Industrial Hygienist

**Duties**:

- Provide a safe workplace by identifying potential and/or actual exposures.
- Serve as the principal staff advisor and resource for evaluating the effectiveness of controls in the abatement of health hazards.
- Conduct briefings with safety supervisors to obtain information of problem areas.
- Identify potential health problems and symptoms, indicating possible occupational diseases resulting form the work environment.
- Prepare technical reports of health hazards.
- Conduct periodic surveys of working conditions to determine the nature and magnitude of hazardous exposures and the effectiveness of existing control measures.

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

- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
- This position has a requirement to lift up to 40lbs.
- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
- This position requires the employee to use personal protective equipment provided by the employer.
- The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain a valid US Army in Europe (USAREUR) Driver's License.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.

**Qualifications**:

- **Who May Apply**: US Citizens- **Basic Requirement for Industrial Hygienist**:Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
- OR
- Related Degree: 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. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum.
- OR
- Certification from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH).
- **In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below**:
**GS-11 Specialized Experience**:One year specialized experience which includes: 1) Conducting industrial hygiene surveys; 2) Preparing technical reports; AND 3) Providing training, consultation, and advice to safety, engineering, and other personnel on occupational health problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
- **GS-12 Specialized Experience**: One year of experience which includes: 1) Planning, implementing and evaluating comprehensive industrial hygiene programs; 2) directing and conducting periodic surveys of working conditions; AND 3) providing consultation and advice to safety, engineering and scientific personnel on occupational health problems. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

**Education**:
**Additional information**:

- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
- If an employee brings a child to an overseas location and that child is entitled to attend a DoD school on a space-required basis in accordance with DoDEA Regulation 1342.13, the DoDEA and the Military Department responsible for providing related services will ensure that the child, if eligible for special education, receives a free appropriate public education, including related services pursuant to DoDI 1342.12 and DoDM 1342.12.
- If an employee brings an infant or toddler (up to 3 years of age) to an overseas location, and that infant or toddl