STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ENGINEER I
Class Code: 5171-23
Date Established: 07-01-50
Occupational Code: 7-5-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To assess health and safety concerns,
provide technical assistance, and to prepare related reports.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Investigates working
conditions and reports of accidents to identify potential health hazards or
substandard conditions.
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Inspects general
occupational settings for the purpose of determining compliance with state and
federal requirements.
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Develops, recommends,
and implements safety programs to prevent or correct unsafe environmental
conditions.
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Compiles, assembles,
maintains, monitors, and interprets safety and health data using charts,
tables, records, and files.
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Prepares reports and
lectures on subjects related to the prevention and control of occupational
hazards and unsafe working conditions.
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Conducts air and
noise sampling surveys for state agencies and home owners to evaluate public
health problems.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats
and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the
use of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term program
policies or procedures. Errors at
this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading recommendations
causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of disagreeable
elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity for completing
work assignments. This level
includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning
policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available
criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in chemical, civil, environmental, or
mechanical engineering or in industrial hygiene, biology, chemistry, medical
technology, or environmental health.
Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for
one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years' experience as an
Industrial Hygienist or in inspecting facilities to determine compliance with
federal and state health safety standards.
License/Certification: New Hampshire driver's license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Industrial Hygiene Engineer I applicants must successfully
participate in a structured interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills
and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this
class specification. The
structured interview is developed and administered, according to Division of
Personnel guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in which the
vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of health
engineering including industrial operating methods, procedures and
practices. Thorough knowledge of
established health standards and of New Hampshire and federal regulations
governing industrial health.
Thorough knowledge of the technical methods of industrial health
analysis and of the devices and procedures which minimize working hazards. Considerable knowledge of chemistry,
physics and principles of ventilation as applied to industrial health. Ability to supervise and coordinate
investigations involving the application of professional theory and the
interpretation of industrial health laws, regulations and requirements. Ability to organize and coordinate
investigations. Ability to
recognize unsafe health and environmental working conditions and to develop
measures to correct problems.
Ability to prepare industrial hygiene engineering reports and to prepare
papers and lectures on the promotion of better industrial health practices.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
representatives of industries, equipment manufacturers, other agencies and
associates. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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