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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY SPECIALIST 1 - 06032025-68184
State of Tennessee
Tennessee
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USD 49,000
Full time
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Job summary
The State of Tennessee seeks an Occupational Safety Specialist 1 in Nashville, responsible for safety inspections and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Applicants should possess a bachelor’s degree or an associate’s with relevant experience. This entry-level role involves hands-on inspection and reporting, ideal for those eager to start a career in occupational safety.
Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in safety, industrial engineering, sciences or other related field.
- An associate's degree in safety, industrial engineering, sciences or related field and two or more years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Monitor workplace safety processes and standards.
- Investigate industrial and construction accidents.
- Conduct routine safety inspections.
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Job Information
State of Tennessee Job Information
Opening Date/Time:06/03/2025 12:00AM Central TimeClosing Date/Time06/16/2025 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly):$4,017.00
Salary (Annually):$48,204.00
Job Type:Full-Time
City, State Location:Nashville, TNDepartmentLabor and Workforce Development
LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TENNESSEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY
For More Information, Visit The Link Below
https://www.tn.gov/workforce/careers.html
Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in safety, industrial engineering, sciences or other related field.
OR
An associate's degree in safety, industrial engineering, sciences or other related field and two or more years of experience in occupational safety and health inspection work.
Substitution of Education for Experience: None
Substitution of Experience for Education: None.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license is required for employment
- Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.
Summary: Under immediate supervision, is responsible for professional occupational safety inspection work of routine difficulty, and performs related work as required.
Distinguishing Features: This is the entry level class in the Occ Saf Specialist sub-series. An employee in this class learns to perform routine safety inspections under the guidance of and training by a specialist of higher classification. As knowledge and experience are gained, employees are assigned increasingly responsible inspection assignments. This class differs from the Occ Saf Specialist 2 in that an incumbent of the latter performs at the intermediate level. This class differs from the Occ Saf Specialist 3 in that an incumbent of the latter performs complex technical consultative inspections or complex regulatory inspections.
Responsibilities
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
- Learns how to investigate industrial and construction accidents/fatalities/catastrophes by assisting senior staff.
- Learns how to investigate all relevant workplaces to identify hazards by assisting senior staff.
- Learns how to inspect work activities, equipment, structures, or material to identify hazards and or safety violations.
- Learns how to conduct inspections.
- Learns how to use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards
- Learns how to determine violations or non-violation of standards or hazards by collecting relevant facts from various resources and documentation during the investigation
- Learns how to collect information and analyzes documentation to develop case file.
- Learns how to use various types of measuring equipment in performing inspections.
- Performs physical activities in a variety of environments that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials
- Learns how to use agency specific software.
- Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data, or process information.
- Learns how to handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiate with others.
- Learns how to act as a technical advisor in a full range of public or private sector facilities to aid the employer with compliance issues.
- Communicates with various individuals in writing and verbally
- Maintain equipment used in inspections as directed.
- Learns how to review and research printed and electronic documents to gain knowledge of occupational safety standards.
- Learns how to receive and process pertinent information verbally or electronically such as complaints, referrals, fatalities, requests for consultation, etc.
- Learns how to review the history of the company for past inspection data.
- Learns how to prioritize work to meet deadlines for required reports.
- Requires a valid operator¿s license and reliable vehicle to travel to and from inspections.
- Provides information to supervisors and co-workers by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Reviews standards, directives, interpretations, Field Operations Manual (FOM), Consultation Policies and Procedures Manual (CPPM) as needed to stay current in Occupational Safety and Health trends.
- Attends staff meetings, formal and informal training as required.
- Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.
- Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Performs day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Works with supervisor to set schedule to meet established goals.
- Learns how to market services of the on-site consultation program to employers
Competencies
- Technical Learning
- Functional
- Technical Competency
- Decision Quality
- Problem Solving
- Dealing with Ambiguity
- Time Management
- Organizing
- Informing
- Conflict Management
- Written Communication
- Ethics and Values
- Customer Focus
- Listening
- Self-Development
- Composure
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Basic Mathematics
- Law and Government
- Mechanical
- Building and Construction
- Basic Principals of Engineering and Technology
- Basic Chemistry Knowledge
- Basic Understanding of Diagrams and Blueprints
- Production and Processing
- Basic Knowledge of Physics
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Listening
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
- Learning Strategies
- Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
- Science
- Service Orientation
- Coordination
- Social Perceptiveness
- Systems Analysis
- Operation Monitoring
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Memorization
- Inductive Reasoning
- Selective Attention
- Visualization
- Problem Sensitivity
- Spatial Orientation
- Stamina
- Time Sharing
- Category Flexibility
- Personal Computer
- Telephone
- Fax Machine
- Printer
- Copy Machine
- Motor Vehicles
- Cameras
- Flashlight
- Measuring Devices
- Electrical Testers
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Seniority levelNot Applicable
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionManagement and Manufacturing
- IndustriesGovernment Administration
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