As a Laboratory Worker your responsibility is to support the testing activities in the area of glassware and of professional and technical personnel throughout the laboratory of the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL).

Duties

The duties may include, but are not limited to: Daily unpack, wash and dry new non-disposable and disposable glassware, plasticware, instruments, utensils, etc. Make scheduled rounds with hand operated carts to pick-up decontaminated non-disposable and disposable items from individual laboratory autoclaves and other designated locations. Disassemble, clean and reassemble various instruments and equipment (automatic pipetting syringes, bleeding flasks, blender blade assemblies, filtering flasks, etc.) Daily receive and fill various types of requests by specialized computer system for processed glassware, plasticware, instruments, and utensils of various sizes, shapes, and types. Daily operates applicable work area equipment (glassware washers and dryers, autoclaves, dry heat sterilizers, pipette pluggers, heated soak tubs, pumps, etc.) Monitors operational level of clean glassware and other work area supplies. Performs quality assurance tests and record-keeping including daily, quarterly and annual calibration checks on critical equipment. Complies with instructions, policies, and procedures related to safety precautions in the work area.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/
• All USDA employees are required to be enrolled in Continuous Vetting, which authorizes government agencies to receive notifications of criminal activity on individuals who hold low risk, public trust, or national security positions.
• Laboratory workers frequently lift and carry objects weighing from 10 to 30 pounds and push and pull carts requiring similar effort; they occasionally handle moderately heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• The work requires continuous walking, standing, or sitting and considerable arm and hand movements to operate equipment and do preparation work.
• Work includes a possibility of scalds, burns, disagreeable odors, hazard of infection and frequent fluctuation in temperature due to steam and heat.
• Work may require use of protective gear such as laboratory coats, safety aprons, different types of gloves, safety glasses, and goggles.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Your answers to the vacancy specific questions must be supported by the work experience in your resume. For example, if you respond in the affirmative when questioned whether you have experience using and disposing of disinfectants and/or other hazardous chemicals according to established procedures and applicable regulation, your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title alone. 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 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 position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA APHIS MRPBS 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401 US
• Name: MRP Human Resources
• Phone: 612-336-3227
• Email: [email protected]