Job opening: Maintenance Worker Leader (Trails)
Salary: $34 - 39 per hour
Published at: Oct 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in Kalaupapa National Historical Park in the Facility Management Division.
This is a Career/Career-Conditional Full-Time appointment. Subject to Non-Pay.
This position is concurrently open to all U.S. citizens and under Announcement #PW-1547-KALA-25-12568571-DE
Duties
The duty station for the park is in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. Kalaupapa National Historical Park (NHP) was established in 1980 and is located midway along the north coast of the island of Molokai in the State of Hawaii. The park is situated entirely within Kalawao County, an isolated peninsula which is governed by the Director of the State Department of Health. The County includes the historic Hansen's disease settlements of Kalawao and Kalaupapa. The park was established to commemorate and preserve the story of those afflicted with this dreaded disease and their forced exile from family and friends. For more information, please visit the park's Facebook page.
The National Park Service is committed to protecting the privacy and lifestyle of the remaining Hansen's disease patient population, including traditional rules and customs. Due to long-standing Settlement rules with few exceptions, spouses and family members of employees are not permitted to live on the peninsula unless they work in Kalaupapa. Children under 16 are not allowed to visit the peninsula by State statute. Therefore, park housing, if available, would be available for the incumbent but not for their family or spouse. Because our main objective is to protect their privacy and way of life and provide for a well-maintained community, the rules and regulations at Kalaupapa are very restrictive.
Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.
This is a career-seasonal position and subject to release and recall procedures. A permanent career-seasonal position includes all the benefits of permanent employment but does not provide employment on a full year-round basis. As such, selectee will be in a non-pay/non-duty status for at least 2 weeks in September per year based on project requirements or weather conditions. The typical season for Kalaupapa National Historical Park is Beginning of October to Middle of September but can be variable during these months due to project requirements or weather conditions.
Major Duties: This position supports a senior supervisor with the prioritization and scheduling of trail work, including the various stages of seasonal trail projects. The incumbent is responsible for creating and submitting comprehensive and timely reports on the work completed and milestones achieved, as well as tracking the maintenance and progress of projects. As a field role, the incumbent will carry out carpentry tasks in accordance with Kalaupapa's Cultural Landscape Report and Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties using a variety of trade practices such as shaping, notching, and coping with primarily heavy logs and rough-sawn lumber to construct and upkeep trail structures, in addition to performing primarily dry-stone masonry, hazard tree removal, and general trail maintenance duties.
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Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:
Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
Ability to Lead or Supervise (SCREEN OUT)
Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installation Repair, etc.
Technical Practices (theoretical precise, artistic)
Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes blueprints reading)
Knowledge of materials
Use of measuring instruments
If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
Volunteer Experience: 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
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Leader (WL) positions.
Contacts
- Address Kalaupapa National Historical Park
PO Box 2222
Kalaupapa, HI 94742
US
- Name: Sarah Peterson
- Phone: 000-000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
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