinating activities in conjunction with supervisors and employees to control or eliminate hazards.
5.
Conduct follow-up inspections to ensure violations and hazards are corrected.
6.
Evaluate compliance with construction safety standards and devise innovative hazard control measures applicable to new building construction and industrial modifications.
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Plans, schedules, and conducts periodic inspections and evaluations for the following: Facilities, equipment, operations to include munitions maintenance, loading/unloading explosives, missile handling, weapons firing ranges, combat training, sited explosives storage area, operational explosives storage locations and identifies deficiencies in the programs and variances to the standards using a comprehensive knowledge of regulations, standards, procedures, methods, and techniques to determine compliance with occupational safety and health regulations, DOD explosives safety standards and AF regulations.
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Determine risk assessment of the hazardous processes/conditions identified; and determines applicable methods and procedures for controlling or eliminating hazards.
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Manage risk assessment methods and techniques for evaluating low safety and occupational health risk areas.
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Plan and perform work within a framework of applicable instructions, policies, formal and on-the-job-training experiences, and accepted safety and occupational health practices.
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Independently plan, design, and carry out programs within the framework of applicable laws.
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Plan alternative courses of specialized action to resolve hazardous conditions and unsafe working practices.
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Analysis of high safety risk activities in a field with constantly changing hazards.
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Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.