Safety and Occupational Health Specialist

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Marine Operation (MO), Safety and Environmental Management Branch (SEMB), with one vacancy in Newport, OR;
Newport, RI;
Gulfport, MS;
Seattle, WA; or Honolulu, HI.

This position is also announced under vacancy number OMAO--ST, which is open to Status Candidates. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Assisting with ensuring that marine vessels are in compliance with safety and occupational health requirements and regulations;
• Assisting in the coordination or administration of a marine vessel safety program, such as participating in audit functions, trainings, developing recommendations or plans for improving efficiency and function or a program, etc.; and
• Providing customer service and support to ship personnel such as answering inquires or supporting requests.

OR

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene) or 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 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related.

OR

A combination of successfully completed graduate-level education and specialized experience may be used to meet the total experience requirements.

Note:

Only graduate-level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience.