Machinatores Vitae!
Mission of PHS Engineers
PHS engineers play a vital role in the overall PHS mission to protect and advance the health of the nation:
- Provide sound engineering expertise in the support of specific agency objectives
- Use engineering skills to safeguard the public and to research and identify solutions to the many health-related problems that face our nation
- Remain on the cutting edge of engineering disciplines and technology as we face the health and environmental challenges of the future
- Provide assistance directly to the American people in the form of professional consultation and the provision of health-related facilities
Contact Information
This web site is maintain by the Information Sub committee of the Engineers Professional Advisor Committee.
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| Awards
- Evaluate award nominations submitted to the EPAC
- Prepare guide/schedule of annual award nominations
- Draft memoranda recognizing outgoing EPAC Members, EPAC Chairperson, and CPO upon the expiration of appointments
- Develop draft example award write-ups for engineers' supervisors to assist them in submitting award nominations
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Building and Design
- Identify professional and technical problem-solving resources while enhancing the sense of a common purpose among our PHS engineers and architects.
- Conduct studies and represent PHS engineers and architects on related issues and report its findings to the EPAC.
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Career Development
- Position Classification (Billets)
- Promotions
- Performance Evaluation (COERS)
- Pay and Allowances
- Training (Long and Short Term)
- Position Classification
- Performance Evaluation
- Pay and Allowances
- Training (Long and Short Term)
- Mentoring Program
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Mentoring
- Recruitment of mentors and protégés for participation in the program
- Pairing of mentor/protégé teams and assignment of an advisor to the team
- Coordinating evaluations from program participants
- Revision of the program based upon participants’ evaluations
- Updating the Mentoring Program handbook and web site
- Serving as an educational and advisory resource to program participants
- Advising the EPAC on matters related to the Mentoring Program
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| Emergency Preparedness
- Assist and promote the effective use of engineers in response to emergencies affecting public health
- Inform PHS engineers about and assist with emergency response training opportunities and deployment processes
- Coordinate the EPAC representation to the Commissioned Corps Readiness Force
- Promote coordination among related disciplines and Agencies to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to public health emergency response
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Information
- Engineer Database Management
- Engineer Directory
- Engineer Handbook
- Engineer Week Activities
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Recruitment and Retention .
- Assist with COSTEP issues
- Coordinate special pay and incentives
- Career Opportunities Pamphlet update
- Identify Agency recruiting contacts
- Coordinate and advise Agency (or PHS) recruiting contacts on engineer-specific information needed for effective recruitment
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Rules
- EPAC Membership, review of potential EPAC Members and evaluate distribution of EPAC members
- Bylaws, election procedures, and general operations
- · Tri-annual reevaluation of the EPAC Charter
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