Laborer

• Perform routine maintenance duties, including painting, cleaning, debris removal, and minor repairs to facilities and grounds
• Use common hand tools and simple power equipment to perform general laboring and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain park and recreational areas by mowing grass, trimming vegetation, pulling weeds, raking leaves, and removing litter.
• Loads, unloads, moves, and arranges materials, supplies, furniture, and equipment using hand trucks or wheelbarrows
• Perform custodial duties, including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and cleaning restrooms, buildings, and public-use areas.
• Assist higher-graded maintenance personnel with routine repairs and maintenance of park facilities, equipment, and recreational structures.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Must abide by safety rules and wear protective equipment/gear.
• This position may require you to work in inclement weather.
• Requirement to lift up to 40 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.

Qualifications

Who May Apply:
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a Laborer WG-3502-2 without more than normal supervision. Qualified applicants must show in their resume the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do the work of a Laborer , WG-3502-2, to include tasks such as: washing vehicles, utilizing simple hand tools, and/or mowing grass using a power or riding mower. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

To meet the basic eligibility, you must receive at least two points on the screen-out element indicated above and must have an average of two points on all the job elements listed below. Your application will be further evaluated to determine if you meet the best qualified cut-off for referral to the selecting official.

In addition to the screen-out element, you will be evaluated on the following Job elements on the basis of your level of competency through your resume and responses to the on-line assessment questionnaire.

JOB ELEMENTS: The skills, knowledge, abilities, and personal characteristics listed below are important to succeed in the job:



PHYSICAL EFFORT: Moderate effort is involved in occasionally lifting and carrying heavy objects (weighing about 50 pounds); frequently lifting and carrying moderately heavy objects (about 40 pounds); frequently moving or pushing trash receptacles, picnic tables, lawn mowers, etc.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is usually performed outdoors with frequent exposure to long periods of hot sun. Subject to cuts, bruises, fumes, burns, etc., in performing maintenance and to more serious injuries when working on rip rap and dam slopes.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position.

Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.

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.

1. Your resume:

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume.

2. Other supporting documents:

• Cover Letter, optional
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable.

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.

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