Clarification from the agency

ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.

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Major Duties

Furniture & Equipment

• Primarily responsible for maintaining, storing, handling, and distributing used facility furniture, including desks, chairs, cabinets, and file cabinets.
• Maintains and cleans used furniture for reissue. Assembles items such as cabinets and performs maintenance and minor repairs on furniture including Sit to Stand desks.
• Disassembles, repairs, cleans, reassembles, installs, and reinstalls locks on file cabinets, desks, office desks and lateral file cabinets. Incumbent is equipped with Master Keys for such locks.
• Transports, stores, assembles, and distributes furniture, equipment, and commodities using carts, dollies, and pallet jacks to move and position/place furniture and equipment. Verifies quantity, condition of furniture and packaging of items. Reports obvious overages, shortages, or damaged items.
• Stores items in established locations, evaluates storage space, establishes item location, and determines organization and arrangement of furniture stock. Ensures stock is properly stored in compliance with OSHA, JCHAO, and safety standards.
• Delivers and picks up furniture, trash cans, sharps containers, and event equipment to and from various locations in and outside the facility and affiliated CBOCs. Sets up and removes tables, chairs, tents, heaters, supply propane tanks, gas generators, ropes, cones, and equipment and supplies for indoor and outdoor events.
• Collects, delivers, and transports light bulbs and batteries to and from various locations inside and outside the medical center. Collects and processes bad batteries and bad light bulbs for disposal.
• Deliver and collect furniture/equipment from CBOCs outside the Medical Center campus.

Sign-Making

• The incumbent produces signs for the facility interior signage program using a non-networked CPU with pre-loaded templates on Corel DRAW Graphics Suite 2021 or similar software. Applies double-sided tape to plastic VA-approved brown signs with white lettering.
• Operates and maintains a laser engraver, vinyl cutter, and router to create and cut all interior signs for the facility on Acrylic or other VA approved materials. Performs operator maintenance of all sign production equipment. Requests, receives, and stores signage stock and finished components.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday- Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM (Overtime when scheduled)
Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer (MVO)/PD90376A

Physical Requirements: Work requires standing on hard surfaces for extended periods of time, bending, stooping and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Light physical effort is required in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate hand and foot controls of motors vehicles, moving equipment and housekeeping equipment. May lift and carry items that weigh up to 50 pounds. Heavier items are moved with weight handling equipment or with assistance from others. Moderate physical effort is exerted in operating, turning, backing and controlling heavier, longer, or wider loads on flat beds and moving equipment.

Work Conditions: Most work is performed in a warehouse space but may also be performed in areas that are hot, damp, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted. Regularly exposed to possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock. May be exposed to dust, dirt, grease and solvents as well as high noise levels. May be exposed to skin irritations from cleaning solutions in concentrated form used in the housekeeping activity. Exposed to vibrations and noise from equipment used. Jackets, gloves, and other protective clothing and devices are available and must be used when required.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Other Than Blueprint Reading)
• Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Dexterity and Safety
• Work Practices (Including Keeping Things Neat, Clean, and in Order)

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; religions; 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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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.

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. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.