- Position Title
- Maintenance Mechanic
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTA-12710494-25-TDM Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, March 18, 2025 to Friday, March 28, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to the following question based on your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your answers are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of your knowledge or skills as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task. Please select only one letter for each item.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you have the ability to perform the duties of a Maintenance Mechanic WG-9, without more than normal supervision? Related experience includes: Possessing and utilizing journeyman level experience and comprehensive knowledge and skill of construction techniques used in commercial and healthcare facilities. Accurately laying out and completing carpentry work. Using portable and fixed equipment used in construction and carpentry trades. Possessing skill in selecting and using building materials. Reading blueprints and technical specifications to complete work assignments. Possessing skill in utilizing various painting and finishing techniques to apply or repair finishes. Selecting and using personal protective equipment, as well as ventilation techniques for limiting exposure to harmful chemicals. Utilizing computer skills to maintain work orders and records. Possessing knowledge of various types of locks including cylindrical, mortise, padlocks, combination, electronic, utilizing skill to install or repair various types of locks. Utilizing hand and power tools in performing carpentry work, light construction, masonry, and painting. Possessing and utilizing knowledge and skill, work methods, sequences, and techniques of cement work. Assembling and setting forms to meet precise specifications in accordance with type and shape of structures and material. Possessing a thorough knowledge of the properties and characteristics of materials to determine proper mixtures and setting time. Utilizing skill in determining when to use reinforcement steel or wire, installing and arranging reinforcement material to obtain maximum strength of material. (This experience must be fully documented in your resume to receive credit.)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Ability to meets the needs of customers while supporting the Medical Center and Service missions while consistently communicating and treating customers (patients, visitors, volunteers, and all Medical Center staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
3.
Ability to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Required
4.
Ability to handle conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately.
5.
Ability to set up and operates a wide variety of wood working machine and tools within the function of assigned projects.
6.
Ability to use wood, metal, and various composite materials when installing or replacing interior partitions, flooring , panels, suspended ceilings, counter tops, moldings, and associated fasteners for project completion.
7.
Knowledge of constructing and repairing a wide variety of structural items such as: building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, interior and exterior trim, and miscellaneous items such as workbenches, countertops, bookcases, equipment cabinets, computer consoles, and items requiring limited- decorative trim and molding.
8.
Ability to assemble items with a variety of joining techniques such as miters, rabbets, dados, biscuit, and mortise and tenon, and use glues and adhesives to secure wood pieces, veneers, and counter tops.
9.
Knowledge of laying common and face brick, firebrick, cinder and cement block, glass block, terra cotta, and various artificial and natural stone in constructing and repairing such items as walls, walks, chimneys, fireplaces, manholes, boilers, and catch basins.
10.
Ability to prepares surfaces by hand and power sanding, sand blasting, wire brushing, filling, shaping, and leveling with metal and synthetic resins to ensure surfaces have a smooth textured appearance.
11.
Knowledge of applying coating materials including paint, varnishes, shellacs, and special painting materials with any of the accepted trade devices including brushes, rollers, rollers with extension handles, airless spray guns including pole guns and graining devices designed to give special effects and to ensure surfaces are fully coated, protected and free from drips and runs.
12.
Ability to performs new plastering on all types of backgrounds such as metal, wood or gypsum lath, wallboard, and masonry surfaces, as well as repairs and patches plaster and stucco surfaces.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
13.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, commit deception, or fraud in this application and its surrounding materials, or any document, or interview associated with the examination process, my eligibilities may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No", or providing no response to this item, will result in my not being considered for this position.