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Arthur Gauani

Dover,De

Summary

Provides administrative oversight of the Transportation Security Agency Occupational Health and Safety Program, with multiple, varying and complex assignments. Serves as the primary point of contact (POC) to Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS) Medical Programs Section (MPS) and local Occupational Safety and Health(OSH) professionals, TSA managers, and employees as a headquarters representative about the TSA Inspection and Abatement Program to ensure accuracy of inspection documentation, findings, standards, corrective actions, and abatement strategy plans entered into the Safety Information System (SIS).

Manages multiple varying and complex assignments, with minimal to rare supervision, performing a combination of routine, multiple, and varying Office of Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE)related assignments in coordination with the Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal In Charge (ASAC) of MPS such as managing safety and health inquiries from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) organizations, scheduling and conducting LE/FAMS headquarters and off-site facility safety inspections, processing ergonomic assessment requests from LE/FAMS headquarters operations, and revising OSH procedural guidance to support existing and emerging LE/FAMS programs.

Directly impacts the objectives of major subdivisions by analyzing available data to create presentations for agency supervisors and administrators to support quality assurance and promote performance improvement plans to improve employee health and safety.


Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in support of OSH related contracts and/or Interagency agreements (IAA).

Provide leadership with oversight and evaluation of activities, training, and operational planning of unit safety program to ensure safe operations for military and civilian personnel and multi-million dollar mission critical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and aircraft

Review contracts and technical data to ensure occupational and explosive safety specification requirements
are
addressed and met by contractor

Establishes and maintains network and communication with contractor’s, functional managers, ie production personnel, engineering, and quality assurance personnel

Develops, plans, and implements an effective risk management program to ensure all risks and threats to a successful outcome or delivery of contract parameters are addressed and mitigated in stakeholders best interests

Input safety data inspections and mishaps into multi-service data base

Investigate, classify, and document facility and program risk assessment codes.

Apply established safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and legislative guidance in relation to military ground safety program, mishap investigations, analysis, and inspections

Communicate verbally, written, and visually safety techniques, principles, instructions, and regulations in response to leadership and stakeholder inquiries

Develop and implement training techniques and plans to present formal training and instruction to both safety staff and work center personnel

Review engineering plans, specifications, and blue prints to proficiently identify hazardous conditions in planned facilities

Plan, organize, develop, and review work assignments of all safety staff and work centers to ensure suspense of all deadlines

Provide guidance to both safety staff and work center employee in reference to OSHA 1910, 1926, 1960,National Fire Protection Codes, ANSI, National Electric Code, Life Safety Code, and DOD Traffic Safety Instructions

Provide safety guidance for proper hazardous material usage, storage, and disposal
Occupational

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Occupational Safety and Health Specialist

Transportation Security Administration, TSA
03.2022 - Current
  • Provides administrative oversight of the TSA/LE/FAMS Occupational Health and Safety Program, with multiple, varying and complex assignments. Serves as the primary point of contact (POC) to Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS) Medical Programs Section (MPS) and local Occupational Safety and Health(OSH) professionals, LE/FAMS managers, and employees as a headquarters representative about the LE/FAMS Inspection and Abatement Program to ensure accuracy of inspection documentation, findings, standards, corrective actions, and abatement strategy plans entered into the Safety Information System (SIS).

Manages multiple varying and complex assignments, with minimal to rare supervision, performing a combination of routine, multiple, and varying Office of Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment (OSHE)related assignments in coordination with the Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal In Charge (ASAC) of MPS such as managing safety and health inquiries from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) organizations, scheduling and conducting LE/FAMS headquarters and off-site facility safety inspections, processing ergonomic assessment requests from LE/FAMS headquarters operations, and revising OSH procedural guidance to support existing and emerging LE/FAMS programs.

  • Directly impacts the objectives of major subdivisions by analyzing available data to create presentations for agency supervisors and administrators to support quality assurance and promote performance improvement plans to improve employee health and safety.
  • Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in support of OSH related contracts and/or Interagency agreements (IAA).

Occupational Safety Specialist

Department of Air Force
04.2021 - 03.2022
  • Provide leadership with oversight and evaluation of activities, training, and operational planning of unit safety program to ensure safe operations for military and civilian personnel and multi-million dollar mission critical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and aircraft
  • Review contracts and technical data to ensure occupational and explosive safety specification requirements are
  • addressed and met by contractor
  • Establishes and maintains network and communication with contractor’s, functional managers, ie production personnel, engineering, and quality assurance personnel
  • Develops, plans, and implements an effective risk management program to ensure all risks and threats to asuccessful outcome or delivery of contract parameters are addressed and mitigated in stakeholders bestinterests
  • Input safety data inspections and mishaps into multi-service data base
  • Investigate, classify, and document facility and program RAC’s
  • Apply established safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and legislative guidance in relation to military ground safety program, mishap investigations, analysis, and inspections
  • Communicate verbally, written, and visually safety techniques, principles, instructions, and regulations in response to leadership and stakeholder inquiries
  • Develop and implement training techniques and plans to present formal training and instruction to both safety staff and work center personnel
  • Review engineering plans, specifications, and blue prints to proficiently identify hazardous conditions inplanned facilities
  • Plan, organize, develop, and review work assignments of all safety staff and work centers to ensure suspense of all deadlines
  • Provide guidance to both safety staff and work center employee in reference to OSHA 1910, 1926, 1960,National Fire Protection Codes, ANSI, National Electric Code, Life Safety Code, and DOD Traffic Safety Instructions
  • Provide safety guidance for proper hazardous material usage, storage, and disposal

Occupational and Weapons Safety Manager

New Jersey Air National Guard
10.2017 - 04.2022
  • Conducts oversight for 1325 employees and 50 Federal facilities
  • Provide leadership in oversight and evaluation of activities, training, and operational planning of unit safety program to ensure safe operations for more than 1.3k personnel and multi-million dollar mission critical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and aircraft
  • Review contracts and technical data to ensure occupational and explosive safety specification requirements are addressed and met by contractor
  • Establishes and maintains network and communication with contractor’s, functional managers, ie production personnel, engineering, and quality assurance personnel
  • Develops, plans, and implements an effective risk management program to ensure all risks and threats to a successful outcome or delivery of contract parameters are addressed and mitigated in stakeholders best interests
  • Perform risk assessments and analysis, based on customer, stakeholder, supplier and government data matrices
  • Verify understanding exists for acceptance of purchase, performance, shipments, and quality control of contracted services and products for aviation, occupational, and explosive safety disciplines
  • Inspect and ensure quality assurance of all new governmentally purchased products, assets, and services
  • Orally communicate to stakeholders, contractors, and management status of contracts, services, and end product
  • Provide oversight for 43 work centers performing mission critical ground, flight, and weapons safety operations Independently perform 39 annual work center program and facility inspections, reviewing workplace safety program, hazardous chemical programs, risk mitigation, explosives and munitions programs, and mishap prevention policies and procedures within an industrial environment
  • Has overall responsibility as the Occupational & Weapons Safety Manager for a fully developed safety program and advise managerial, executive personnel on a course of action that will achieve mission goals with a minimum risk of injury to personnel and Federal government property
  • Assess the effectiveness of specific programs, projects, and functions that involve the review and development of occupational and explosive safety policies, criteria, and guidelines
  • Review governmental bids, contracts, and programs for all safety practices and criteria in excess of $10 millionquarterly. Review contracts for placement of explosive hazardous divisions 1.1 through 1.6
  • Plan, direct, coordinate, and evaluate activities necessary to the overall management of a diverse safety program affecting a complex multi-mission Federal installation and tenant organizations
  • Provide invaluable safety guidance to managerial staff, stakeholders, and work center members in implementing compliance with OSHA, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, and DOD policies and guidelines
  • Develop and provide technical safety training and instruction to supervisors, employees, and unit safety representatives on a wide range of work operations, risk assessment/mitigation, transportation, handling, proper storage of hazardous materials, and evacuation procedures
  • Comprehensive knowledge and utilization of safety laws, regulations, policies, standards, procedures, methodsand techniques applicable to a broad range of safety and occupational health matters
  • Design and deliver 30 safety education classes, safety briefings, meetings, and risk analysis seminars for more than 1.3k personnel
  • Provide technical guidance and risk mitigation solutions to contractors, services, other agencies, and field level activities on safety and environmental matters, and industrial operations daily workflow
  • Maintain an effective safety program through training and goals to have a 50% reduction of the mishap rate and property loss/damage
  • Point of contact for all employee compensation of work related health and safety issues and concerns facility manager addressing and enforcing all safety related programs in regards to Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, National Fire Protection Act, National Electric Code, and American National Standards
  • Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates activities of an Air Force Installation activities necessary for the overall management/supervision of a diverse and complex weapons/explosive safety program
  • Prepares, revises, and annually reviews supplemental instructions, manuals, and specialized local instruction

Senior Probation and Parole Officer

State of Delaware
02.1992 - 10.2017
  • Provide supervision of criminal offenders released from incarceration or sentenced to non-custodial community supervision.
  • Analyze data, the drafting of reports, recommendations and presentation of official reports to the Delaware courts regarding criminal offender compliance with community supervision and court sentencing orders.
  • Develop criminal offender plans to ensure successful transition into society and compliance with community supervision.
  • Enforce court orders through the performance of personal and property searches of criminal offenders and seize evidence through proper regulations and procedures.
  • Perform routine drug testing of criminal offenders in accordance with all departmental, state, and federal policies, laws, and statutes.
  • Ensure the safety of the public through the monitoring and supervision of criminal offenders.
  • Manage case processing and technical data entry to ensure consistency and compliance with policies and protect confidentiality.
  • Provide expert management and oversight to subordinate personnel of policies, training, and procedures through interaction verbally and in writing received several Departmental Commendations for the apprehension of high-risk criminal offenders, fugitives, and collaboration during special operations

Education

Master of Science - Human Resource Management And Public Admin

Wilmington University
Wilmington, DE
06.1996

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Wilmington University
Wilmington, DE
05.1995

Associate of Arts - Occupational Health And Safety

Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL
10.2009

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
05.1993

Skills

  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
  • Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
  • Certification Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
  • Certification Occupational Safety Manager Certification
  • Weapons Safety Manager Certification
  • Conflict resolution
  • Project management
  • Effective leader
  • Consistently meet goals Industrial Hygiene
  • Exceptional interpersonal communication
  • Efficient multi-tasker Customer service-oriented Staff training/development Human resources management Public Safety
  • Deadline-oriented
  • Forklift Operator and Instructor Certification
  • Train the Trainer
  • Certification Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Electrical Safe Work Practices and NFPA 70E
  • OSHA Principles of Ergonomics
  • OSHA Construction Safety Course
  • OSHA General Industry Safety Course
  • Maryland Occupation and Health Construction Site Safety -
  • Fall Protection USAF

Accomplishments

Safety Manager for 2009 Armed Forces Inaugural Committe

  • Applied safety procedures and policies as outlined in Department of Defense directives and policies.

Timeline

Occupational Safety and Health Specialist

Transportation Security Administration, TSA
03.2022 - Current

Occupational Safety Specialist

Department of Air Force
04.2021 - 03.2022

Occupational and Weapons Safety Manager

New Jersey Air National Guard
10.2017 - 04.2022

Senior Probation and Parole Officer

State of Delaware
02.1992 - 10.2017

Master of Science - Human Resource Management And Public Admin

Wilmington University

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Wilmington University

Associate of Arts - Occupational Health And Safety

Community College of The Air Force

Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice

Wilmington University
Arthur Gauani