Employee will serve as a Welder assigned to the Pipefitting and Machine Shop located at the Veterans Healthcare System in Palo Alto, CA.

Duties

Duties will include, but may not be limited to the following: Uses a wide variety of methods and trade practices to perform the more difficult welding tasks for installing, rebuilding, overhauling, modifying, repairing and maintaining high pressure piping systems such as steam heating, steam generating, flash and expansion type tanks, condensate, vacuum and circulating pumps, radiators and convectors. Installs, maintains, modifies and repairs waters, gas, and sewer pipelines and systems, and equipment and accessories (e.g., flexible joints, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, pressure control valves/devices). Reads and interprets blueprints, drawings and sketches, to route, layout and complete the installation of plumbing fixtures, dietetic equipment and medical equipment, and manufacturer's literature and written or verbal instructions. Performs works on electrical and mechanical equipment and systems, on very complex heating and ventilation systems, and large-complex air supply and exhaust systems, duct systems, hydraulic, pneumatic and thermal components of building service equipment. Uses many specialized tools such as welding equipment, soldering tools, drills, lathes, sheet metal brakes and shears, gear and wheel pullers, lathes, jigs, power punches, nibblers, precision tools, and measure instruments and gauges; and uses related trade practices (i.e., brazing, brazing-welding, soldering). Performs other duties as necessary. WORK SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Work requires good coordination and physical condition. Required to make installations and repairs from ladders, scaffolding, platforms and from other hard to reach places. Required to walk, stand, step, bend, kneel, climb, crawl and work in uncomfortable positions for up to two hours, and to pull, push, reach over the shoulder and lift heavy supplies and/or equipment weighing up to 100 pounds with assistance. Performs work inside and outside in areas of medium to excessive heat, cold, humidity, dampness or chilling areas that have intermittent noise, dust, fumes, grease, dirt, oil, with exposure to electrical wires and energy. May be subjected to areas that are slippery, uneven surfaces, in equipment rooms, tunnels, crawl spaces, penthouses, overhead catwalks, scaffolding and/or in tight areas such as manholes and electrical (equipment) closets. Some work is around equipment and machinery with moving parts and there are other hazards such as exposure to steam and hot water lines, pumps and other equipment and exposure to biological contaminations, ultra-violet radiation, 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: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)Measuring InstrumentsMetalsTechnical 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 Palo Alto VA Medical Center 3801 Miranda Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]