Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

• Duties listed are at the full performance level.
• Conduct on-site occupational health surveys and inspections of field operations and facilities.
• Provide advice and guidance on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and the Forest Service Safety Handbook.
• Conduct follow-up analysis to determine the effectiveness of safety recommendations.
• Develop and maintain Forest Service safety plans and job hazard analyses.
• Assist working groups to ensure that safety and health considerations are met.
• Participate as an advisory member on the leadership team advising management officials on the status of the safety and occupational health program.
• Develop reports and briefing summaries to identify accident and other health and safety trends.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit .

In order to qualify you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position visit the Office of Personnel Managements General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Basic Requirement:GS-0018: Major related to 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 safety and occupational health that provided the specific knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement:For the GS-09: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 in the Federal experience is defined as one or more of the following: Conducting or organizing safety training in the field or classroom; and/or leading or participating in after action incident reviews or facilitated learning analyses; and/or experiencing certifying and training in using mechanized equipment such as chainsaws ATVs snow machines radios and other equipment and resources used in natural resource management; and/or preparing and implementing project job hazard analyses; and/or participating in the applications of risk management principles in the development or implementation of projects or field operation.

OR a Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in one or more of the following disciplines: safety occupational health industrial hygiene occupational medicine toxicology public health mathematics physics chemistry biological sciences engineering and industrial psychology;

OR an appropriate combination of specialized experience and education (only graduate education in excess of 18 semester hours may be used to qualify applicants for this grade level in one or more of the following disciplines: safety occupational health industrial hygiene occupational medicine toxicology public health mathematics physics chemistry biological sciences engineering and industrial psychology).

For the GS-11: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Participating or assisting in the development and implementation of a unit safety and risk management program; and/or coordinating conducting; and/or organizing training in the field or classroom related to safety and risk management; and/or organizing leading and/or participating in accident investigations after action reviews or facilitating learning analyses; and/or reviewing preparing and implementing project job hazard analyses.

OR a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. if related;

OR an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a masters degree i.e. more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.