Automotive Worker

Qualifications (SCREEN OUT) COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: You must possess a valid Class "B" Commercial Pennsylvania driver's license (CDL) with air brake and passenger endorsements. NOTE: (We cannot accept photographs, so please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. You may be required to show your valid driver's license at the time of your interview.) (SCREEN-OUT) ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF AN AUTOMOTIVE WORKER WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION: You must have experience performing the duties of an Automotive Worker without more than normal supervision. Relevant experience includes operating automobiles, buses, trucks, tractors, or other automotive equipment; performing routine vehicle maintenance and inspections; diagnosing mechanical defects in motor vehicles and grounds-maintenance machinery; repairing or replacing defective parts and components; mowing and maintaining lawns with tractors, skid steers, or lawn mowers; and removing snow and applying salt using snow-removal equipment. NOTE: Experience must be documented in your resume to receive full credit. PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Automotive Workers make repairs which often require them to work in tiring, awkward, and uncomfortable positions. They frequently stand for long periods of time, bend, stoop, crawl under vehicles, and make repairs in other tight spaces. They frequently lift, handle, and carry parts and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds. Occasionally, they move moderately heavy items with assistance of mechanical devices, including objects weighing up to or over 50 pounds. Considerable muscular effort is expended in lifting, pulling or pushing heavy components of various mechanical devices worked upon. The work is usually performed inside on concrete surfaces where there is exposure to drafts, noise and fumes from vehicles and equipment. Automotive workers also perform work outside under adverse weather conditions. They are continually exposed to dirt, dust and grease and to the potential for burns, chemical irritations, shocks, bruises, cuts and strains. To reduce danger and irritations from these conditions, they follow the prescribed safety practices and use safety equipment such as safety shoes, safety glasses, respirators, etc. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation, and Repair, etc. Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) Troubleshooting Use of Measuring Instruments Without more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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. ]]>