Summary
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This is a Direct Hiring Authority Notice open to the Public using the Department of Defense Defense Industrial Base (DIB) DHA.
Duties
- Work involves crating and packing a wide variety of small and unusually light, medium and heavy items in custom and standard cardboard cartons and boxes.
- Makes storage bins, gates and dividers from wood substitutes such as plywood and veneers.
- Responsible for the packaging and certification of hazardous materials for shipment by various modes of transportation.
- Constructs containers which involve complex construction problems and bracing requirements for large and unbalanced equipment, sensitive electronic equipment, delicate instruments, and heavy items such as industrial equipment.
- Assignments involve nuclear special purpose components that impose specialized requirements and involve complexity, intricacy, and precision.
- Must attend and graduate from the Preparation of Hazardous Material for Transportation Course.
- This position requires that the incumbent hold a security clearance of CONFIDENTIAL.
- Applicant must have the ability to obtain and maintain a government issued material handling equipment (MHE) operator’s license.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Tour of Duty: MON-FRI, 0630-1500
- Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Confidential Access
- Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
- Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
- Pre-Employment Physical: Required
- You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.
- Applicant must have the ability to obtain and maintain a government issued material handling equipment (MHE) operator’s license.
Qualifications
Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition. The SOE and minimum qualifications for this position is:
- Ability to do the work of a Woodworker without more than normal supervision (SOE): I perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as plan, construct, and repair standardized shipping and storage containers; measure, develop and lay out changes to existing container plans; make standard joints and grooves; determine materials and methods required for standard container construction; determine wood and wood composite material strengths and nail holding and splitting tendencies; follow work orders, item specifications, illustrations, and blueprints.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Physical Effort:
Wood workers at all levels use power and manual tools and devices that typically involve continuous physical effort and e1'.'iended periods of standing, bending, and stooping while building or repairing containers and material shipping devices.
They lift and .carry items weighing up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds) unassisted and frequently lift and move heavier items with the assistance of other workers or with lifting devices such as floor hoists or cranes.
The incumbent fully meets these requirements as there is a requirement to work while standing or bending and for lifting or carrying up to 45 pounds.
Working Conditions:
Most work is performed indoors but occasionally work is performed outdoors under all types of weather conditions.
Incumbent is exposed to noise from hammering, power saws, pneumatic nailers and planers.
Also, there is potential for minor cuts, splinters, bruises, foot injury caused by falling objects, fumes and burns caused by preservation materials.
Exposed to possible serious injury when working with power saws.
The incumbent may be assigned to work areas where certain potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present.
These agents may include, but not limited to: fumes, dust, noise, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, chemicals, etc.
To ensure employee safety and health, the shipyard maintains personal protection programs consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
These programs may include engineering controls, training, work procedures, use of personal protective equipment and medical surveillance programs.
As part of the surveillance programs, the incumbent may be required to take a medical examination to assess his/her qualification for duty involving work within these agents.
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.
Direct Hire Evaluation: Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy will be filled through a Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evaluate your application for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualification requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualifications and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection consideration. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.
Required Documents
To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include:
- Your Resume listing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for the qualifications and referred for selection consideration if eligible. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure that your resume does not contain any specialized characters, fonts, typefaces or formatting (e.g. tables, macros, etc.). It is also recommended that you convert/save your resume as a PDF prior to attaching to your application.
- Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
How to Apply
This job will close when the agency has received 100 applications, which may be sooner than the closing date.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date to receive consideration.
- To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account.
- You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
- You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
- To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12467603.
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive a notification of receipt. Your application package will be reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualifications requirements, and you will receive a notification. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documentation you submitted to support your responses. Applicants that are found qualified may be referred to the hiring official for consideration, and you will receive a notification of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI). Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notification updates.
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