The Laundry Machine Operator is charged with the overall operation and daily start up activities of the Textile Care Processing Facility (TCPF) which includes, but is not limited to, having in depth knowledge and care of all laundry washroom equipment, chemicals and procedures.

Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include:

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Strength and stamina for doing heavy physical task for long periods, e.g., pulling wet laundry form washer, pushing heavy carts, and lifting bundles weighing up to 11 to 23 kilograms (25 to 50-pounds). Moving heavy bags of soiled and clean linen overhead. Intermittent bending and twisting while lifting items out of buckets. Pushing linen into washers and dryers from buckets or sling bags. Stand and walks continuously on concrete floor. Also, bending, stooping, and climbing under equipment for cleaning, inspections and clearing stuck commodity. Laundries are very noisy and usually hot and humid. Constantly exposed to the possibility of bruises from moving carts or falls on wet floors in the washing area. A typical hospital laundry setting in summer is high humidity, heat, odors, and congestion and infection possibilities. In the winter incumbent could be exposed to cold temperatures while unloading trucks. 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 (other than blueprint reading)Operation of Equipment/MachineryWork Practices 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 VA Portland Health Care System 3710 Southwest US Veterans Hospital Road Portland, OR 97239 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]