Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

Plan, design, lay out and fabricate signs for interior and exterior applications on surfaces such as metal, canvas, paper, plastic walls, and glass. Prepare, layout and paint crosswalks, no parking zones, parking areas and directional arrows, using rollers, brushes, and/or spray applicators. Maintain various signs post-wide which includes installation and removal, straightening, securing, and painting signposts. Operate automotive equipment up to 1 ton to transport supplies and equipment to on-post work sites.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position has a requirement to lift up to 60 lbs. in the regular performance of duties.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment physical examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a Sign Painter (Motor Vehicle Operator) without more than normal supervision. I can apply a variety of graphic arts techniques, including freehand and mechanical lettering to produce signs, posters and displays; embellish signs, displays or doors with insignia, drawings, fancy script, shading, and pin stripes; apply pressure or heat sensitive reflective sheeting for reflective signs; follow work orders; blend and mix various pigments, primers and thinners to produce the colors desired. I can construct wooden frames and fabricate signs and mounting supports using carpentry tools such as a saw, drill press, planner, and router. I work under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Physical Effort: Engages in extensive standing, walking, kneeling and bending. Lifts and carries heavy items weighing up to 60 pounds such as pipe signposts, Sakrete, metal sheeting and large signs. Working Conditions: Works in a shop with adequate lighting and ventilation. There is exposure to harmful fumes from chemicals in paint, danger of injury from traffic when painting traffic signs, and the possibility of falls from ladders when painting signs on buildings or painting installed signs. Driving is done in all types of traffic situations and weather; there is the possibility of serious accidents and cuts, bruises, and broken bones while driving or when loading and unloading vehicles. Is exposed to a variety of weather conditions, dust and dirt while performing outside duties.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address FS-W6CCAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT JACKSON DO NOT MAIL Fort Jackson, SC 29207 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk