You will serve as a Woodworker in the Traffic Section, Material Control Branch, Supply and Information Services Division of NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. The Woodworker constructs shipping containers for numerous items including extremely fragile and often irregular shaped prototype research instruments, hardware, machinery, and hazardous materials.

Duties

You will take necessary measurements and prepare patterns or templates considering such factors as size, shape, weight, fragility, need for shock mounting or special cradles. You will install, fit and secure equipment and construct a full range of standard and nonstandard containers. You will make judgments and decisions within the framework of oral instructions, hand-written sketches and blueprints. You will provide technical advice and assistance and plan and carry out projects from initial layout to completion. You will be responsible for the packaging and certification of hazardous materials for shipment.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current fork-lift license.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You must have the ability to obtain a current commercial driver's license-minimum Class C with hazmat endorsement (CDL) .
• Selectee must attend and graduate from the School of Military Defense Packaging of Hazardous Materials. Recertification is required every two years.
• Selectee must successfully complete training for Wood Packaging Materials (WPM) to promote, implement, monitor, and measure procedures to ensure the elimination of pests using wood as a host. Recertification is required every two years.
• You will be required to lift/carry items up to 50 pounds.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: Ability and experience to do the work of a WG-4604-09 Woodworker without more than normal supervision performing the following duties:1) taking measurements and preparing patterns; 2) making, fitting and installing braces to secure equipment; 3) preparing and constructing containers, bins and gates; 4) fabricating and modifying models made from wood and wood substitutes; 5) cutting, shaping, forming and finishing shipping crates by using precision tools and hand tools; and 6) packaging and certification of hazardous materials for shipment by various modes of transportation. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements

Contacts

• Address NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY 4555 Overlook Avenue SW Washington, DC 20375-5324 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]