Environmental Health & Safety Specialist/Technologist
UCI Series Concepts -- UCI SIZE-NEUTRAL SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDELINES

Class Specifications - E.20

Principal EH&S Specialist (MSP 0725) SIZE-NEUTRAL
EH&S Specialist III (7132) SIZE-NEUTRAL
EH&S Specialist III Supervisor (7136) SIZE-NEUTRAL
EH&S Specialist II (7135) SIZE-NEUTRAL
EH&S Specialist II Supervisor (7137) SIZE-NEUTRAL
EH&S Specialist I (7133) SIZE-NEUTRAL
Asst EH&S Technologist (7134) SIZE-NEUTRAL

September, 1976 -- SIZE-NEUTRAL MARCH 1995

SERIES CONCEPT

Environmental Health and Safety Technologists perform professional duties in
the fields of industrial hygiene, safety engineering, environmental sanitation,
fire protection engineering and/or radiological health; and perform other
related duties as required in the implementation and direction of a campus
environmental health and safety program.

Incumbents typically evaluate health and safety hazards in existing facilities
and proposed building programs; determine the applicability of various
governmental codes and regulations to the construction, operation and
maintenance of existing or proposed facilities; review program planning guides
for new construction and construction and repair requisitions and advise campus
and contract architects and engineers as to methods and designs for controlling
health and safety hazards and means for complying with governmental codes and
regulations; carry out and/or supervise industrial hygiene, environmental
sanitation, radiological health, safety engineering and/or fire prevention
engineering programs to reduce health and safety hazards; participate in in-
service training and instructional programs related to environmental health and
safety for academic, staff and/or student personnel; develop and maintain
liaison with departmental, campus and systemwide environmental health and safety
committees and maintain external relationships, as necessary, with governmental
regulatory agencies.

The following examples are illustrative and do not preclude allocation to the
series of positions requiring equivalent professional knowledge and skill in
allocated areas.

Industrial Hygiene
Duties in this field include responsibility for developing and/or carrying out
programs which deal with control of exposures to non-ionizing radiation, noise
and chemicals; with pesticide surveillance, ventilation, hearing conservation,
lighting and heat stress evaluation.

Environmental Sanitation
Duties in this field include responsibility for developing and/or carrying out
preventive programs which deal with biological hazard control, laboratory animal
care and control, pest control, food sanitation, water protection surveillance
of sewage and solid waste disposal, communicable disease prevention, swimming
pool safety and sanitation, housing sanitation and epidemiologic investigations.

Radiological Health
Duties in this field include responsibility for developing and/or carrying out
programs for the control; and safe use of ionizing radiation and to assure
compliance with state and federal regulations. Programs may include monitoring
of radiation usage, bioassay and dosimetry, radioactive materials use
authorization, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive material accountability,
radiation safety training, control of the safe use of x-ray producing equipment
and design of shielding and hazard control facilities.

Safety Engineering
Duties in this field include responsibility for developing and/or carrying out
programs which deal with the investigation and prevention of accidents; risk
management and loss control; vision conservation; diving safety; vehicular
safety; emergency preparedness; identification, analysis and correction of
safety hazards and/or safety code deficiencies; design of hazard control
measures, such as machine guards; and use of personal protective equipment.

Fire Prevention Engineering
Duties in this field include responsibility for developing and/or carrying out
programs which deal with design, construction and maintenance of structures in
conformity with relevant bodes and standards for fire prevention and life safety;
fixed and portable emergency fire suppression equipment; evacuation of occupants
from structures; design, installation, testing and maintenance of fire alarm
systems and prevention of fire loss.

The series is broadly defined to include, but not necessarily limited to, the
five specialty fields of industrial hygiene, safety engineering, environmental
sanitation, fire protection engineering and radiological health.  Incumbents
are usually assigned professional duties emphasizing one or more of these
specialty fields.  In addition, they may be assigned managerial/supervisory
responsibilities.

 

CLASS CONCEPTS

Principal Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
Under general direction, incumbents assist a campus or systemwide administrator
in planning, organizing and/or overseeing the work of professional environmental
health and safety staff; represent, as assigned, the officer to whom they are
responsible at meetings and conferences involving campus, systemwide, local
government, state and federal levels of authority in matters related to campus
environmental health and safety; and carry major responsibility for campus or
systemwide environmental health and safety programs, as a principal assistant
to the campus or systemwide administrator.

EH&S Specialist III
Under direction, incumbents are assigned responsibility for performing the most
complex professional duties of a campus environmental health and safety program
as indicated in the Series Concept and may supervise the activities of other
professional and technical environmental health and safety staff. Incumbents at
this level are expected to exercise professional judgment and to operate
independently in carrying out a major functional or organizational phase of the
campus environmental health and safety program.

EH&S Specialist III Supervisor
Performs range of duties outlined in the Class Concepts for EH&S Specialist III
and, in addition, meets the HEERA requirements for designation as a supervisory
employee.
 
EH&S Specialist II
Performs range of duties outlined in the Class Concepts for EH&S Specialist II
and, in addition, meets the HEERA requirements for designation as a supervisory
employee.

EH&S Specialist I
Under general supervision, incumbents are assigned responsibility for performing
the majority of professional duties of a campus environmental health and safety
program as indicated in the Series Concept. This is the operational level at
which incumbents are expected to operate independently in developing specific
procedures for carrying out assignments.

Assistant Environmental Health and Safety Technologist
Under supervision incumbents perform entry level professional duties of a
campus environmental health and safety program. Assignments at this level are
typically less complex in nature than the duties assigned to the Associate
level, with work subject to review by higher level environmental health and
safety professional staff.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Principal Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering or Public
Health field and six years of professional experience in a comprehensive
environmental health and safety program, including at least two years of
supervisory and program development experience; or an equivalent
combination of education and experience; and knowledges and abilities
essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the
position.

EH&S Specialist III
A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering or Public
Health field and four years of professional experience in a comprehensive
environmental health and safety program; or an equivalent combination of
education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to the
successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

EH&S Specialist II
A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering or Public
Health field and three years of professional experience in a comprehensive
environmental health and safety program; or an equivalent combination of
education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to the
successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

EH&S Specialist I
A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering or Public
Health field and two years of professional experience in a comprehensive
environmental health and safety program; or an equivalent combination of
education and experience; and knowledges and abilities essential to the
successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.

Assistant Environmental Health and Safety Technologist
A Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific or engineering or Public
Health field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and
knowledges and abilities essential to the successful performance of the
duties assigned to the position.

Note:  A Master's degree in an appropriate field of environmental health and
safety may be substituted for one year of the required experience.