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About the Position:
Fort Drum, the home of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), is located in Northern New York's picturesque North Country, one of the most historically unique and geographically beautiful areas of the United States, offering bountiful outdoor recreational opportunities from hunting and fishing to Winter Sports of all types. Fort Drum is approximately 30 miles from Canada, with the Great Lakes to the West, the Adirondack Mountains to the East and the St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands in between.
Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
09/14/2017 to 09/20/2017
$19.88 - $23.20 per hour
WG 08
2 vacancies in the following location:
Occasional travel - Occasional travel away from duty station 5% overnight for training purposes.
No
Permanent
Full-time - Full Time
No
NEBN172775122004748
479329300
Duties: This position is located in the Directorate of Public Works. You will alter and repair buildings and structures. Plan and complete the work from initial layout to final assembly or installation. Use accepted carpentry trade methods and techniques. Set up and adjust tools to cut special joint grooves and precise shapes and sizes. Interpret and apply building plans, specifications, blueprints, sketches, and building codes. Perform simple plumbing tasks such as replacing broken valves, pipes, etc. Paint interior and exterior of buildings, park equipment, and facilities. Make electrical repairs by removing, replacing, splicing (including waterproof splicing), soldering, and insulating defective wiring, controls, equipment, and fixtures. Drive service pickups trucks and vans with a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds. Transport personnel, materials, and equipment throughout the installation and on public roads. Load/unload vehicles, assuring hauling capacity is not exceeded. Complete trip tickets and preventive maintenance service records. Perform prescribed minor vehicle preventive maintenance.
Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.
This position requires the incumbent to pass a pre-employment physical examination and annually thereafter.
This position requires a valid, State-issued motor vehicle operator's license.
This position requires the incumbent to travel away from the duty station on overnight trips, for training and professional development, 5% of the time.
This position requires the incumbent to work rotating shift work.
This position is an inclement weather essential position and the incumbent is expected to make every attempt to report for duty on time and/or remain on
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Screen-Out-Element: To qualify for this position, your resume must indicate your overall knowledge, skills and ability and/or training to independently perform the duties of the Maintenance Worker (MVO) WG-4749-08 as stated in the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the work of the position without more than normal supervision.
JOB ELEMENTS: In addition to the screen out element, applicants will be rated against the following elements:
1. Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc.
2. Knowledge of Materials
3. Knowledge in Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
4. Ability to Use and Maintain Tools, Equipment, and Measuring Instruments
5. Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (includes blueprint reading)
PHYSICAL EFFORT: Works from ladders, scaffolds, and on platforms in cramped and hard to reach places. Stands, stoops, bends, kneels and climbs, end works in awkward, tiring and uncomfortable positions. Moderate to heavy physical effort is involved, frequently lifting, moving, and carrying items up to 80 pounds while loading and unloading cargo, handling heavy equipment, parts, tools and materials, pushing wheelbarrows and running power mowers. Considerable arm movement in plumbing, carpentry work, etc.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Works inside and outside, exposed to all weather conditions. Exposed to dust, dirt, grease, oils, and noisy conditions. Inside work is usually performed on concrete floors. Area is frequently inadequately heated and cooled. Subject to possible injury from vehicular accidents, loading and unloading cargo, or from hand end power tools used. Subject to strains and injuries from lifting.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
It is the policy of the Government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. Information about an individual's employment experience will be used only to determine the person's qualifications and to assess his or her relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority. See Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) for more information. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstatement, etc). Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Merit Checklist and Proof of Eligibility.
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
Your resume:
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: You MUST submit a copy of your transcript if you want to substitute your education for experience. If you claim qualifications based on education, and do not submit a transcript, your education will not be used in making a qualification determination and you may be found "not qualified." See: Transcripts and Licenses
Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. The “Proof of Eligibility” document describes authorities commonly used in merit promotion recruitment and what document(s) are required to prove you meet the requirements of the authority. You must meet the requirements of at least of the authorities listed in the Who May Apply section above to receive further consideration.
If you are unable to apply online or unable to upload your supporting documents follow the directions located at: Faxing Applications and Documents The Vacancy ID is 2004748. You will need the questionnaire, View Occupational Questionnaire, to complete your faxed application.
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 to receive consideration.
The Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian personnel unit. Your requests for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/479329300. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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