PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN (TITLE 32)

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement. This is an Excepted Service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter at 1-800-864-6264 prior to applying for this position. Selected candidate will be required to be in a compatible military assignment prior to effective date of placement. Selected candidate must be AFSC qualified within 12 months from date of appointment. Maximum Military Grade: MSgt (E-7) Enlisted – AFSC 4E0X1 Supervisor must verify that selected individual occupies a compatible military position. Title 32 National Guard employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (grade inversion). GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess a validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade; and experiences gained through military technical training schools for AFSC 4E0X1, Public Health. GS-08 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess 24 months of specialized experience that demonstrates your ability to perform public health program work and managing public health activities which includes detecting, identifying and evaluating potential health hazards; achieve and maintain Force Health Protection through planning, evaluating, and management principles related to epidemiological, operational, and occupational and public health programs such as Community Health Management programs and Force Health Management programs. The specialized experience must also indicate your ability to work Community Health Management programs that encompasses communicable disease control and prevention, food safety and defense, medical entomology, facility sanitation, and public health contingency response, and Force Health Management programs that encompasses medical deployment clearance processing, Preventive Health Assessment (PHA) and Individual Medical Readiness in Aeromedical Services Information Management Systems (ASIMS), and administrative oversight of occupational health examinations (including performing audiograms); skill in executing Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Air Force Occupational Safety and Health (AFOSH) principles, methods, and guidelines to evaluate the presence of reproductive and fetal risk factors; and skill in conducting Bioenvironmental Engineering (BEE) Industrial Hygiene Surveys.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for GS-0640-08 PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNICIAN (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1723000 and is part of the MO 131st Bomb Wing. APPOINTMENT FACTORS: This is a Permanent Excepted Service position. This is a bargaining position.