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Duties

Plan and construct complex wooden boxes, crates, skids, and bracing structures with non-standard features (e.g., exteriors of irregular shape or unusual size and weight, support and custom cut and built bracing). Develop, improvise, and modify complex and critical construction plans, patterns, jigs, and sequences to incorporate several irregular shapes and non-standard features into the same end product. Plan and select proper material, tools, and equipment for a variety of packing projects. Make technical judgments, decisions, and sequences of jobs to be accomplished from beginning to the end of the product. Operates material handling equipment to move palletized goods or individual items to designated areas. MHE includes forklifts with lifting capacity up to 80,000 pounds, container handlers, front end loader, primary movers, and semi-tractor/trailer. Constructs wooden parts, dunnage, or sections used to secure or encase items in containers or hold boxes in place, e.g., gates, bins, bracing, dividers. Cuts and assembles wood framing, installs shock mounts, and cradles or cushions fragile items such as electronic assemblies, radar housings, gyroscopes, etc.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Non-Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.
• Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid state driver’s license/certification to operate government vehicles.
• Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Material Handling Equipment (MHE) license.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Wood Worker, your qualifications must include: Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and that you have the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition. 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.

Contacts

• Address DLA Distribution Tobyhanna 11 HAP ARNOLD BLVD BLDG 1-B Tobyhanna, PA 18466 US
• Name: Michele Hippensteel
• Phone: 717-770-3153
• Email: [email protected]