- Position Title
- Motor Vehicle Operator
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CAZP-12736972-25-JT Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, May 19, 2025 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
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.
2.
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 questions based on your ability to perform the duties of the 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.
1.
(Screen-Out) From the descriptions listed below, select the ONE response that best describes your highest level of experience and/or training related to the position of Motor Vehicle Operator and your ability to do the work of a Motor Vehicle Operator under normal supervision. This is described providing non-emergent and safe transportation for veterans, caregivers, attendants and/or cargo related to Veteran's medical appointments. Coordinating trips to facilitate patient transportation requests and determine pick-up/drop-off times and locations. In addition, you must have a valid state Class B CDL with passenger endorsements and your background must demonstrate experience and the ability to operate appropriate vehicles to include passenger and wheelchair vans, cargo vans, buses, and trucks and possess an acceptable safety record.
Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your CDL status.
2.
*-2(Screen-Out) This position requires a current, valid State Class B CDL with passenger endorsement. For the following question, choose either yes or no. Please provide a copy of your CDL license with your application package. Do you possess a current valid State Class B CDL with passenger endorsements?
For each task in the following groups choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Operates passenger bus with a minimum capacity of 16 passengers, equipped with air brakes and hydraulic lifts used to load wheelchair passengers; sedans, mini-vans, 12 passenger vans equipped with wheelchair lifts, patient litters, portable cots, and O-2; 8, 5, and 4 passenger medical transport vans equipped with portable cots and O-2 under 26,000 pounds GVWR in support of patient, staff, and material transport to various medical facilities and outside state organizations.
4.
Vehicles are operated on specific trip assignments or regularly established schedules over freeways, state and county roads and rural roads with blind curves and intersections, in all kinds of weather and at times when road conditions are considered hazardous.
5.
Operates two dump trucks, one under 26,000 pounds and one over 26,000 pounds (can operate vehicle up to 32,000 pounds). Utilizes hand tools (rakes, shovels, etc.), power tools (lawn mowers, chain saws, etc.) and self-propelled equipment (sod cutter, various sized mowers up to the 4 ton, 80 hp Toro 5900/10, and various sized tractors with assorted attachments and various snow removal equipment up to 32,000 pounds GVWR) while maintaining the Medical Center turf, flower/shrub beds, trees and roads.
6.
Picks up and delivers specimens (patient body fluids and tissue samples), patient records, X-Rays, CT scans, and MRI's between Tomah VA, Madison VA, and Tomah Memorial, Sparta, and La Crosse hospitals. At times will be required to deliver Cadavers to various morgues for autopsies.
7.
Performs administrative duties associated with various trips taken to ensure proper data collection. Prepares and prioritizes trip requests in accordance with established policy and procedures and adjusts the dispatch log to reflect changes as necessary. Must have the ability to operate modern mobile devices and equipment and utilize the proper hand free devices IAW State and Federal driving regulations.
8.
Position requires moderate physical effort in the frequent handling of objects weighing up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds), and the occasional handling of heavier objects while loading cargo, with the assistance of other workers or weight handling equipment. Greater physical effort is needed to maneuver the longer and heavier vehicles, especially when backing these vehicles. Patient transport vehicle drivers may be required to assist patients into and out of the vehicle, which involves physical exertion and frequent stooping and bending.
9.
Operate grounds maintenance equipment using walk behind equipment which may be pushed or powered by a small gas or electric motor. Operates tractors, with pulled, rear-mounted or belly mounted equipment such as drags, sprayers, aerator, edger's, spreaders, mowers, etc. Will operate bobcat loader and dump trucks with front mounted equipment such as snowplows, snow blowers, augers, etc., to accomplish duties such as general lawn maintenance, rough grading, raking and snow removal.
10.
Manual labor is required for snow removal, working with de-icing compounds, shrubbery, pruning, and trimming, weeding and removing trees, shrubs, etc., as directed in the performance of the general duties. Must also pick up trash from various outdoor containers and general turf areas for disposal. The incumbent will follow established safety procedures when using and motorized equipment, chain saws, tractors, mowers and other vehicular equipment for the safeguard of self, patients, and employees. All of the equipment the incumbent is required to have working knowledge and ability to operate equipment that may have controls, switches, levers, power take-off shafts, etc., which if not operated correctly could become a safety hazard.
11.
Performs operator maintenance on all vehicles and ground maintenance equipment; checking fluid levels, wiper blades, lights, cleans and services motorized equipment such as oiling, greasing, changing filters, belts and changing/sharpening blades for cutters and mowers. Ensures fluids from equipment are disposed of in accordance with established policies.
RESUME REMINDER - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:
Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
Month and 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.