Job Details
** Laborer**
**Department of the Interior**
**Duties**
* Performing grounds maintenance to include lawn mowing, trimming, fertilizing, and watering.
* Performing custodial duties to include cleaning, washing walls, cleaning vault toilets, collecting and discarding trash and debris.
* Driving a motor vehicle over primitive, unpaved roads in a rural setting in all types of weather conditions.
* Noxious weed spraying by pump mounted or backpack sprayer.
* Loading, unloading, packing, unpacking equipment and supplies including technical equipment.
* Performing minor repairs and maintenance of equipment and tools.
* Constructing, maintaining, and replacing range fencing, including the removal of trees using chainsaws.
* Assisting with road and trail maintenance, to include road culvert maintenance and repair, cattle guard installation, and sign installation.
**Requirements**
** Conditions of Employment**
* U.S. Citizenship is required.
* Be sure to read the "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" sections.
* You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
* Direct Deposit required.
* Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
* Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must be adequately reflected in your resume.
* An applicant appointed to this position must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position.
* You must be 18 years of age prior to entrance on duty in order to be authorized to operate a government vehicle as required for field work.
* NO GOVERNMENT HOUSING IS AVAILABLE FOR MOST LOCATIONS. Securing housing will ultimately be the responsibility of the selected employee, but housing MAY be available at the Dickinson, North Dakota location.
** Qualifications**
You will be evaluated on your ability to perform the duties of the position rather than the length of experience. Qualifications will be determined by the relevance, scope, and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. We must be able to determine that you meet the experience requirement. Please be sure to include this information in your resume. **No assumptions will be made about your experience.**
This position also requires special qualifications that have been determined to be essential to perform the duties and will be used as screen-out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the below screen out element will be rated not qualified.
**Screenout--Ability to do the work without more than normal supervision.**
Qualifications will be determined based on your ability, experience and/or training in the following job elements:
1. Work practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order).
2. Use of measuring instruments and knowledge of materials.
3. Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc. (other than blueprints).
4. Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.
5. Knowledge of Materials
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.
You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
**Physical Demands:** The incumbent must have good vision, reaction reflexes and depth perception. Physical demands require coordination for hand, eye and body. Physical effort must be exerted in actions such as lifting (10-100 pounds), pushing, pulling, carrying objects or various weights, sizes and shapes, walking, climbing, crawling and bending.
**Work Environment:** The nature of the incumbents work could expose the incumbent to conditions that range from comfortable to hazardous.
Temperature: Outdoor work will range from 100 degrees in summer to -30 degrees in winter months.
Noxious Fumes: Interior and exterior painting and related work could result in exposure to fumes and gases for prolonged periods. Persons working as noxious weed sprayers will be exposed to and handling chemical compounds which could be hazardous if appropriate precautions are not used.
Dust, Grease and Mud: Vehicle, equipment operation, maintenance and project construction could expose incumbent to excessively muddy, greasy and dusty conditions at times.
Power Tools: Maintenance work could necessitate the use of power tools which could expose the incumbent to related hazards. **Additional information**
Positions are located in the Eastern Montana/Dakotas District with duty stations in Billings, Montana; Pompeys, Montana; and Dickinson, North Dakota. Information about surrounding areas can be found at and . **You must indicate each location for which you wish to be considered by placing a mark in the appropriate box.**
DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit
**Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/lnteragency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):** These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information: or .
**Selective Service:** Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. To register or verify your registration go to the Selective Service System at
**Relocation Expenses:** Travel and relocation expenses will **not** be paid by the Department of the Interior. Any travel, transportation and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
**Housing:** Generally, there is no government housing available. Securing housing will ultimately be the responsibility of the selected employee, but housing may be available at the Dickinson, North Dakota location.
**Telework:** This position is not eligible for Telework.
If you are unable to apply online, or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an
* A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the application process is complete, we will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume, supporting documentation and responses to the online questionnaire will be made. Your responses to the online questio