Occupational Safety Specialist IV:Assists in implementing and monitoring the Department's safety program to reduce or eliminate occupational incidents, injuries, illnesses, deaths and financial losses. Employees at this level establish their own work plans and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are handled at the occurrence and relayed to the supervisor and discussed in advance depending on the nature. Occupational Safety Specialist V:Assists in developing, implementing, and monitoring the Department's safety program to reduce or eliminate occupational incidents, injuries, illnesses, deaths, and financial losses. Employees at this level establish their own work plans and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are handled at the occurrence and relayed to the supervisor and discussed in advance depending on the nature. Essential Duties:Occupational Safety Specialist IV:Advises, coordinates and trains Department personnel in occupational safety and hazardous materials matters; conducts safety needs surveys; reports findings and evaluates follow-up actions, which focuses in field operations.Assists in planning, scheduling and monitoring programs or activities that promote employee safety and incident prevention.Assists in the development and/or review of specifications for the purchase of employee safety and hazardous materials items.Determines and analyzes reported incident frequency rates.Develops policies, procedures, guidelines and rule interpretations to comply with federal, state and local rules and regulations.Identifies injury types, incident causes and inspects work areas/activities to identify hazards; recommends preventive actions and conducts follow-up investigations.Performs industrial hygiene testing of departmental operations to ensure compliance with safety and hazardous materials regulations and to minimize employee health risks/exposures.Prepares safety and hazardous materials information for publication.Represents the Department in a professional manner on occupational safety matters.Prepares and presents information on various programs, projects and activities to executives, departmental staff and/or at professional meetings, seminars, and conferences.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.Occupational Safety Specialist V: All the Above and:May serve as a lead worker and the related tasks. Represents the Department with a high level of professionalism regarding occupational safety matters.Coordinates safety meetings; which usually involves planning topics for discussion, conducting, and coordinating schedules.Analyzes policies and operations, develops strategies to make improvements, and facilitates collaboration among different groups to resolve issues.