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Minimum Qualification
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For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
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At the WG-8 level, the Maintenance Worker in this position is expected to: independently apply knowledge, skill, and ability in a variety of trades automotive/equipment repair, heavy equipment operation, welding, and vehicle operation to perform repairs, preventive maintenance, use and maintain the tools and equipment of the trades, understand and interpret instructions and specifications of the trades, operate heavy equipment; follow safe work procedures to prevent damage and harm to equipment, property, self, and others; and interact professionally with other people.
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Additional Qualification
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Duties of this position require the employee to obtain and maintain a valid Operator's or State Commercial Drivers License (CDL) to operate various vehicles and equipment.
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Knowledge of the functions and placement of a variety of vehicle parts and components, systems, and accessories, and skill to remove and replace vehicle parts, perform tune-ups, set timing, and clean components.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Maintain vehicles using appropriate methods, materials and tools
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Plan and maintain a regular schedule of preventive maintenance for equipment, vehicles, and boats
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Perform operator maintenance on farm-type equipment, backhoes, and mowers
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Perform tune-ups and periodic maintenance on gasoline and diesel powered automotive/heavy equipment vehicles
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Ability to repair, maintain, and operate a variety of equipment, hand and power tools, and test equipment.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Maintain, troubleshoot, or repair small machines or equipment (for example, portable generators, lawn mowers, gasoline engines)
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Operate farm tractors, backhoes, mowers and other types of equipment to construct and maintain refuge facilities
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Secure and transport heavy equipment and loads on trailers.
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Use a variety of hand and power tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers, shears, rakes, shovels, saws and drills
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Use power tools such as weed eaters, chain saws, pumps, routers and table saws
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Repair, maintain, and operate outboard boats
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Knowledge of the standard methods of combustion, heat transfer principles, fuel and refrigerant characteristics, and refrigeration principles to install, repair, test, and maintain heating, ventilation, refrigeration, and air conditioning units and systems components.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Test heating systems and air conditioning units for proper operation, fluid levels, cycling, and unusual noises
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Troubleshoot and diagnose industrial, utility system, refrigeration, and/or fueling system equipment to determine malfunctions and initiate repair
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Maintain commercial and residential air conditioning units within buildings
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Use equipment to perform basic tests for shorts, continuity, resistance, voltage, opens, insulation breakdowns, grounds, and defective wiring and connections
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Knowledge of natural resource protection sufficient to plan and coordinate work to avoid any adverse impact on habitat or natural resources.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Apply herbicide to treat nuisance species
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Operate equipment and conduct work around sensitive environmental areas
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Ability to participate with wildland fire management including prescribed fires, wildfire response, and preparation
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Work in hot and humid weather, around biting and stinging insects, and other adverse environmental conditions.
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Knowledge of safety rules and regulations and procedures to safeguard tools and equipment.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Follow safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintain and promote a safe and clean work environment
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Use and ensure proper fit of required safety equipment and clothing
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Safely operate a variety of tools, equipment, and vehicles
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Read and interpret safety regulations and codes (e.g., occupational safety and health administration requirements)
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Follow federal and state rules when storing, using, handling, labeling, and disposing of hazardous materials
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Skill in applying shop mathematics and use measuring tools or instruments, and to follow instructions, to use drawings, sketches, schematics, and blueprints, and to determine work procedures and details of work layout.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Interpret and apply building plans, codes, specifications, blueprints, engineering drawings, and work instructions in order to independently perform plumbing, electrical, and carpentry work
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Maintain and repair existing plumbing systems including standard residential and/or commercial plumbing systems and fixtures
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Operate hand and power tools such as handsaws, power planers, plumb bobs, mercury gauges, pipe threaders and cutters, soldering irons, electrical circuit testing equipment, and gas and electrical welders
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Perform minor construction and repair on existing structures involving standard measurements, specifications, instructions, and basic shop mathematics
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Select and use standard carpentry tools such as power saws, hand saws, tapes, squares, hammers, levels, etc
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Knowledge of electrical and mechanical principles, and familiarity with trade practices to disassemble, repair, reassemble, and test electrical equipment and components, and of proper operation of fixtures, wiring, and controls such as light switches, circuit breakers, fuses, relays, and outlets, and to identify various electrical components, types and sizes of wires, connectors, and plugs.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Follow up-to-date and established trade and technical practices, methods and procedures in repairing electrical systems
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Locate broken, worn, damaged, or poorly operating wiring or electrical equipment
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Read and understand wiring diagrams in order to determine the nature of the repair or installation to be made
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Use test equipment such as amp probes, multimeters and voltmeters
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