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Agency Safety & Health Rep 2

Grade 20

New York State has approximately 17 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in various agencies statewide. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Agency Safety & Health Rep 1

    Grade 14

  2. Agency Safety & Health Rep 2

    Grade 20

  3. Agency Safety & Health Dir 1

    Grade 23

  4. Agency Safety & Health Dir 2

    Grade 62

Summary of Job Description

As an Agency Safety and Health Representative 2, you would work under the general direction of the Agency Safety and Health Director 1. You would establish, organize, coordinate, conduct, and review a comprehensive health, safety, and accident prevention program. You would make extensive field visits and on-site inspections, develop and administer a safety education and training program, investigate accidents, participate in meetings and discussions with all levels of management, and administer and ensure compliance with applicable safety and health standards. You would provide direct supervision to Agency Safety and Health Representative 1 staff.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this title. There are two examinations held for this title. Please note that some employees of New York State may qualify for both.

For qualified employees of New York State on or before the date of the examination, you must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Transportation and have had
three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Agency Safety and Health Representative 1.

For all other qualified individuals, on or before the date of examination, candidates must have:

Either 1.    seven years of experience in the field of occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety and prevention,* or building design relating to fire codes;

Or 2.    30 semester college credits in occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety and prevention, or building design relating to fire codes AND six years of experience as described above. You must include with your application a list of qualifying courses, showing the names of each course, number of credits, the date(s) of course completion and the college or university where the education was received;

Or 3.    a bachelor's or higher degree in industrial safety, industrial hygiene, or occupational safety and health AND three years of the experience described above.

*Experience limited to firefighting (paid or volunteer) is NOT qualifying.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-622 38-298

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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