HEALTH TECHNICIAN

(T32) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

HEALTH TECHNICIAN

(T32), Position Description Number D1243000 and is part of the AL MED DET, Nional Guard.

ORGANIZATION

AL

MED DET, BIRMINGHAM, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL

LTC

Z. EASON

Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

HEALTH TECHNICIAN

(T32), Position Description Number D1243000 and is part of the AL MED DET, Nional Guard.

ORGANIZATION

AL

MED DET, BIRMINGHAM, AL SELECTING OFFICIAL

LTC

Z. EASON

Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Birmingham, AL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $56,445

• $73,376 per year Pay scale & grade GS 8 Promotion potential 8 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent

•

NON-MERIT

Occupions and job series 0640 Health Aid And Technician Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

AL-13054763-AR-26-262

Control number 884710800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Title 32 CAT 1
• All on board Federal Employees/Technicians within the ALARNG (T32 and T5, Permanent and Excepted Indefinite) CAT 2
• Current Army M-Day and Temporary Technicians within ALARNG CAT 3
• Applicants willing to become

NG T32 DS

Technicians and gain ALARNG membership, all current federal employees, all U.S. Citizens Duties Help (1) Provides assistance in the administrion of the JFHQ-S Occupional Health/Industrial Hygiene (OH/IH) programs to include, but not limited to, various duties in support of the Medical Surveillance, Respirory Protection, Industrial Hygiene, Hearing Conservion, Vision Conservion, and Bloodborne Phogen Programs. Assists in the scheduling and coordinion of occupional health reled physical examinions for military/civilian personnel (e.g. pre-placement/baseline, periodic, terminion/retirement exams) and screenings such as vital signs (i.e., blood pressure, temperure, pulse, and respirions), vision screening, audiometric testing, pulmonary function tests (PFT), and height and weight measurements. (2) Ensures all full-time employees assigned to hazardous noise positions are enrolled in the Installion Hearing Conservion Program for testing and monitoring. Ensures all military/civilian personnel who are occupionally exposed to hazardous noise or ototoxic environments receive baseline, 90-day, annual, and terminion audiograms in accordance with Hearing Conservion Program regulions and directives. (3) Administers the JFHQ-S Department of Defense (DoD) Occupional Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservion (DOEHRS-HC) Program. Obtains and maintains

DOEHRS-HC

Bi-Annual Compliance Reports. Performs system backup and uploads informion to the

DOEHRS-HC

repository as required. Performs and coordines biological calibrion checks (e.g., daily) of

DOEHRS-HC

system and ensures results are within acceptable range in accordance with federal regulions and standards. (4) Ensures military/civilian personnel receive Hearing Conservion Program services and training to meet hearing protection requirements (e.g., earplugs, noise muffs, ear canal caps, noise-tenuing helmets, or a combinion of protection) to minimize hearing loss. Ensures individualized hearing protection is provided to all military/civilian employees assigned to hazardous noise areas. (5) Coordines and/or conducts noise surveys of all suspected noise-hazard areas, vehicles, and equipment as directed by regulion and law using Type 2 or greer sound level meters which meet American Nional Standards Institute (ANSI) requirements. Ensures annual hazard assessments of noise hazardous areas, or potentially noise hazardous areas, are conducted IAW federal regulions and standards. (6) Ensures vision screenings are conducted IAW the Army Vision Conservion and Readiness Program (VCRP). Assesses whether or not personnel meet visual criteria for their particular job. Provides guidance to military/civilian personnel needing professional eye care (e.g. contact their personal physician for follow-up and/or trement). Ensures vision screening and/or eye exams are performed on all employees working in eye hazardous areas requiring safety eyewear. Records medical findings and files copy of safety eyewear prescriptions in the employee medical record. (7) Performs/coordines calibrion of medical screening equipment; operes and maintains OH/IH field and laborory instruments and other medical equipment needed to determine health risks. (8) Performs a variety of special tasks, such as portions of occupional health/industrial hygiene investigions or surveys as directed by the OHN. Performs conventional OH/IH surveys of limited scope and variety (e.g., ventilion studies, air monitoring, light surveys, laborory and work-site sampling, analysis of organic and inorganic merial and physical phenomena, reviews and maintains records; interviews employees; takes photographs). Uses various sampling equipment and techniques; ensures proper analysis of test results. Presents findings to the OHN. (9) Maintains and inputs OH/IH da into required federal/military dabase systems (e.g., U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine (USHCHPPM), DOEHRS-HC and Health Hazard Informion Management System (HHIMS)). Uses microcomputers, da processing operions, software, spreadsheets, word processing, stistical and mapping packages to analyze da and presention software (e.g., Excel, Word, Power Point). Serves as a technical resource to other staff members on OH/IH computer-reled issues. (10) Assists the OHN with implemention of comprehensive OH/IH Programs to include initial and on-going medical evaluions, hazard assessments, control measures, hearing and vision conservion, and employee training and educion. (11) Contacts employees during studies/surveys/investigions to observe and assess working operions and conditions and promotes effective OH/IH practices. (12) Attaches personal Dosimetry and monitoring equipment to workers to assess hazardous or potentially hazardous situions. (13) Performs other duties as assigned.

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Requirements Help Conditions of employment

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. Qualificions

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS

This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military grade in the Alabama Army Nional Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Alabama Army Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Alabama Army Nional Guard recruiter 800-464-8273 prior to applying for this position.

MINIMUM MILITARY RANK

PVT

MAXIMUM MILITARY RANK

SSG

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Each applicant must fully substantie (in his/her own words) th he/she meets the requirements of the Specialized Experience listed below: Otherwise, the applicant considered unqualified for this position.

DO NOT COPY THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE POSITION DESCRIPTION. DOING SO MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE POSITION. GENERAL EXPERIENCE

(l) Any type of work th demonstres the applicant's ability to perform the work of the position, or (2) experience th provided a familiarity with the subject mter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupion.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

1 year equivalent to least next lower grade level.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• -Knowledge of occupional health regulions and industrial hygiene standards, concepts, procedures, policies, and practices to perform independent inspections necessary to control or elimine hazardous environmental conditions and potential health hazards in industrial hygiene settings.
• -Knowledge to determine which conventional alternive methods, approaches or techniques to apply to resolve an identified problem.
• -Knowledge in the use of equipment for audiometric and pulmonary function testing, vision screening and the ability to explain the purpose and results to employees, recording and interpreting results, and determining need for referral.
• -Knowledge of anomy and physiology reling to the presence of common occupional health illness and injuries. Knowledge and skill in instructing employees in the proper use and care of personal protective equipment to include hearing protection, eye protection, and respirory protection.
• -Knowledge of medical terminology and skilled in recording specific informion in the client's medical record.
• -Knowledge of the anomy of the ear and skilled in the proper techniques for fitting a variety of hearing protection devices.
• -Knowledge of calibrion and use of a wide variety of industrial hygiene sampling instrumention; ability to select approprie sampling equipment and techniques to determine the nure and degree of hazards.
• -Knowledge of functions of various computer software and informion processing methodology/technology, and processing techniques.
• -Knowledge of medical records administrion and management skills and abilities.

Educion

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Gradue educion or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly reled to the work of the position. One full year of gradue educion meets the requirements for GS-7. Two full years of gradue educion or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. One year of full-time gradue educion is considered to be the number of credit hours th the school tended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If th informion cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as sisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time gradue educion is creditable in accordance with its relionship to a year of full-time study the school tended. You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ).

• This position may be authorized a recruitment or relocion incentive for up to 25%. All incentives must be approved prior to the employee in processing.
• Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. 2. Other supporting documents : SF-50s, transcripts and DD 214s are recommended, but not required. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13054763 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Zachary Eason Phone 334-237-4695 zachary.r.eason2.mil@army.mil Address

AL MED DET 5401

East Lake Blvd Birmingham, AL 35217 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. 2. Other supporting documents : SF-50s, transcripts and DD 214s are recommended, but not required. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13054763 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Zachary Eason Phone 334-237-4695 zachary.r.eason2.mil@army.mil Address

AL MED DET 5401

East Lake Blvd Birmingham, AL 35217 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Birmingham, AL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $56,445

• $73,376 per year Pay scale & grade GS 8 Promotion potential 8 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent

•

NON-MERIT

Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

AL-13054763-AR-26-262

Control number 884710800