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HEALTH TECHNICIAN (Title 32)
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About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a HEALTH TECHNICIAN (Title 32), Position Description Number D1243000 and is part of the OK STATE AVIATION OFFICE, Oklahoma Army National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located in the State Surgeon/Occupational Health Office.
- →The primary purpose of this position is to provide assistance in the administration of comprehensive Joint Forces Headquarters-State (JFHQ-S) Occupational Health/Industrial Hygiene (OH/IH) Programs.
- →DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides assistance in the administration of the JFHQ-S Occupational Health/Industrial Hygiene (OH/IH) programs to include, but not limited to, various duties in support of the Medical Surveillance, Respiratory Protection, Industrial Hygiene, Hearing Conservation, Vision Conservation, and Bloodborne Pathogen Programs.
- →Records client occupational health history and medical information in the medical record and is responsible for managing, preserving, and use of medical records IAW the Privacy Act of 1974.
- →Assists in OH/IH training and gives guidance regarding work practices and environmental conditions to protect the military/civilian employees from work place health hazards.
- →Ensures all full-time employees assigned to hazardous noise positions are enrolled in the Installation Hearing Conservation Program for testing and monitoring.
- →Ensures all military/civilian personnel who are occupationally exposed to hazardous noise or ototoxic environments receive baseline, 90-day, annual, and termination audiograms in accordance with Hearing Conservation Program regulations and directives.
- →Administers the JFHQ-S Department of Defense (DoD) Occupational Environmental Health Readiness System-Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC) Program.
- →Obtains and maintains DOEHRS-HC Bi-Annual Compliance Reports.
- →Performs system backup and uploads information to the DOEHRS-HC repository as required.
- →Performs and coordinates biological calibration checks (e.g., daily) of DOEHRS-HC system and ensures results are within acceptable range in accordance with federal regulations and standards.
- →Ensures military/civilian personnel receive Hearing Conservation Program services and training to meet hearing protection requirements (e.g., earplugs, noise muffs, ear canal caps, noise-attenuating helmets, or a combination of protection) to minimize hearing loss.
- →Coordinates and/or conducts noise surveys of all suspected noise-hazard areas, vehicles, and equipment as directed by regulation and law using Type 2 or greater sound level meters which meet American National Standards Institute (ANSI) requirements.
- →Ensures vision screenings are conducted IAW the Army Vision Conservation and Readiness Program (VCRP).
Requirements
- ✓Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: Completion of a 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation for GS-5 positions.
- ✓Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5 only in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position.
- ✓One full year of graduate education meets the requirements for GS-7.
- ✓Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9.
- ✓One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study.
- ✓If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.
- ✓Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.
Personality Fit
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