Summary
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Operate electric, gasoline, or diesel powered fork lifts to load/unload explosives and inert material into/out of railcars, trucks, and loading docks.
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Duties
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- Receive, stow, issue, and re-warehouse all types of ammunition (live and inert) and ammunition components.
- Perform visual inspection of materiel handled, reporting any damage, incorrect labeling, or shortage/overage.
- Separate items according to lot, stock number, nomenclature, and condition code.
- Break down, segregate, and repalletize ammunition components and containers.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This position requires that the incumbent pass a pre-employment physical and annual physical thereafter.
- This job is designated as a drug abuse testing position because it requires the handling of munitions or explosives and involves transporting one or more passengers on at least a weekly basis.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.
Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Fork Lift Operator (Materials Handler) ~ without more than normal supervision. Must possess the ability to perform common Forklift duties such as handling equipment while loading/unloading explosives and inert material into/out of railcars, trucks, and loading docks; handle controls for starting, stopping, backing, and driving forklift trucks through narrow aisles in buildings, up and down ramps and in and out of railroad cars and trucks; visually conceptualize whether a specific load is maneuverable through a particular space. Work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Stands, stoops, bends, and works in tiring and uncomfortable positions. May be required to work at a rapid pace for prolonged periods. Frequently lifts and carries material that weigh up to 60 pounds, and at times may handle items, with help, weighing over 60 pounds. Good color vision is necessary for proper identification of different types of ammunition by color code.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Works inside and outside and subject to heat, cold, damp, drafty or poorly lighted areas. Work may be dirty and dusty. Exposed to danger of explosion and fire while working with explosives, chemicals and loaded ammunition. There is a chance of injuries ranging from loss of life or limbs to burns, cuts, bruises, skin irritations, sprains, and fractures.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet.
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- This is a(n) Transportation and Distribution Management Career Field position.
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
- Relocation (Government Home Sale) Expenses are not authorized.
- Recruitment, Relocation, and Retention Incentives are not authorized.
- This position may require overtime work.
- This position may require shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to cover work performed on weekends, holidays and/or in other situations.
- This position may require you to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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