What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? GS-9 Salary: $64,984 (Step 01) to $83,695 (Step 10); GS-11 Salary: $77,898 (Step 01) to $101,263 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. The incumbent of this position is entitled to a cost of living allowance (COLA) of 2.01% for 2023 in addition to basic salary. SUMMARY CONTINUED IN THE DUTIES SECTION BELOW:

Duties

SUMMARY CONTINUED: This position is being advertised concurrently with the following announcement - Open to Current and Former Federal Employees - : USGS-SAC-23-11881628-ST-MB As a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist within the Alaska Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

Requirements

Qualifications

For GS-09: Applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-09 level: **Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education (36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or the equivalent) with major study in safety, occupational health, or industrial hygiene. Or a masters degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours or the equivalent 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. To be creditable, the education must have provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position to be filled. **OR one year of appropriate specialized experience as defined above under "Definitions". To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of GS-7 level work may include: 1) conducting routine inspections where low safety and occupational health risks are anticipated; 2) conducting a limited segment of a major inspection of a large manufacturing firm; 3) providing informal instruction to others on mishap prevention and safe working practices. For examples 1-3, a designated person specified the nature of the work to be done, complicating factors, past history, and possible problems. Specific instructions and applicable techniques and procedures were provided for new or difficult tasks. The work involved the selection and application of appropriate methods, techniques, or procedures from among many different but conventional alternatives. Situations to which existing guidelines could not be applied were referred to a designated person. **OR a combination of successfully completed progressive graduate level education, as described above, that is beyond the first year of graduate study and specialized experience, as described above. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE GRADUATE EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE) For GS-11: Applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-11 level: ** Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education (54 semester hours, 81 quarter hours or the equivalent) leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in safety, occupational health, or industrial hygiene. Or a Ph.D. degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours or the equivalent 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. To be creditable, the education must have provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position to be filled. **OR one year of appropriate specialized experience as defined above under "Definitions". To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of GS-09 level experience may include: 1) inspecting conventional construction projects and designs to determine compliance with applicable safety standards; 2) preparing formal training materials and communicating standard safety and occupation health techniques and steps to participants; 3) advising supervisors and safety representatives of appropriate safety and occupational health measures to control or eliminate hazardous operating processes or environmental conditions. For examples 1-3, assignments were received with instructions as to objectives, priorities, possible problems and deadlines. Recurring assignments were carried out independently. Conferred with a designated person on difficult or unusual situations. Selection and application of appropriate technical criteria was necessary which frequently required adaptation to meet assignment needs. **OR a combination of successfully completed graduate level education, as described above, that is beyond the second year of progressive graduate study and specialized experience, as described above. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE GRADUATE EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE) You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) 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.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .

Contacts

• Address ALASKA SCIENCE CENTER 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Melissa Barnhart
• Phone: 916-278-9412
• Email: [email protected]