Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

You will serve as a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist and be responsible for identifying and evaluating risk involving a wide variety of work environments and occupations; certifying work environments where local guidelines or standards require assurance that specific and predetermined safeguards or practices are present prior to work beginning; conducting inspections of assigned organizations industrial facilities, aircraft operations review planning proposals for compliance with safety standards; determining compliance with safety; investigating employee complaints regarding hazardous work operations and conditions, and providing guidance, recommendations, and assistance to supervisors and employees concerning established safety methods and techniques..

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Ensuring Safety and Occupational Health program is designed effectively to eliminate or control hazards, minimize human injury and property and productivity loss due to harmful contact incidents.

Determining compliance with safety and occupational health standards and regulations. Preparing safety guides and internal instructions for low safety and normal safety risks encountered in an assigned area of responsibility.

Investigating employee complaints concerning hazardous work operations and conditions Issuing citations to employers and proposing financial penalties for violations detected. Performing a full range of inspections in a variety of establishments where a single inspection often identifies hazards ranging from serious to minor in severity.

Planning each inspection, reviewing work processes, practices and conditions characteristic of the site to be inspected, and recommending measures and methods to correct safety deficiencies, to include any equipment that requires modification to implement safety improvements. Investigating mishaps resulting in fatalities or injuries.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.

If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision.

You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. Reasonable Accommodation Information

To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal sector.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis.

Conducting compliance reviews or inspections that span the full range of areas including but not limited to industrial, manufacturing, transportation, maritime organizations. Investigating potential and existing hazardous situations in the workplace. Identifying and evaluating unsafe operations and conditions in the workplace.

Conducting accident investigations in the workplace. Preparing guides or instructions on safety and occupational health in the workplace. Educating employees in safe operating practices or techniques in the workplace.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or related applicable assessment) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level.

The following education may be used in substitution of specialized experience on the resume: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree (OR) 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree (OR) LL.M., if related.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.