Occupational Safety and Health

Avraham Zwanziger

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Work Goals

I am a young professional Industrial Hygienist who is currently working for the Corp of Engineers in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am looking for the opportunity to learn more about the field of Industrial Hygiene from more experienced Industrial Hygienist especially in the evaluation of facilities and in regard to areas of professional judgment.

Education

Certificate Program

Oakton Community College, Skokie, Il

Masters Pubic Health in Industrial Hygiene

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Il

2016

2014-2018

GPA 3.85

Bachelors of Art in Biology and History

Yeshiva University, New York, NY

GPA 3.25

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2001-2005

Career History & Accomplishments

Industrial Hygienist (Intern)- United States Army Corp of Engineers 2018-Present

Work as the Industrial Hygienist for the United States Army in the State of New Mexico. Take care of more than

2000 workers in regard to long term health exposure risks and build the Industrial Hygiene Program in the district.

Accomplishments:

1.Basic Characterization

Complete baseline characterization of Corp based facilities in the New Mexico.

2.Noise Sampling

Provide noise sampling for work places run by the Corp in New Mexico. Write and provide reports about

noise exposure in workplaces in area.

3.Ventilation Survey

Provide ventilation sampling in workplaces run by the Corp of Engineers in New Mexico. Provide design and evaluation of current need and standards.

4.Occupational Medicine

Help to determine the manner which workers need to be in a medical surveillance program and help to determine what is the best manner for the Corp.

5.Silica sampling

Help to determine what is the exposures of work force to Silica, based upon the new OSHA standard.

Safety and Health Management- Chicago Transit Authority 2017-2018

Work as part of health and safety office at third largest city in the United States

Accomplishments:

1.Pit Survey

Survey of repair facilities for both rail and bus. The access to get underneath both buses and trains

through access pathways and to determine if they are following the OSHA compliance

2.Standard Operating Procedures for use of Industrial Hygiene Equipment

Short summaries of how to operate and potential troubleshoot issues for common Industrial Hygiene

equipment used by the CTA. This included low flow pumps and calibration, sound level meters, dosimeters

and four gas meters.

3.Silica Planning

As part of the team doing the surveying for Silica standard. Prepared the sampling equipment secondary literature and planning for the sampling that will be done over the summer.

Industrial Hygienist- Environmental Health and Safety office University of Illinois at Chicago 2017-2018

Work as part of the health and safety team dealing with aspects of laboratory safety, food safety and

Work place safety

Accomplishments:

1.Laboratory Assessments

Assessments of safety and health in laboratories at the University of Illinois.

2.Risk Assessment

Work on major project involving hospital safety equipment where the safety equipment is located

And if there are enough for the various hazards involved in the workplace.

3.Assessment of Blood Borne Pathogen training

As part of the exposure control plan the University of Illinois offers training to employees who maybe

exposed to blood borne pathogens at work. An attempt by the major presenter to assess the amount of

material gained through the training.

Industrial Hygienist- United States Navy- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island- Internship 2016-2017

Work as part of industrial hygiene department and do assessment of various worksites

Accomplishments:

1.New workplace assessment

Worked on new worksite and did complete assessment including the worksite sound and noise and

Chemical exposures.

2. Writing up reports;

Writing up various reports under supervision and report on risk and laboratory samples.

3. Use of various Industrial Hygiene Equipment

Use of all current equipment in use by Industrial Hygiene departments in the Navy.

Publications/Presentation

Bacterial Source tracking in Beach Water- University of Illinois June 2017

Survey of work level surfaces in CTA facilities-December 2017

References

On request

Skills

- Industrial Hygiene Sampling;

Sample planning and design and actual sampling.

Noise, Chemical exposure, Ventilation

-Software Analysis tools;

SAS,SPSS, Excel

-Software presentation tools;

Powerpoint, Outlook, Access

-Writing

Thesis and research proposal documents (on request)

Certifications

-Red Cross Emergency responder

-HAZWOPER

-FEMA

IS-00003- Radiological Emergency Management

IS-00005-Introduction to Hazardous Material

IS-0042.B Effective Communication

IS-0235.c Emergency Communication

-Public Health Leadership

-Biological shipping training

- Introduction to Risk Communication

- Introduction to IH 40 hr.

-Action Officer

-Additional Duty Safety

-Ammunition Publication

-Applied Ergonomics

-Basic Math

-Basic Toxicology for OHS Professional

-Civilian foundation

-Commander safety course

-Contracting for the rest of us

-Harvard Business writing

-Introduction to ammunition

-Military Briefing course

-Public affairs for the OSH professional

- Ranger operations professional development

-Risk Management

-Supervisor Safety course

-Explosive Safety familiarization

-Educational fundamentals

-radiation safety

-Research methods and special projects

-Problem Solving

-Psychology of accident prevention

-OSHA 2045-Machinery and Machine Guarding Standards

-System safety and Analysis

-Quantitative Methods

-OSHA 511-Standards for General Industry

-OSHA 7845-Recodkeeping rule

-Blueprint reading and interpretation

-OSHA 510-Standard for General Industry

-Applied Fire/Safety/Protection Analysis

-OSHA 3095-Electrial Standards

-Safety and Health specialist certificate

-Army Industrial Ventilation course

-Army Blueprint reading and Design review Course

- Army Professional Industrial Hygiene Course

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