Job Details
** Painter**
**Department of Veterans Affairs**
**Location**
1 vacancy in the following location:
** Relocation expenses reimbursed**
No
** Telework eligible**
No
**Duties**
** Summary**
The incumbent of this position is a Painter in the Building Mechanical Maintenance Unit, Engineering Service.
**Responsibilities**
On a regular and recurring basis, the incumbent applies coating materials by any of the accepted methods of the trade including those designed to give special effects, such as marbling and graining, by using coating materials that are prepared in special as well as common ways with any of the accepted trade devises, hangs vinyl cover and wallpaper, paints graphic designs, stripes traffic lines, refinishes floors, (wood and concrete), and refinishes furniture. Determines the methods, techniques, devices and materials that are best suited to the finish required (i.e., glossy finish, grained effects, or a finish that must meet specified thicknesses and levels).
Prepares surfaces by methods such as smoothing with pumice and rottenstone, filling, shaping and leveling with metal and synthetic resins, and mixing and applying pre-coating agents such as pickling and alkaline compounds, prepares coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending and mixing in various additives. Sees that the coating finish meets, match, texture decorative, thickness, and level requirements.
Prepares surfaces to be papered/painted by removing wallpaper, washing minor patch plastering, caulking, and spackling. Cuts glass/plastic and installs same using proper methods such as glazing compounds. On a regular and recurring basis, the incumbent removes and prepares various surfaces containing lead-based paint. Surface preparation and coating methods/techniques are in accordance with standards set by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62.
**Work Schedule:** Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
**Recruitment & Relocation Incentives:** Not authorized
**Travel Required**
Not required
** Supervisory status**
No
** Promotion Potential**
None
**Requirements**
** Conditions of Employment**
+ You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
+ Subject to a background/security investigation
+ Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
+ Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
+ May be required to serve a probationary period
+ Pre-employment physical may be required
+ Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process ** Qualifications**
**PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS:** The incumbent is required to coat surfaces from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms, and where the surfaces to be coated are in cramped and hard-to-reach places. This requires the incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The incumbent frequently lifts, carries, and sets up materials and equipment that weigh up to 10 pounds. Occasionally is required to handle materials and equipment that may weigh 40 pounds or over.
Applicants will be rated in accordance with the . For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, **your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.**
You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
+ Dexterity and Safety
+ Drive Safely
+ Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
+ Materials
+ Shop Practices
+ Technical Practices
+ Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
+ Without more than normal supervision
IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. **Education**
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
**Additional information**
**Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave:** Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
**Special Employment Consideration:** VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities (i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities), and/or disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. For more information on how to apply using this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator within the office, contact the facility Human Resources Department at (937) ###-####.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
**Veterans and Transitioning Service Members:** Please visit the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
**The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)** provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at .
**Financial Disclosure Report**: Not Required
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
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** How You Will Be Evaluated**
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
**IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.** WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will