Sanitarian

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SANITARIAN SERIES:

You must have completed a full 4-year course of study that meets all the requirements for a bachelor's degree, and that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in a science or any combination of sciences directly related to environmental health (such as sanitary science, public health, chemistry, microbiology, or any appropriate agricultural, biological, or physical science).
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Have four years of experience in inspectional, investigational, technical support, or other responsible work that provided a knowledge and a fundamental understanding of, and the ability to use, environmental health principles, methods, and techniques equivalent to that which would have been gained through a 4-year college curriculum.
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Have a combination of education and experience as described above.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To qualify for the grade GS-09, you must have one of the following:

A. Have one year of full-time specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-07 grade level that equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples include experience which demonstrates the basic professional knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, regulations, and techniques used in developing, administering, monitoring, planning and evaluating environmental health services programs; performing routine and conventional environmental health assignments to provide routine environmental health activities to a large number of programs and operations in areas such as food safety, safe drinking water, children's environmental health, vector control, hazardous materials, solid waste, and other environmental health elements.
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B. Have 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree related to environmental health (such as sanitary science, public health, chemistry, microbiology, or any appropriate agricultural, biological, or physical sciences appropriate to the position).
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C. Have a combination of graduate education and specialized experience as described above that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. To calculate, first determine your total number of graduate semester hours beyond one year (i.e., in excess of 18 semester hours), and divide that number by 18. Next, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Then, add your percentage of education and experience. The two percentages must total at least 100% for you to qualify based on your combination of education and experience.

In addition to the basic and minimum qualification requirements, the following registration is determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. You must have registration as a Registered Sanitarian (RS) or Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) from a nationally recognized credentialing body such as the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). A copy of registration must be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not meet a selective factor are ineligible for further consideration.