General Equipment Repairer

Summary

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Duties

• Performs repairs and modifications of miscellaneous DLA owned item equipment that includes industrial machinery.
• Operates a combination of mobile and stationary equipment such as: portable industrial equipment, abrasive blasters machinery, power tools, and utility systems.
• Performs work that requires procedural and knowledge practices in recovering, recycling, and reclaiming of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)and Global Warming Potential (GWP) gases.
• Utilizes wide varieties of test diagnose and measure equipment such as leak detectors, pressure gauges, refrigerant identifier analyzer, and optic-lite cylinder inspection kit.
• Operates forklifts (4-6K pounds), and pallet jacks to transport cylinders, and load heavy items onto equipment for shipping, or to the Ozone Depleting Substances storage facilities.

Qualifications

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 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. The SOE and minimum qualifications for this position is: I perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as extracting refrigerant chemicals from compressed gas cylinders and discarded appliances using refrigerant recovery equipment and uses a drill press, fastener machine, punch press machine, sander, grinder, sheet metal cutting machines, and other tools when installing, modifying and repairing items. 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. Physical Effort: Incumbent frequently handles objects weighing up to 45 pounds and occasionally carries and lifts objects weighing 45 pounds or more over a considerable distance. Incumbent is required to push, pull, reach, walk, stand, crawl, kneel, bend, and climbfor sustained periods of time. Incumbent will encounter lack of movement such as standing in one place, crouching or stooping for extended periods of time. Working Conditions: Incumbent will perform work indoors and outdoors, occasionally under extreme temperatures and weather conditions such as heat, rain, and snow. Incumbent will encounter such hazards, physical hardships and working conditions that constantly exposed to moving objects, elevations, paint fumes and sharp edges with the possibility of cuts, bruises, and burns. Incumbent skin and clothes will encounter grease, dust, soil and dampness frequently in work areas. Incumbent will be required to wear safety personal protective equipment (glasses, safety shoes, gloves, respirators, and other safety equipment as required) to help reduce or eliminate on the job injuries. The incumbent, per EPA regulations (40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F) under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, must have and/or will be required to earn Section 608 Technician Certification, within their first year of employment, in order to maintain, service, repair, or dispose of equipment that could potentially release ozone depleting substances into the atmosphere.

Required documents

To apply for this position you must provide a complete Application Package. Each Application Package MUST include: Your Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documentation should provide the minimum qualifications and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for qualifications and referred for selection consideration, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents.