Overview

The Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP) provides services statewide to prevent and reduce lead poisoning in California workplaces, including tracking blood lead levels in adults; investigating work-related lead poisoning cases; and providing information and technical assistance to employers, workers, physicians, and others.

OLPPP is located in the Occupational Health Branch (OHB) of the California Department of Public Health. OHB is devoted to improving worker health and safety through prevention activities. OHB works to prevent injuries and illnesses on the job before they happen. A multidisciplinary team including physicians, industrial hygienists, epidemiologists, and health communication specialists collaborates to identify and evaluate workplace hazards, track patterns of work-related injury and illness, develop training and informational materials, provide technical assistance to others to prevent work-related injury and illness, work with partners to develop safer ways to work, and recommend protective occupational health standards.

The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year.

New to State candidates will be hired at the minimum salary of the classification or alternate range, as applicable.

*The CDPH is not currently an E-Verify employer.

Under general supervision of the OLPPP Chief, the Research Data Analyst II assists with the maintenance and functioning of the California Occupational Blood Lead Registry, a laboratory-based electronic surveillance system of adult blood lead level (BLL) test results used to describe the distribution and determinants of workplace lead poisoning, direct prevention activities, and identify lead poisoning cases needing follow-up.

Performs daily oversight of the import and processing of electronic laboratory records by OLPPP Registry Staff into a blood lead level database system and conducts intensive and regular data quality control operations to maintain completeness and accuracy.

Minimum Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

RESEARCH DATA ANALYST II
How To Apply

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https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=479429

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