Job opening: Store Worker
Salary: $19 - 22 per hour
Published at: Oct 10 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Serves as the Store Worker in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is to performs duties such as handling, marking, preparing and maintaining stock levels within their assigned area of responsibility in the Commissary. Employees work within their assigned area within the commissary (Grocery, Produce, Meat, etc.).
Duties
Maintain adequate stock of resale items.
Identify any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise
Receive supplies, equipment, and resale items.
Operate a computer system that calculates and mark prices, and determine weights of merchandise.
Transport items to shelving and display areas.
Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.
Requirements
- Be a U.S. citizen or national. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. If selected, proof of citizenship may be required.
- Meet minimum age requirement. See Additional Information.
- Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
- May be subject to successful verification of identity and employment eligibility through E-Verify. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
- May be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as required. New federal employees will be fingerprinted.
- Be able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility based on the appropriate background investigation.
- May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
- Direct deposit of pay is required.
- Meet the physical requirements identified in the Qualifications section.
Qualifications
You must meet qualifications and requirements by the closing date. Per the OPM Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, how you gained the skill and/or knowledge or the length of time you have spent in this line of work is not as important as what you can do and that you have the required ability or potential to successfully perform the duties of this position. Your resume should show your specific knowledge, skill, and abilities for this position in relation to each of the elements being measured.
Examples of qualifying experience:
Ensure the proper care and handling of resale grocery items.
Locate items for customers.
Rotate stock, stack containers, and participate in inventories.
Operate a computer system to calculate prices and label merchandise.
Arrange stock on shelves and in display areas.
You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Physical requirements: Continuous walking, standing, bending, stooping, stretching, and reaching; Frequently lifts or moves heavy boxes or crates weighing up to 50 pounds or more. You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.
As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate what you can do against what the work requires (job element method). This job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE). The SOE addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and abilities essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirement in the SOE are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration. The job elements for this job are:
Ability to do the Work of the Position Without More than Normal Supervision
Dexterity and Safety
Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order)
Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints)
Knowledge of Materials
Technical Practice
Overtime: Occasional
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-exempt
Bargaining Unit Status: Covered
Obligated Position: No
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: No
Telework eligible: No
Remote work eligible: No
Education
You may not use education to qualify.
Contacts
- Address Defense Commissary Agency East
1300 E Avenue
Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 22380
US
- Name: DeCA East Servicing Team
- Phone: 614-692-7835
- Email: [email protected]
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