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Announcement Number: NCBG12071320739712
Title, Series and Grade: Health Physicist, GS-1306-05/12
Agency: U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command
Closing Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Who may apply:
All Federal employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment.
Department of Defense employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment.
Current Army employees with competitive status (includes Army employees serving on a
career or career-conditional appointment).
Reinstatement eligibles.
Applicants eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
Veterans eligible as 30% (or more) Disabled Veterans
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibles.
DoD Interchange Agreement eligibles.
Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA)
Family member employees eligible under EO 12721
NAF/AAFES Interchange Agreement eligibles.
Employment Program for People with Disabilities eligibles.
Reemployed Annuitant
Current and former NAF Employees.
DoD Interchange Agreement eligibles
Military spouses eligible under EO 13473.
Duties:
Pack Radioactive Material for Shipment
Maintain Facility Equipment
Use Radiation Measurement Instrumentation
Develop Performance Work Statements for Contractors
Assure Operations Comply with Regulations and Guidelines
Qualifications:
A. bachelor's degree or higher in natural science or engineering that includes at least 30
semester hours in health physics, engineering, radiological science, chemistry, physics,
biology, mathematics, and/or calculus
or
B. a combination of education and experience--courses as shown in A above, plus
appropriate experience or other education; or certification as a health physicist by the
American Board of Health Physics, plus appropriate experience and other education that
provided an understanding of sciences applicable to health physics comparable to that
described in paragraph A.
Specialized experience:
Applicants that wish to qualify for the GS-07 level or equivalent must meet the
Individual Occupational Requirements below and identify in their resume that they
possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS-05) or
equivalent, which includes assisting in operation of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) or Agreement State licensed facility, preparing radioactive material shipments,
and following NRC, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and
Department of Transportation (DOT) guidelines and/or regulations pertaining to
handling, shipping and receiving radioactive materials. Applicants at this level must have
1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement.
Applicants that wish to qualify for the GS-09 level or equivalent must meet the
Individual Occupational Requirements below and identify in their resume that they
possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS-07) or
equivalent, which includes work assisting in operation of a NRC or Agreement State
licensed facility, preparing radioactive material shipments for recycle or disposal,
following NRC, OSHA and DOT guidelines and/or regulations pertaining to handling,
shipping, and receiving radioactive materials, and using radiation measuring
instrumentation. Applicants at this level must have 2 years of progressively higher level
graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.
Applicants that wish to qualify for the GS-11 level or equivalent must meet the
Individual Occupational Requirements below and identify in their resume that they
possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS-09) or
equivalent, which includes work assisting in operation of a NRC or Agreement State
licensed facility, preparing radioactive material shipments for recycle or disposal,
following NRC, OSHA and DOT guidelines and/or regulations pertaining to handling,
shipping, and receiving radioactive materials, using radiation measuring instrumentation,
and preparing Performance Work Statements and related documents for contractor
support. Applicants at this level must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate
education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
Applicants that wish to qualify for the GS-12 level or equivalent must meet the
Individual Occupational Requirements below and identify in their resume that they
possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level (GS-11) or
equivalent, which includes assisting in operation of a NRC or Agreement State licensed
facility, preparing radioactive material shipments for recycle or disposal, following NRC,
OSHA and DOT guidelines and/or regulations pertaining to handling, shipping and
receiving radioactive materials, using radiation measuring instrumentation, and preparing
Performance Work Statements and related documents for contractor support, and
developing decontamination procedures for radioactive materials.
This position requires you to be able to lift 45 pounds.
This is a Career Program 12 (CP-12) position.
POC: Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: 410-306-0137
Email: applicanthelp@conus.army.mil
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