About the Position: Position may be filled as a temporary promotion or detail NTE 3 years by a current permanent Army employee. Temporary promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Employees are not eligible for a detail in the OCONUS area unless already residing in the same overseas area (foreign or non-foreign) as the position being filled.

Duties

Plans and schedules periodic surveys of unit/activity safety programs and facilities. Provides advice and guidance to commanders, supervisors, and safety representatives in a wide variety of military, industrial, and administrative functions Identifies, analyzes, and evaluates various hazards involving the use of ammunition and explosives during combined arms live fire training exercises Recommends to management the application of specific techniques, methods, and procedures to eliminate or control unsafe acts or conditions identified in surveys or control unsafe acts or conditions identified through mishap information sources Initiates and carries out safety education activities, promoting safety awareness through safety councils and committees, providing safety training sessions and briefings, preparing safety literature and promotional materials Investigates and analyzes accidents and hazardous conditions to determine origin, causes, and contributing elements and provides follow-up guidance to commanders, supervisors, managers, workers, and labor unions. Coordinates activities involving procurement of required safety equipment, determination of respirator requirements

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires frequent exposures to hazards and discomforts such as moving machine parts, irritant chemicals, high level noises, adverse weather conditions and high temperatures.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities? Current Department of Army Civilian Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experienc requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience:One year of specialized experience which includes experience in safety with training and inspections, administering a safety and occupational health program for the installation, planning and organizing assignments in the development of safety programs and providing safety services to satellite and tenant activities. . . This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service. (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree 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 Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accident/Mishap and Hazard Investigation and ReportingEducation and TrainingOral CommunicationRisk Management Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address EQ-APF-W6CLAA US ARMY GARRISON FT BLISS DO NOT MAIL Fort Bliss, TX 79916 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk