Health Technician (Audiology)

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirements for Health Technician (Audiology): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes administering hearing assessments; counseling and educating stakeholders on hearing conservation; and maintaining patient's office files using automated equipment and data bases. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Speech Pathology-Hearing Science. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Utilize audiometer equipment to perform routine diagnostic hearing tests on patients.,Arrange for maintenance of audiometric equipment to make repairs to equipment.,Counsel patients to provide the results of their hearing tests.,Maintain tracking records to process warranty and non-warranty hearing aids for repairs.