Employee will be assigned to Engineering Service, Mason Shop, VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, performing work involved in several of the masonry trades.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Maintains, repairs, alters, and constructs exterior and interior surfaces and structures built of a variety of brick, block, and stone. Plans and lays out work, selecting the proper tools, and determines materials to be used. Lays common and face brick, firebrick, cinder and cement block, glass block, terra cotta, and various artificial and natural stone in constructing, and repairing, walls, walks, manholes, boilers, and catch basins. Constructs window sills, lintels, and arches capable of supporting walls above the openings. Cuts, shapes, and finishes stone. Installs new plaster on areas where no plaster previously existed and repairs or patches existing plaster. Places screeds, floats, steel trowels or finishes concrete with an abrasive stone, etc. for such areas as sidewalks, concrete floors, walls of structures, steps, etc. Installs new floor and wall tile in existing buildings and repairs or replaces damaged tile. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Compressed - within a 2 week period, works 9 hours per day Monday thru Friday 7:00am - 4:30pm, with one 8 hour day and one day off (to be determined by the supervisor) to add up to 80 hours per pay period. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: The employee is frequently required to perform heavy lifting up to 90 pounds in carrying bricks, block, stone, mortar, cement, and sand. The employee is required to continually stand while working and must frequently climb ladders and scaffolds. The employee is exposed to a variety of weather conditions while outdoors. The employee is subject to danger of falling when working from ladders and scaffolds. There is exposure to dust and dirt while mixing mortar and while handling various masonry materials. 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: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)MaterialsMeasurement and LayoutTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Canandaigua VA Medical Center 400 Fort Hill Ave Canandaigua, NY 14424 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]