- Position Title
- PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN (TITLE 32)
- Agency
- Air National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- MO-12486766-AF-24-276 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, July 19, 2024 to Friday, July 18, 2025
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Assessment 1
Respond to all the questions below. For each question, choose the response below that best describes your experience and/or training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application and information your references provide.
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Do you possess a validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade; and experiences gained through military technical training schools for AFSC 4E0X1, Public Health?
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Do you possess 24 months of specialized experience that demonstrates your ability to perform public health program work and manage public health activities which includes detecting, identifying and evaluating potential health hazards; achieve and maintain Force Health Protection through planning, evaluating, and management principles related to epidemiological, operational, and occupational and public health programs such as Community Health Management programs and Force Health Management programs? The specialized experience must also indicate your ability to work Community Health Management programs that encompasses communicable disease control and prevention, food safety and defense, medical entomology, facility sanitation, and public health contingency response, and Force Health Management programs that encompasses medical deployment clearance processing, Preventive Health Assessment (PHA) and Individual Medical Readiness in Aeromedical Services Information Management Systems (ASIMS), and administrative oversight of occupational health examinations (including performing audiograms); skill in executing Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) principles, methods, and guidelines to evaluate the presence of reproductive and fetal risk factors; and skill in conducting Bioenvironmental Engineering (BEE) Industrial Hygiene Surveys.
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Do you possess knowledge of basic biological and physical sciences; preventive medicine; fundamentals of microbiology; chemistry; anatomy; physiology; and pathology of the human body?
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Do you possess a High School Diploma with completed courses in biology, chemistry, and general science?
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Have you successfully completed the Air Force Public Health Apprentice course?
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Have you successfully completed the Operational Entomology in-residence course?
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Have you successfully completed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology course?
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Do you possess a Hearing Conservation completion certification?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Manages an Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) mandated occupational health education and training program and Department of Defense Instruction (DODI).
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Determines educational/training requirements for employees by analyzing existing compliance data.
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Works in conjunction with unit workplace supervisors to develop and conduct occupational health education training relative to both general and specific hazards.
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Manages the OSHA and AFOSH mandated occupational health medical surveillance program.
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Analyzes the results of Bioenvironmental Engineering (BEE) Industrial Hygiene Surveys, and determined the need for employee occupational health medical examinations (OHMEs).
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Analyzes scientific and compliance data to determine the scope and frequency of required occupational health surveillance.
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Identifies specific target organs for medical testing when designing OHME requirements and determined appropriate biological indices in accordance with OSHA and AFOSH standards.
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Coordinates OHMEs within the medical group and ensured pre-placement, annual/periodic, and termination examinations were completed.
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Reviews results of pre-placement OHMEs to recommend suitability for job placement.
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Updates and maintains the Preventive Health Assessment/Individual Medical Readiness (PIMR) Aerospace Services Information Management System (ASIMS) Occupational Health database monthly to ensure employees were properly identified for OHMEs and conducted periodic reviews of medical records and industrial case files to ensure OHME data was properly documented and maintained.
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Studies, analyzes and develops workplace specific trends by summarizing, interpreting and managing OHME results.
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Performs quality insurance audits on all records that were on occupational review and flags for committee review and required follow up action.
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Advises on follow-up when trend analysis results deviate from normal values and presents this information to the OHWG and AMC.
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Communicates trend analysis results and the required follow-up actions to workplace supervisors.
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Evaluates industrial shops to ensure compliance with OSHA and AFOSH standards.
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Evaluates program effectiveness and quality of OHMEs administered quarterly and documented trends to provide periodic program summary to appropriate councils/committees and wing leadership.
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Implements, manages and oversees the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC) Hearing Conservation Program (HCP).
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Analyzes BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey data to determine exposed personnel, ensures completion of audiometric testing, reviews test results to detect threshold shifts and recommends appropriate follow-up actions.
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Fit tests employees with appropriate hearing protection devices (HPD) and educates employees on program components and the proper use and care of their HPD.
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Ensures appropriate follow-up actions and documentation were accomplished on hearing losses to include coordinating with workplace supervisors to ensure the affected member completed required follow-up hearing tests.
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Manages the Reproductive Health Program.
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Studies and analyzes BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey data to determine chemical/workplace risks to fetal health.
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Executes OSHA/AFOSH principles, methods and guidelines to evaluate the presence of reproductive and fetal risk factors.
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Interviews and educates employees, consults the workplace supervisor and determines the need for employee work restrictions and counsels the employee on potential health hazards that may affect pregnancy and reproductive health at the workplace, at home, and during recreational activities.
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Manages the Bloodborne Pathogens Program (BPP).
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Analyzes BEE Industrial Hygiene Survey data to identify personnel potentially at risk of exposure to blood and body fluids.
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Identifies and monitors personnel requiring Hepatitis B series vaccinations to comply with OSHA standards and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
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Coordinates with the Infection Control Officer (ICO) in advising, developing, updating, and implementing exposure control plans.
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Ensures appropriate documentation and follow-up activity methods were in place for all potential bloodborne pathogen exposure incidents including patient interviews and record keeping.
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Manages a PIMR ASIMS Hospital Employee Health Program (HEHP) database.
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Develops a screening questionnaire that properly identifies employees who were in a High-Risk and/or Exposure-Prone category per CDC definition.
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Determines immunization and testing requirements and duty limitations for High-Risk and/or Exposure-Prone personnel.
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Conducts periodic immunization and required testing evaluations.
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Educates employees and medical staff on current disease trends and prevention in accordance with current CDC guidelines.
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Discusses trends in exposure incidents and makes recommendations to the Infection Control Function regarding use of safer medical devices or changes in invasive medical procedures to decrease the incidence of sharps injuries in accordance with OSHA guidance.
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Studies, reviews and manages occupational injury/illness workplace incidents and recommends corrective actions.
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Analyzes medical diagnoses findings to determine whether an injury or illness has occurred.
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Formulates, directs and implements workplace prevention strategies.
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Manages the Community Health Program.
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Formulates strategy for the identification, control, prevention and elimination of communicable diseases.
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Evaluates epidemiological and toxicological pathways.
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Develops and coordinates health risk assessment activities.
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Conducts investigations of communicable disease outbreaks.
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Formulates and implements methods and educational strategies for identification, control and/or elimination of communicable disease illness.
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Submits input for after action reports on significant environmental health findings.
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Manages Public Health aspect of the base immunization program.
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Reviews, implements and executes current policy and guidance for routine and mandatory immunization requirements, including deployment-specific immunizations.
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Participates with the Medical Group Commander in the development of medical actions required as part of the base-level Smallpox and Anthrax teams and/or other biological warfare agent prevention programs.
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Identifies and refers adverse events to allergist/health care provider for follow-up and entry into the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website database when necessary.
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Manages and maintains the PIMR ASIMS Air Force Complete Immunization Tracking Application (AFCITA) database.
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Manages the Vector borne Disease Surveillance Program.
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Researches, obtains and evaluates information on vectors of local medical importance in coordination with regional health agencies.
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Formulates, implements, and executes methods and educational strategies for identification, control and/or elimination of vector-borne illness with regional health agencies.
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Develops, manages, and executes the base Food Safety and Vulnerability Program.
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Determines the frequency and conducts inspection of food items received, stored and served on food facilities or public use facilities on base.
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Determines suitability for consumption; collects and forwards accidental or intentionally cross- contaminates suspect food samples to a laboratory for analysis as appropriate.
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Interprets significant findings and educates food facility supervisors on corrective actions and disposition.
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Manages the Facility Sanitation Program.
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Reviews existing on and off-base food and public facilities, contracts medical services, lodging, food vendors, and other related services.
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Schedules and conducts inspections of facilities as required or deemed necessary.
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Reviews, monitors and manages the Defense Logistics Agency All Food and Drug Act (ALFOODACT) hazardous food program concerning recalls and potential recalls of hazardous, tampered or suspected tampering of food.
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Manages the Aircraft Quarantine Inspection Program.
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Evaluates inspection of incoming aircraft to ensure compliance with required aircraft retrograde/quarantine procedures.
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Manages a Medical Intelligence Program.
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Researches, acquires, identifies and educates country specific disease and environmental factors which may affect the health of deployed personnel.
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Determines pre and post- deployment medical requirements for immunizations, blood serum, medication, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other preventive measures.
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Conducts pre and post-deployment medical intelligence briefings on potential health and environmental threats, prevention/control measures and Biological/Chemical Warfare threats.
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Manages and tracks deployment activity with the PIMR ASIMS Deployment Tracking Application database.
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Conducts pre and post-deployment surveillance for deploying personnel.
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Ensures pre and post-deployment medical screening, documentation and required post-deployment medical follow-up activity was accomplished as directed in current Air Force Instructions (AFIs) and Health Affairs policy.
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Manages Public Health and Prevention aspect of Base Disaster Preparation and Response Process.
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Updates disaster, food safety, communicable disease control, vector-borne disease control, dangerous fauna control, epidemiological surveillance and outbreak response, decontamination of patients and subsistence, chemical, biological, and radiological (i.e., weapons of mass destruction) and aspect of counter-terrorism plan, policy or procedure.
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Provides input for the Public Health portion of Host Tenant Support Agreement (HTSA) and coordinates with Logistics/Plans office.
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Manages the educational training portion of the OSHA mandated Right To Know Law; Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) program.
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Do you certify that all of your responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate; and do you accept that if your supporting documentation does not support one or more of your responses to the questionnaire that your application may be rated lower or you may be removed from further consideration?