FUL Maintenance Worker

Summary

The Fish and Wildlife Service is dedicated to conserving protecting and enhancing fish wildlife and their habitats so future generations can continue to enjoy them.

This position supports that mission by carrying out a wide range of intermediate-level construction rehabilitation and maintenance activities essential to the care and operation of Service lands and facilities.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following:

• Use trade skills to troubleshoot and make repairs to refuge buildings and facilities.
• Use carpentry power and hand tools such as hammers hand and power saws drills planes routers sanders and nail guns using safety rules/regulations/procedures.
• Apply shop mathematics use measuring tools or instruments follow oral and written instructions use drawings sketches schematics blueprints etc. to determine work procedures and details of work layout.
• Lay out the installation modification or repair of systems for example: wiring systems in buildings power and control circuits and distribution panels.
• Safely operate heavy equipment within accepted parameters (e.g. narrow quarters such as close to buildings drop-offs or other obstructions and challenging field conditions such as marshy unsteady or steep surfaces).
• Operate a tractor with attachments such as mowers cutter bars augers plows harrows sprayers discs front-end scoops and backhoes.
• Clean replace or make minor adjustment to such parts as fuel electrical brakes steering regulators water/fuel pumps carburetors cooling systems or attachments to vehicles or heavy equipment.
• Operate and maintain heavy motorized equipment (e.g. front-end loader forklift dump truck farm agricultural tractor and implements rubber tired backhoe/ loader skid steer excavator bulldozer road grader) and other pieces of equipment as needed for project activities.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service.
• Direct Deposit participation required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more visit may be required to work other than normal duty hours which may include evenings weekends and holidays.
• Obtain a Pesticide License.
• Must have and maintain a valid drivers license throughout employment.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Drivers License (CDL) within six months of employment.
• Government quarters may be available.
• Pre-employment and random alcohol and drug testing are required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive test is received.
• A physical examination will be required or a statement regarding physical ability will need to be completed. You must maintain physical fitness standards throughout employment.
• You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You are required to complete training obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
• You must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

*Additional Requirements located under qualifications*

Qualifications

Requirements Continued...
As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a one year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest meet the organization goals and mission of the agency and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the determining if your employment advances the public interest the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies in writing that the individuals employment should continue and that their appointment should be the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period such appointments are completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:

SCREEN OUT:
I have experience that demonstrates the ability of performing duties as a working member of the group. I am able to perform the most difficult and complex Maintenance Worker WGtasks to include:

• Implementing instructions from supervisor and working independent of others.
• Provides status of in-process work assignments and informs supervisor on needs required to complete work and meet deadlines.
• Answers workers questions and obtained needed information.
• Cares for common power and hand tools as well as work with the materials associated with the trades (electrical plumbing carpentry painting); Utilizes knowledge and skills in several trades and crafts(electrical plumbing carpentry painting).
• Works from sketches work orders basic blueprints and instructions which are complete in terms of type of job required and materials and methods to be used.
• Operates trucks equipped with snow plows and spreader boxers including the ability to install and remove independently.
• Operates multi-lever controlled equipment such as front-end loaders skid steers and excavators to manipulate and load materials.
• Operates 1 and 2 Ton Trucks & Dump Trucks equipped with and without trailered loads.

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient you will receive no further preparing your application describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

Volunteer Experience: 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.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.

Additional information

This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: 50 miles . You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed lease/rental agreement utility bill insurance policy etc.). See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence.

This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies.

A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent temporary or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring from another component bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive. Physical Demands: The employee frequently is required to perform heavy lifting and exerts considerable physical effort while using hand and power tools. Work requires extensive leg arm and hand movement standing stooping walking bending climbing and kneeling and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The employee frequently lifts carries and sets up parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted and over 50 pounds with assistance. The employee uses jacks pulleys dollies or other lifting and carrying devices. Work may be from ladders scaffolding platforms or high places and in hard-to-reach places. Frequent arm and leg movements are required to operate controls make repairs and build items

Working Conditions: Work is accomplished both in an office setting (5%) and outdoors (95%). Works outside in all kinds of weather and frequently exposed to running water fumes dust grease dirt and moving parts of equipment and machinery. Work performed outside is in a variety of settings where steep terrain extremely uneven rocky and slippery footing is normal. Temperature extremes are common. Work is regularly exposed to the possibility of cuts scrapes and bruises falls falling material or injury from equipment associated with power equipment or hazardous materials. Work demands conformance to safety requirements including the use of a variety of personal protective equipment such as: protective clothing hardhats hearing protection safety glasses goggles gloves steel toe heavy leather boots respirator and other personal protective items. Serious injury may result from getting caught in operating equipment or from collisions with automobiles when operating on or near public roads. Work is generally done on stable flat terrain and construction sites but may be also done on rolling hills minor slopes grades rocky or soft ground or forests.

All Department of Interior (DOI) employees their spouses and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim permit lease small tract entry or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

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