Occ Health & Safety Technician

Occ Health & Safety Technician

Job : 302531

Location: Augusta University

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary:

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia https:// is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://.

Augusta University-

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

OHS Technicians ensure a safe and regulatory compliant work place through review, evaluation, and analysis of work environments; hazardous materials inventory and waste management; training and consultation; and spill response. OHS Technicians perform work in the radiological, biological, chemical, fire, industrial hygiene, and occupational safety programs under the technical supervision of OHS program managers. These programs are intended to minimize work place and learning environment risks to faculty, staff, students, and visitors.

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• LABORATORY SURVEILLANCES: Inspect research laboratories for the safe and compliant use of radiological and biological materials and hazardous chemicals. Provide on-site coaching and consultation to laboratory personnel to improve safety and compliance. Document surveillances for follow-up action and review by regulatory agencies.
• HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: Track the purchase, delivery, and receipt of radiological and biological materials and laboratory chemicals. Ensure proper storage of Drug Enforcement Agency controlled substances and Georgia Board of Pharmacy Dangerous Chemicals. Update, or have laboratory personnel update, the hazardous material inventory database to reflect receipt, use, or disposal of hazardous materials.
• HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: Ensure proper storage of radiological, biological, and chemical waste at the point of origin. Collect, package, and transport radiological and chemical wastes to the Material Safety Storage Facility and biological wastes to the biowaste trailer. Properly store and ultimately dispose of radiological, biological, and chemical wastes. Assist in the disposal of Drug Enforcement Agency controlled substances through approved destruction methods.
  
  Document waste management activities for review by regulatory agencies. Sort and package…