Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-690: Industrial Hygiene Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-126), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with
the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
- Degree: industrial hygiene; or 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
- Combination of education and experience--at least 12 semester hours of course work in
chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours as specified in A
above, plus appropriate experience or additional 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.
Qualifying experience may have been obtained in
field, laboratory, engineering, or other environment if the work provided a means of obtaining 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.
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