Summary
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: The Motor Vehicle Operator (Gardener) Leader is located with the Directorate of Public Works at Fort Riley, KS.
Duties
- Instruct other workers immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the group being led.
- Check work in progress and when finished to ensure it is in compliance with procedures, methods and deadlines.
- Perform gardening and grounds maintenance tasks relating to the care, maintenance, protection and preservation of grounds, plants, shrubs, and grassed areas.
- Perform tree surgery work, trimming, tree removal, planting and transplanting damage repair, and treating diseased and decaying trees.
- Operate different type of tractors and their attachments.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires a valid state driver’s license.
- This position requires a valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
- This position requires a pre-employment physical.
- This is a drug testing position.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
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.
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 this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Motor Vehicle Operator (Gardener) Leader ~ without more than normal supervision. The ability to perform common motor vehicle operating tasks such as operating a 20-ton dump truck and a 10,500 pound GVW bucket truck. Properly load and unload vehicles to achieve load balance and protect cargo. Perform gardening procedures to include trimming, planting, transplanting, pruning, and fertilizing. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
Physical Effort: Work requires frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, climbing and stretching to reach tree limbs. Moderate physical effort is required in operating, turning, backing, and controlling the 20-tondump truck. Light physical effort is required in operating and controlling the 10,500 lb. GVW bucket truck. Also, light physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning or moving hands, arms, feet and legs to operate hand and foot controls of equipment with attachments. May also be required to lift and handle items weighing 50-100 pounds, such as bags of fertilizer and seed. Will be requiredto hand shovel snow and ice.
Working Conditions: Work is usually performed outside. Incumbent is exposed to various weather conditions, sun, wind,showers, sudden storms, ice, snow, wet and slippery sidewalks and road and parking areas.Incumbent is subject to the possibility of serious injury from power equipment such as mowers,chain saws, and falls from trees. Subject to contact with dirt, dust, mud, and water. Incumbentdrives in all types of traffic and weather and is exposed to the possibility of serious accidents.Safety shoes, glasses, helmet, belts, ropes, ear muffs, and ear plugs are issued or available.Incumbent is responsible for the proper handling of specific hazardous wastes generated by theunit, activity or facility; operation of a hazardous waste generation point, and assisting inemergency action involving hazardous waste. Assigned work may include: collecting, storing,moving, labeling (including dating), segregating, preparing turn-in documents on, and maintainingrecords on hazardous wastes. Incumbent will successfully complete an initial program of classroomor on-the-job training covering hazardous waste management as well as annual renewal training.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Benefits
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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.
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. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.
Required Documents
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:
- Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
- Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
- 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 qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
- For additional information 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.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/23/2024 to receive consideration
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12539246).
- Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
- It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
- Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
Next steps
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 (as applicable) for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
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