Job summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE TECHNICIAN (Title 32), Position Description Number D2119000 and is part of the AR ARNG AR MED DET, National Guard. NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

Major duties

(1) Conducts complex studies and routine surveys, analyzes finding, prepares data for inclusion in reports, and writes reports independently or in conjunction with the NGB Regional IH, to identify and evaluate potential health hazards, and recommends solutions to health problems. Works area surveys to ensure compliance with established occupational safety and health regulations (i.e. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA), ARNG, and consensus standards). Compiles a hazardous chemical inventory for the facility. Educates workers about hazards during IH surveys. Air samples are collected as determined by building inspections or special requests. Inputs all data collected is into a Department of Defense (DoD) Industrial Hygiene data base. (2) Performs sampling using standard methods to determine nature and degree of hazards for variety of materials and environments. Calibrates and uses industrial hygiene equipment. Surveys involve determining compliance with Threshold limit Values (TLVs or Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs). Makes recommendations on control measures and changes in work procedures or schedules in order to comply with established health standards. (3) Calibrates and/or ensures compliance with existing calibration schedules for all industrial hygiene equipment. Performs minor repairs and adjustments to ensure equipment can effectively test work environments. Responsible for the shipping of equipment requiring major repairs and maintaining all records associated with maintenance and calibration of equipment. (4) Assists with the management of the State ARNG Respiratory Protection Program by providing employees with worker education and training on various subjects such as respirator selection, usage and care; and sanitation practices in accordance with all applicable regulations. Schedules employees for fit testing or respirators, orders replacement parts and appropriate respirator cartridges, and maintains all applicable records. (5) Performs environmental health inspections as applicable to determine if improper or hazardous practices are occurring, and to ensure all operations being performed are maintained in accordance with established regulations. Inspects 1) food service areas; 2) swimming pool(s) (seasonal); 3) recreational areas; and other areas, as directed, throughout the state. Monitors and maintains aspects of the Pest Inspection program. (6) Assists with the investigation hearing compensation claim filed by personnel by collecting required data from IH noise database, visiting work areas to obtain sound level readings from identified noise sources, collecting noise dosimetry in and around areas where personnel are known to be exposed to unacceptable high levels of noise, and preparing reports on findings to substantiate or controvert compensation cases. (7) Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership in the military grade listed below. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Military Grades: Enlisted Minimum Grade - SPC (E-4) Maximum Grade - SFC (E-7) Compatible Military Assignments: Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Army National Guard. IMPORTANT NOTES (AS APPLICABLE): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initiate a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation. A favorable determination based upon investigative results is mandatory for this position. Failure to meet these requirements will result in termination of employment. A pre-placement physical is required if not already current. Upon selection, must complete mandatory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training at the Professional Education Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training will be coordinated by the supervisor). Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creating a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO). Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion). Enlisted members currently at a higher grade than allowed by the position (see Military Grade Requirement above) may apply; however, they must administratively reduce prior to appointment and provide confirmation of the reduction to HRO. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Qualification

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: An extensive developed knowledge of industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices applicable to the planning and performing of a general range of industrial, chemical, biological investigations, or to conduct portions of large and complex investigations. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Knowledge required to identify and evaluate occupational health hazards found in a wide variety of industrial chemical, biological operations where the processes are more conventional in nature and literature on the hazards is available, but requires research and modification prior to application. Knowledge required to assist in more complex investigations which involve a wide variety of conditions. Knowledge required in adapting and recommending control measures or possible approaches to harmful exposures. Knowledge and skills necessary to conduct health hazard evaluations in industrial shops, warehouses where hazardous material is stored or transported, supply depots, or building construction or similar work areas

Evaluations

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, general and specialized experience): This position requires knowledge of standard industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices, which is related to the professional field (Industrial Hygiene) supported. This knowledge is used to plan and perform a general range of industrial chemical, biological investigations, or to conduct portions of large and complex investigation. The duties are a comparable match to illustration number 2 in this factor of the Guide where the technician schedules, organizes, and executes projects for identifying problems. The technician collects samples, compiles and summarizes the data obtained from surveys, biological evaluations, and runs computer programs to organize the data for analysis and provides the data to professional personnel. The knowledge of technical methods and procedures are related to the professional field(s) supported, of management practices, and of agency's policy and programs to lay out, schedule, organize and execute the details of either: (1) a wide variety of types of limited operational projects incorporating diverse technical knowledges, e.g. limited projects requiring the application of appreciably dissimilar specialized methods, procedures, and/or techniques; and/or (2) one at a time multiphase projects, at least some of which have nonstandard technical problems that the technician must coordinate with others to resolve, e.g. technical problems requiring the use of specialized, complicated techniques.