To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/06/2025.
Time in Grade Requirements: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.
An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
To qualify for this occupation and grade level, you must meet one of the following Basic - Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR).
Basic Requirements
A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science;
OR
A bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene. Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.
OR
Certification from the
American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH).
Note: A copy of your transcript(s) and/or certification must be included in your application package to receive credit for meeting this basic requirement. Failure to provided required documents will result in an ineligible rating.
Please review the
Evaluation of Education information below and Education Section of this announcement for additional information.
In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements you must meet one of the following specialized experience and/or education requirements:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal service, that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the Industrial Hygienist position, and that is typically in or related to the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Demonstrated technical experience and knowledge of occupational safety, industrial hygiene and environmental standards, policies, and procedures; proven technical knowledge of the operation of clinical laboratories and duties of laboratory personnel; expertise and working knowledge of industrial hygiene programs and use of equipment to include confined space, indoor air quality monitoring, respirator program, hazardous materials and waste management, waste characterization, IH monitoring, medical surveillance, ethylene oxide, waste anesthetic gases, mold, hearing conservation, underground and above ground storage tanks, and compressed gases; professional knowledge and skill applicable to the performance of industrial hygiene duties related to a wide range of industrial settings.)
OR
Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or LL.M. obtained in an accredited college or university, with a major field of study directly related to the position being filled. This graduate education must have provided you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of an Industrial Hygienist.
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Combination: Applicants may also possess a combination of specialized experience and successfully completed graduate education directly related to the work of the Industrial Hygienist position to qualify at this level.
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Note: Only education in excess of 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education may be used to qualify at the grade 11 level.
Evaluation of Experience: Qualifying experience involves the recognition, evaluation, corrective actions, and elimination of environmental conditions in the workplace that causes sickness, impaired health, or illness. This experience must demonstrate a professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of industrial hygiene and closely related sciences such as physics and engineering controls. Such work must have involved experience in all of the following areas: the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative data, and the measurement of exposures for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological stresses; the analysis of the data acquired and the prediction of probable effects of exposures on the health and well- being of workers; and the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment.
Evaluation of Education: All science or engineering courses offered in fulfillment of the above requirements must be acceptable for credit toward the completion of a standard 4-year professional curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in science or engineering at an accredited college or university. For engineering degrees to be acceptable, the curriculum must be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) as a professional engineering curriculum.
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; religions; 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.
Physical Requirements: The work includes frequent inspections or surveys of industrial workplaces, requiring the employee to carry a considerable amount of equipment, and involve a good deal of walking, standing, bending, and climbing.
Work Environment: During inspections or surveys, there is regular exposure to all of the hazards and discomforts to which the workers are subjected, including a wide range of toxic chemicals, physical stresses, and safety hazards., The employee must use a variety of protective equipment and clothing, such as respirators, ear plugs, gloves, coveralls, hard hats, etc.