Associate Industrial Hygienist
The Associate Industrial Hygienist (AIH) under general direction of the Environmental Program Manager I, and with guidance from the Senior Industrial Hygienist, performs a variety of monitoring and inspection activities for the purpose of identifying worker health & safety exposures related to pesticide use. The AIH also works with the Human Resources Branch (HRB) to provide advice and expertise on workplace hazards related to departmental employee workplace hazards. Conducts and participates in comprehensive occupational safety and health worksite audits and site visits to verify occupational safety and ensure industry standards are maintained. Reviews and provides guidance on hazard appraisal and recognition plans using the safety analysis technique of anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control. Provides initial interpretations of regulations as they relate to public and occupational safety and health issues and advises management on the impact to the department. Interprets and applies pertinent sections of the State's safety orders, health and safety code and labor code.
Minimum Qualifications
Either I
Experience: One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Assistant Industrial Hygienist.
Or II
Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible professional or technical experience in identifying, evaluating, and controlling health hazards in work places, and developing, evaluating, and implementing occupational health standards. This experience shall include at least two years in a position comparable in level, responsibility, and duties to that of an Assistant Industrial Hygienist in the California state service. (A Master's Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, or a closely related curriculum may be substituted for one year of the required general experience.) and
Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with major work in industrial hygiene, environmental health, engineering, chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, public health, or in a field directly related to occupational health and safety. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.) A Master's Degree in Industrial Hygiene or Occupational Health, acquired in a two-year master's degree program including planned work experiences, may be substituted for the two years of required general experience.