Industrial Hygienist -Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee

Job Title

Industrial Hygiene Technician

The TCF career fields represent those technical fields where VA-specific knowledge and experience is desirable for success in the field. Individuals selected follow a formal training plan for two years during which they are trained, coached, and supervised by a preceptor. As part of the VA's succession planning, the Technical Career Field (TCF) training program was created to ensure individuals are trained in critical areas that have current or predicted shortages.

The program is nationally funded to include salary, benefits and training/travel dollars. At the time of acceptance into the TCF program, trainees will be asked to sign mobility, training, and service agreements. Relocation expenses for acceptance into the training program or for placement are not funded by the TCF program. Please keep in consideration, the training program is meant for those individuals who plan on staying with the VA a minimum of 3 years after completion of their training program.

Selectees will be required to complete and sign the following paperwork;
Mobility, Training, and Continued Service Agreements. Although not guaranteed, with more than 150 freestanding facilities and hundreds of clinic locations, we will strive to place trainees in positions that will work for their needs and the needs of the VA. This is a developmental position leading to a GS-11, performing assignments intended to broaden skills and provide practical experience leading to progressively more complex assignments performed under progressively less supervision.

You will ultimately acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

Major

Duties Include:

• Conducts industrial hygiene surveys and investigations of work areas to identify and evaluate actual or potential occupational health hazards.
• Evaluates employee exposure to chemical, physical, and environmental hazards such as toxic materials, noise, heat, radiation, and other workplace agents.
• Determines whether workplace conditions and employee exposures comply with established occupational safety and health standards and threshold limit values.
• Collects and analyzes environmental or industrial samples to determine the presence and degree of hazardous or toxic materials.
• Selects, calibrates, operates, and adapts industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring equipment used to measure workplace hazards.
• Analyzes survey and investigation findings and prepares reports documenting hazards, exposure levels, conclusions, and recommended corrective or preventive actions.
• Recommends engineering controls, administrative controls, work-practice changes, or other measures to reduce or eliminate harmful employee exposures.
• Reviews applicable Federal and agency occupational safety and health standards, technical literature, and established industrial hygiene practices when evaluating workplace hazards.
• Coordinates with occupational health personnel, physicians, safety personnel, supervisors, and employees regarding workplace hazards, exposure evaluations, and appropriate medical testing or monitoring.
• Provides advice to management and employees regarding occupational health hazards, regulatory requirements, and measures necessary to protect worker health and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Full-Time;
Monday through Friday; 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Recruitment & Relocation

Incentives:

Not authorized.