- Position Title
- Safety & Occupational Health Manager
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Announcement Number
- 25-R2-12640341-FS-MS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, December 20, 2024 to Monday, December 30, 2024
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Eligibilities
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS CAREFULLY. Your answers will be used to determine your eligibility to apply to this job opportunity announcement. You will be considered under the eligibility option(s) to which you answer YES. Select YES to all eligibility options for which you want to be considered. If you respond NO to meeting the criteria for all the eligibilities, you will not be considered for the position(s) under this announcement.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
NOTE: You must submit the required supporting documentation to receive consideration for EACH selected eligibility. Failure to provide the required documents will result in an ineligible rating and your application will be excluded from consideration.
1.
Are you a current Forest Service employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment?
2.
Are you a Forest Service employee who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment AND you have held or currently hold a position on a permanent basis in the competitive service with the same or higher promotion potential of the position being advertised?
3.
Are you a current USDA employee who meets the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee, in which received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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• you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
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4.
Are you a current or former employee of the US Forest Service who is claiming eligibility under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act and:
- was originally hired to a time-limited position under a competitive appointment; and,
- served one or more time-limited appointments at a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and,
- most recent period of qualifying service was with the US Forest Service; and,
- performed at an acceptable level of service during each period of service; and,if you are no longer employed by the US Forest Service, have been separated for no more than two years, and whose most recent separation was for reasons other than misconduct or performance?
5.
Have you registered for reemployment consideration AND meet one of the below:
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
• Are you a current or former competitive service USDA employee who will be or was separated by Reduction-In-Force (RIF) and received a rating of satisfactory or above as your last annual performance rating?
OR
• Are you a former USDA competitive service employee who separated due to a compensable injury or disability?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Are you a current or former Political appointee, Presidential appointee, and/or non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointee?
Assessment 1
This section will be used to determine if you possess the experience needed to qualify for this position.
For each of the following questions, choose the response that best describes your experience and 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 provided by your references. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING.
1.
From the statements below, select the one statement below that best describes your experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, GS-0018-12 position. Please select only one response.
2.
From the statements below, select the one statement below that best describes your experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, GS-0018-13 position. Please select only one response.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Please select only one letter for each item.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Provide technical safety and occupational health guidance to individuals and/or groups responsible for hazardous activities.
4.
Promote educational campaigns and motivate visitors and employees to practice mishap prevention procedures.
5.
Recommend changes to obtain compliance with standards and to minimize risks to human life and damage to property.
6.
Conducts safety training programs for managers and employees such as: safety orientation, accident prevention, Motor Vehicle Safety, risk management, Job Hazard Analysis development etc.
7.
Recommend program changes or new courses of action to resolve safety and health management problems.
8.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for accident prevention and hazard control.
9.
Evaluate health and safety program guidelines, procedures, policies and training program to determine the effectiveness of a program and its needs.
10.
Plan, manage, organize, budget and direct an agency safety and occupational health program.
11.
Assess compliance of regulations and standards for occupational health requirements in the work environment. Based on assessment, develop recommendations of changes or development of procedures, guidelines, or policies.
12.
Oversee the automated mishap data system and analyze hazards to eliminate or control the identified hazard.
13.
Apply techniques or devise new methods to eliminate or control identified hazards for high-risk operations.
14.
Investigate mishaps and prepare detailed investigative reports, summaries or facilitated learning analysis to develop conclusions and make recommendations for elimination or control of hazards identified.
15.
Review equipment procurement requests to insure the inclusion of necessary safety features.
16.
Perform safety inspections/audits of facilities, operations, and hazardous work environments to assess the degree of compliance with regulations and standards.
17.
Administer a safety and occupational health program that spans Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance, safety inspections, health and safety training, and accident investigation and reporting.
18.
Directs the systematic compilation and analysis of mishap data and hazards to property, interprets and evaluates the accumulated information and eliminates or controls the identified hazard by applying standard techniques or devising new methods that are often required by high-risk operations.
19.
I certify that I have read the announcement and have attached all supporting documents as required in the "Required Documents" section of the vacancy announcement. I understand that failure to submit all required legible documents prior to the closing date of the announcement may result in loss of consideration.
20.
Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Submitting false information or attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for terminating you after you have been hired. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.