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Position Title: Facilities Maintenance Worker
Agency: Bonneville Power Administration
Announcement Number: 24-BPA-J01338-12249085-BL Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, January 1, 2024 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024

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1. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a PROMOTION to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?

Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.

A. Yes

B. No

2. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a REASSIGNMENT, CHANGE-TO-LOWER GRADE, or REPROMOTION and you currently or previously held a position with the same grade/pay band or higher and the same or higher promotion potential on a permanent basis?

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.

A. Yes

B. No

1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.

A. Idaho Falls, ID

B. Kalispell, MT

C. Goshen, OR

D. Keizer, OR

E. Redmond, OR

F. The Dalles, OR

G. Umatilla, OR

H. East Wenatchee, WA

I. Kent, WA

J. Longview, WA

K. Olympia, WA

L. Pasco, WA

M. Snohomish, WA

N. Spokane, WA

2. Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister).

1. Choose one answer that best describes your qualification for this position.

A. I currently hold this position and I am applying for a reassignment or change in duty station.

B. I have previously held this position.

C. I hold a current rating and ranking dated after.

D. I need to be rated and ranked.

INSTRUCTIONS: If you are applying for a promotion or change in craft, you must provide a response to all of the following questions. If you fail to answer any questions, your application will be incomplete and you will not be eligible for consideration. Your self-ratings on the multiple choice answers will be validated against your resume and information provided in the narrative responses. If we are unable to find the information in your resume or narrative response, your score may be lowered. To ensure you receive credit for your self-rating, within your resume or narrative response you must:
* Provide complete examples as requested,
* Indicate the depth of individual involvement, level of responsibility, complexity of the task, and degree of difficulty, and
* Detail events as they occurred.

If you are applying for a lateral reassignment or change in duty station, select the response "N/A - Lateral Move" for each multiple choice question and enter N/A in each narrative textbox.

2. Experience and skill to successfully perform a Facilities Maintenance Worker, BB-4749-00, is the ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision to perform inspects, maintains, and makes minor repairs to buildings and grounds, performs maintenance of grounds, including roads, walks, and parking areas, and repairs, installs and adjusts various types of fencing, including painting, floor maintenance, plumbing repairs, and modifications, greasing and lubricating freight elevators, hoists, and bridge cranes, maintaining and repairing of alarm systems and roofing systems, and remodeling of existing facilities. Select the one statement that best describes your level of experience. Experience reflected in this self-rating must be supported in your resume. Failure to meet this element results in an ineligible rating.(SCREEN-OUT)

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

3. Do you possess a current valid U.S. motor vehicle operator's license from your state of residence?

A. Yes

B. No

4. Repairs concrete surfaces by patching, dry-packing, curing, and finishing as required for acceptable appearances.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

5. Provide two (2) examples of your experience performing the above or other similar task associated with facilities maintenance trade.

6. Maintains and replaces windows and doors, including adjusting hinges, locking mechanisms, and lubricating doors and hardware for optimal and efficient operation.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

7. Provide two (2) examples of your depth of knowledge and the actual performance of the above or similar task in the trade.

8. Inspect parts such as door hardware, doors, and windows to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

9. Describe two (2) examples of repair/maintenance work or inspection that you have performed and include measuring devices you have used.

10. Inspect and performs minor maintenance and repairs (non-electrical in nature) of oil containment systems (OCS), security gates, automatic door mechanisms, etc., by checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalog, as necessary.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

11. Describe two (2) examples of your ability to use any instruction, procedure, manual, etc., in performing the above or similar task.

12. Perform maintenance of fuel dispensing facilities, including adjustment to, testing, and the changing of hoses and filters using tools and equipment used commonly to job functions.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

13. List a minimum of five (5) power tools that you have used and described how you used each item to perform the above tasks or other construction, maintenance, or repair work you have completed.

14. Order materials (e.g., lumber, wire rope, concrete, roofing materials, etc.) and parts from catalogs or suppliers to install, replace parts, or reinforcing structural weaknesses or remodeling projects.

A. I know little or nothing about this.

B. I have had study or training in this.

C. I have used my knowledge or ability, but I have been closely supervised.

D. I have used my knowledge or ability on my own, under normal supervision.

E. I am consulted by other journeypersons in difficult situations, or I am called on to do unusually difficult jobs.

F. N/A - Lateral Move

15. Provide two (2) instances you determined materials for a project and how you used these items for construction, maintenance, or repair work.

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