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Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division
(LI), is located in northern New York's picturesque North Country, one of the
most historically unique and geographically beautiful areas of the United
States, offering many outdoor recreational opportunities from hunting and
fishing to winter sports of all types. Fort Drum is approximately 30 miles from
Canada, with the Great Lakes to the west, the Adirondack Mountains to the east,
and the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands in between.
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.
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05/12/2017 to 05/18/2017
$72,168 - $93,821 per year
GS 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
Occasional travel - Overnight travel is required 15% of the time for professional development opportunities.
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
No
NEBN177509471955580
469487200
This position is located at the Garrison Command Safety Office.
As a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, you will serve as the technical Explosives Safety Specialist, Installation Radiation Safety Officer (IRSO), Installation/Garrison Safety and Occupational Health Specialist and Safety Specialist governing the implementation of comprehensive Safety Programs for all activities assigned to the US Army Garrison, Fort Drum. You will develop and review procedures for the design and operation of those portions of the Safety Programs you will be involved in. You will provide continuous monitoring of the program in order to determine compliance with established policies and regulations and to determine the need for corrective actions and to identify areas where improvements to the programs can be made. You will plan, organize, evaluate, coordinate, and assist in the implementation of these programs in the Garrison and tenant commands. You will be responsible for developing objectives and programs consistent with the applicable Codes of Federal Regulations (CFR), Department of Defense Directives, Army Regulations and State Laws. You will be responsible for reporting requirements, documenting findings from inspections and surveys, analyze data, and making recommendations for actions to preclude recurrence of those activities. You will investigate hazard reports and initiate remedial actions as they are found appropriate. You will develop and provide training on a wide variety of topics to include radiation, explosives, and workplace safety programs.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
This position requires the incumbent to complete Radiation Safety Officer Training (Basic, Advanced, and Shipping) and the training required for the awarding of the CP-12 Professional Certificate Level I and the Explosive Safety Professional Certificate Level I within the first year of employment.
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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.
Experience required: 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.
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience includes experience such as:1. Explosive Safety, performing periodic and unscheduled inspections of facilities, warehouses, and maintenance operations and evaluates compliance with applicable regulations and hazard classification system. 2. Radiation Safety, which includes conducting training, surveys, wipe tests and close-out reports. 3. Applying analytical techniques to data obtained from safety investigations to create reports on the findings. 4. Preparing formal training materials and communicating standard safety and occupational health techniques and steps to training participants. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:
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).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The “Proof of Eligibility” document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents. The Vacancy ID is 1955580. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Thursday, May 18, 2017Thursday, May 18, 2017 to receive consideration.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/469487200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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