Industrial Hygienist

**Duties**:

- You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations individually or part of a team.
- You will review industrial activity occupational health standards to determine conformity.
- You will identify deficiencies in existing occupational health programs and standards.
- You will maintain, calibrate and select appropriate equipment and conduct/oversee sampling.
- You will assess the need for quantitative determination of problems in ventilation; air contamination; noise and other physical stressors.
- You will conduct hazard evaluation of new products/processes for determining health hazard and provide recommendation.
- You will make recommendations that include controls for physical or chemical agents, and environmental stresses.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
- Certification in comprehensive practice by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) is highly desired.
- Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be made permanent without further competition.

**Qualifications**:

- ** Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable **

**For the GS-07 In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements**,
- Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the(GS-05)grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

- Utilizing Industrial hygiene concepts, principles, concepts, principles and practices applicable to conduct industrial hygiene surveys in a wide variety of industries;
- Using quantitative assessment and/or statistical mean to assist Industrial Hygienists or Industrial Hygiene Technicians the evaluate/review pertinent information; AND
- Participating in or supporting senior Industrial Hygienist(s) recognizing, evaluating, correcting actions, and eliminating environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness.

**For the GS-09 In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements**,
- Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the(GS-07)grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

- Utilizing Industrial hygiene concepts, principles, concepts, principles and practices applicable to conduct industrial hygiene surveys in a wide variety of industries;
- Conducting studies, analyzing findings, and preparing various reports; AND
- Identifying environmental conditions involving a variety of hazards, e.g., chemical, noise, heat, actinic rays, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and other environmental physical agents in industrial shops, production areas, laboratories, confined areas, and outdoor work sites.- Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

**Education**:
**ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS**:
The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (external link) at the time the degree was obtained. Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

- A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science; or
- A bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene; or
- Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (external link) (ABIH).

**Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not