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Position Title
Pipefitter
Agency
Veterans Health Administration
Announcement Number
CBTF-12716805-25-CS Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 to Wednesday, April 9, 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.
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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.
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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.
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information (age, date of birth, marital status, protected health information, religious affiliation, social security number, etc.) on your resume or cover letter. We will not access web pages or encrypted, and digitally signed documents linked on your resume or cover letter to determine your qualifications.
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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). (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. For the Pipefitter, WG-4204-10, can you do the work of the position without more than normal supervision? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
2. Enters and tracks budget expenditures. (limit characters)
3. Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operation of various piping systems and equipment. (limit characters)
4. Provides management assistance on the operations of assigned programs and the interrelationships of such programs. (limit characters)
5. Performs various analytical studies, such as space management, travel administration, overtime usage trends, leave usage, etc., with limited review by a higher level or more experienced employee. (limit characters)
6. Installs, modifies, and repairs systems setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper pitch and elevation (limit characters)
7. Repair systems on dietetic, kitchen and canteen equipment and repair and install equipment for laboratory, dental, research, medical media, and similar services. (limit characters)
8. Determines and installs such things as risers, flexible branches, expansion joints, pumps, gauges, and pressure regulators (limit characters)
9. Plans and completes the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment. (limit characters)
10. Interpret and work from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, pitch, elevation, pressure reduction, expansion, and operations of various piping systems and equipment. (limit characters)
11. Installation, modification and repairs to new and existing utility, supply, and drainage systems. (limit characters)
12. Troubleshoot steam heating and plumbing equipment such as steam traps, steam water stills, condensate pumps, various steam and plumbing equipment, fire sprinkler systems (sprinkler heads, pumps, control valves and associated piping), medical gas systems (oxygen, vacuum, nitrous oxide, and medical air), boiler and supply lines, air systems, radiant panel systems, and waste systems. (limit characters)
13. Maintenance and repair of thermostats, heating elements, traps and associated valves and piping. (limit characters)
14. Performs maintenance on gas lines, airlines, piped oxygen, and all appurtenances connected to system. (limit characters)
15. Installs, troubleshoots and makes repairs, modifies, and relocates equipment to include but not limited to, commercial dishwashers, disposals, steam kettles, water fountains etc. (limit characters)
16. Joining, sealing, and testing systems and equipment for proper pressures, leak-free joints, and operation. (limit characters)
17. Installs, modifies, and repairs new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment such as steam heating, steam generation, and hydraulic systems, flash and expansion tanks,
condensate, vacuum, and circulating pumps, coils, traps, pressure control valves and radiators.
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18. Cuts route openings, installs pipe hangers, supports and pipe covering. (limit characters)
19. Plans and lays out assembly of pipe sections and systems including related equipment, fixtures and devices for new installation, alteration and repairs from shop drawing, sketches and building plans. (limit characters)
20. Perform safety and preventive maintenance inspections of systems and equipment. (limit characters)
21. Interprets guidelines, compiles and consolidates information, and prepares reports for assigned programs. (limit characters)
22. Perform installations, repairs, and maintenance to plumbing systems such as sinks, faucets, shower fixtures, diverters, hot water heaters, mixing valves, pressure reducing valves, backflow preventers, drinking fountains, showers, bathtubs, urinals, etc. (limit characters)
23. Install, modify, and repairing new and existing high-pressure piping systems and equipment. (limit characters)
24. Perform welding and soldering on various types of piping. (limit characters)