- Position Title
- Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-DEN-23-11801021-DE-EKG Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, February 13, 2023 to Tuesday, February 21, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements.
2.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You have not yet been separated.
3.
Are you a current or former employee of a Federal agency (other than the Department of the Interior) who meets the definition of displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you were separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you were separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you were separated; and
- Your last performance rating of record was at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You were separated from your position of record less than one year ago.
4.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
1.
GS-12: Choose one answer that best describes your education and experience.
2.
Instruct training sessions on a variety of occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene topics to varied audiences with different levels of comprehension.
3.
Make technical recommendations regarding unsafe practices, which require departure from existing management policy.
4.
Provide technical guidance and assistance on diverse occupational safety and health hazards and operations in widely dispersed geographic locations.
5.
Interview employees to acquire specific details on hazardous operations.
6.
Provide written reports of findings/solutions, while maintaining work of high quality.
7.
Conduct inspections, evaluations, and surveys of working environments, operations, procedures, equipment and processes to identify, analyze and evaluate potential hazards.
8.
Operate environmental and air monitoring instruments to detect airborne contaminants and determine appropriate protection measures, inclusive of personal protective equipment.
9.
Control and eliminate hazards in field operations, laboratories, and other high hazard operations.
10.
Work effectively with upper management, headquarters representatives, program staffs, and the general public, private business groups, and other government agency groups while maintaining excellent interpersonal and team player skills.
11.
Serve as a member of an occupational safety and health work group.
12.
Work on preventive occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene issues and projects.
13.
Identify and/or investigate occupational safety and health hazards in laboratory and field environments.
14.
Instruct training sessions on a variety of occupational safety and health topics to varied audiences with different levels of comprehension. Communicate with customers and provide guidance and instructions for use.
15.
Knowledge of administering and analyzing data within inspection, abatement, and accident databases.
16.
Utilize software packages to enter, revise, sort, calculate, review, and retrieve data for reports, to prepare graphics and to edit, reformat, and prepare final table outputs.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
17.
I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.