PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN

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.

In order to qualify for a GS-09 position you must have one year of specialized experience which includes: performing technical laboratory support duties requiring the application of physical, chemical, or analytical principles; maintaining scientific materials used for physical and chemical testing and assisting with maintaining equipment used for scientific storage or environmental control.

OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a degree, such as astronomy, physics, geophysics, chemistry, hydrology, health physics, engineering, electronics, geology, oceanography, and metallurgy. or completion of all requirements for an LL.B or J.D. degree from an accredited college or university (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) 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) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 9. Add the two percentages.to be used to qualify for this position

Support laboratory testing workflows by applying advanced physical, chemical, and analyticalprinciples to plan and carry out conventional laboratory projects.,Review requests for chemicals, reagents, media, and analytical consumables to ensure they meet laboratory method specifications and scientific requirements.,Oversee laboratory workflow andsample processing metrics to ensure prepared and verified materials are available to support timely analytical operations.,Receive, inspect, and verify laboratory reagents, media, scientific solutions, and testing materials using advanced chemical principles and quality control techniques.,Provides technical assistance and training to laboratory personnel and Supply Coordinators on scientific material handling, placement, labeling, and storage based on established and advanced laboratory principles.