Performs various duties to accomplish preventive maintenance, repair, and upkeep of buildings and grounds. Operates heavy and light power equipment. Applications will expire every 90 days. To remain active for consideration, applicants must resubmit their application. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement. Final determination of the duty location will be made at the time of the job offer.

Duties

Performs various duties to accomplish preventive maintenance, repair, and upkeep of building and grounds. Assists with repair to plumbing, drainage systems, roofs, carpentry projects, trail and road repairs, flooring, and other miscellaneous tasks. Prepares surfaces, cleans brushes, and equipment. Mixes and thins paints, applies primer, and finish coats to surfaces. Measures and cuts materials to required lengths and dimensions in order to Install structural and trim items by nailing, bolting, mortising, doweling, and gluing. Uses common measuring instruments (tapes, rules, scales, levels, squares, plumb bobs) to measure boards, bracing pieces, and/or panels for maximum usage and minimal waste. Works from sketches, work orders, basic blueprints, and instructions that include materials and methods to be used. Uses common tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers, and power tools such as portable circular saws, nailing machines, drill presses, and table and radial arm saws. Uses hand and power tools such as jackhammers, chain saws, large power mowers, snow blowers, power tillers, power washers, heavy cleaning tools, axes, picks, tampers, hand trucks, dollies, flatbed trucks, floor and carpet maintenance equipment. Uses primers, preservatives, stains, enamels, epoxy paints, and various other coatings. Uses basic assembly and fastening procedures to measure, cut, nail, staple, band, screw, bolt, and join wood framing boards, panes, sheets, and parts.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
• Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. Applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement. Applicants who do not meet the following screen-out job element will not be evaluated further: Screen-out Job Element: Applicants must show the Ability to do the Work of the Position without more than Normal Supervision. Applicants who doe not meet this screen-out job element will not be evaluated further. In addition to the above requirement, applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below: Knowledge of Equipement Assembly, Installation, Repair, etc. Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artisitc) Use of Measuring Instruments Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprinting reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Materials 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.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]