Clarification from the agency

• All current or former career / career-conditional federal employees with competitive / reinstatement eligibility; Eligible applicants under : Veterans' Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA);
• CTAP / ICTAP within the local commuting area; Special Hiring Authorities; Current or former time-limited employees under PL114-47, Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA);

Public Land Corps (PLC) members

Duties

Major duties for these positions include but are not limited to the following :

• Administrative and technical support for Safety & Occupational Health Programs
• Conducting annual safety inspections
• Develop and implement comprehensive safety and health planning documents
• Conducts accident investigations, after action reviews, and other post incident or operations reviews
• Develops and conducts safety training for employees, volunteers, and cooperators

Physical Demands : The performance of inspections and investigations of mishaps requires frequent physical exertion such as frequent walking and hiking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces, crouching, climbing, stooping, crawling under buildings and in attics, etc.

Occasionally is required to ride as a passenger in light fixed wing aircraft and / or helicopters, and to ride in or operate small watercraft.

The use of personal protective equipment (hard hat, steel-toed boots, gloves, eye goggles, and respirators) is required due to exposure to hazardous occupational environments.

The interpersonal relationships and conflicts involved with compliance and problem resolution can produce high job stress.

Frequent travel away from the incumbent's office is required.

Working Conditions : Incumbent is subject to exposure to operating machines and equipment, hazardous materials, high noise level, hazardous gases, fumes and dust, hazardous waste materials, and other occupational environments.

Protective clothing and equipment is required. Incumbent also serves in a staff position in a heated / air conditioned office setting.

However, field work often occurs in rough terrain and under varying weather conditions. Work may be underground, may have exposure to high electrical energy and / or heights.

Emergency operations may also require working in nighttime operations, in adverse terrain and all climatic conditions.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You may be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties. Prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year thereafter (or more frequently if management determines such need exists), you will be required to sign an affidavit certifying to your possession of a valid State issued driver's license that is current and has not been revoked, suspended, canceled, or otherwise disqualified in any way to prohibit your operation of a motor vehicle.

You will also submit a photocopy of your valid State issued driver's license prior to your first official motor vehicle operation, and again every year, or more frequently if management determines such need exists.

Lastly, you may be required to submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that discloses all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.

Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid State driver's license.

• You will be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 1 nights per month for training or conference attendance.

You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.

You may be required to complete training and obtain / maintain a government charge card with travel and / or purchase authority.

Qualifications

Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service);

with few exceptions as outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal civilian employees applying for reinstatement who have had a break in service of less than one year, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointments.

Time-in-grade does not apply to new excepted service appointments. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05 / 31 / 2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted.

An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience . For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and / or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must possess least ONE of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement :

EXPERIENCE : At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

• This experience includes activities such as : Managing safety or occupational health program elements such as : performing administrative and technical support for Safety & Occupational Health Programs;
• Participating or conducting annual safety inspections; Assisting with the development and implementation of comprehensive safety and health planning documents;

Participating in accident investigations, after action reviews, and other post incident or operations reviews; Developing and conducting safety training for employees, volunteers, and cooperators.

You must include hours per week worked.

EDUCATION : Successful completion of at least a completed Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field directly related to safety or occupational health such as safety, occupational health, or industrial hygiene;

or 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.

You must include transcripts.

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above . To combine education and experience, first take specialized experience (as described above) and graduate education (as indicated above.

e.g., 6 months specialized experience and 2 and a half years of graduate education directly related to the work of the position.

You MUST submit a copy of your transcripts indicating number of credit hours to qualify based on the combination option and it must be in a field related to safety or occupational health, such as safety, occupational health, or industrial hygiene).

You must include transcripts AND resume with number of hours worked per week.

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.

Education

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking.

Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If you are using to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.