The employee will serve as a Maintenance Mechanic Helper at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, SC., under the direction of the Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor, with second-level leadership provided by the Maintenance Control Manager.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Assist journeymen in the full range of carpentry work involving the maintenance and repair of the facility. Assist with alterations, modifications, and minor construction of structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness, such as framework, staircases, doors and, windows. Installing finished paneling and interior and exterior trim. Operates and uses carpentry tools by setting up, adjusting, and maintaining tools to meet required specifications. Interprets drawings, blueprints, and specifications. Plans and lays out work per drawings, sketches, blueprints, and own knowledge of construction or needed repairs. Selects lumber, materials, and supplies. Replaces electric light bulbs and fluorescent/ incandescent tubes, and exit lights throughout the facility or assigned area. Performs all other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT: The incumbent will often be required to make repairs requiring significant physical effort to lift, pull, and push. Work involves heavy physical exertion, frequent lifting, running power mowers on grades, or moving heavy wheelbarrow loads of cement. They will be subjected to working from ladders, climbing, crawling, bending, standing, crouching, and stooping for extended periods. In addition, incumbents must use, move, and control heavy equipment, carry and set up ladders and scaffolding, and work from ladders and scaffold. Frequently, the incumbent will lift objects weighing over 40 pounds and occasionally, with assistance, lift objects over 50 pounds. WORKING CONDITIONS: The incumbent work is performed inside or outside under various conditions of weather, temperature, and humidity. Incumbents may occasionally be exposed to extreme heat or cold. Sometimes works in noisy, damp, or dirty areas. Frequently works from ladders, stagings, or elevated platforms or in buildings, structures, ships, submarines, or craft undergoing alteration or repair. An employee is subject to possible cuts, abrasions, and burns and may occasionally be exposed to the possibility of bruises or broken bones. An employee must follow occupational and safety procedures to eliminate or minimize these conditions and may be required to wear respiratory devices or protective clothing and equipment which may be restrictive and uncomfortable. 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: Equipment Assembly, Installation, RepairInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)MaterialsUse 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 Columbia VA Health Care System 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]