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The major duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides secondary support to the uniform distribution care for the Sewing and Uniform Issue Room
• Performs tacking/pinning on regular and special items
• Determines repair versus salvage and records salvaged items
• Issues, alters, repairs, and replaces uniforms and scrubs
• Operates five washer/extractors 100-600 pounds simultaneously
• Operates commercial dryers 100-400 pounds, garment finishers, and flatwork ironers
• Loads/unloads machines and feeds damp linen manually or with spreading devices
• Loading machines to rated capacity and selecting proper wash formulas based on textile type and soil level
• Inspects wet linen for knots, damage, and stains; shaking out items before finishing
• Performs stain removal using specialty chemicals and spotting procedures
• Cleans and waxes flatwork ironer, replaces ribbons, and makes minor equipment adjustments as authorized
• Maintains written records of productivity, chemical usage, and incoming weights
• Trains other operators on machine operation, wash formulas, and proper procedures
• Assists in linen distribution and production areas as needed
• Performs other duties as needed

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Pre-employment physical required
• Subject to background/security investigation
• 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.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

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

PHYSICAL EFFORT: The employee needs strength and stamina for performing heavy tasks for long periods of time. Must pull wet, compact laundry from washers/extractors and push heavily loaded carts, etc. Continually handles bundles that may weigh in excess of 50 pounds. Continually walks and stands on hard surfaced floors. Operators sit or stand for long periods of time with continual movement of arms and hands while performing sewing tasks, mending, hemming, and patching of a wide variety of linen items. They may also have to lift boxes of new items up to 20-30 pounds and pushes small carts on a daily basis filled with linen. The employee will be required to reach overhead when hanging uniforms, scrubs, and lab coats on the conveyer systems. They will also assist in the hanging of scrubs, folding of dry fold and various other duties if needed in the Laundry Department. They will be responsible for the sorting of the mending bins and then will repair or discard the linen that cannot be mended.

WORK CONDITIONS: The employee is exposed to disagreeable odors and possibly infectious organisms from soiled linens, patient clothing, and employee uniforms. These conditions are separated from the clean processing and production of the textile care work force by a staph barrier wall. The employee is exposed to noise and hot and humid conditions. The employee is exposed to the possibility of cuts and bruises from carts and machinery as well as minor burns from the presence of steam pipes and the flatwork-ironer. The employee may be subjected to inclement weather while performing the duties of the position. Often the areas are subject to drafts and cool air from open doors and noise from the generator room when the monthly testing is done. The employee is interrupted on a constant basis by hospital staff in need of their assistance with uniforms, scrubs, lab coats, jackets, etc. Operators are subject to possible needle punctures, minor thread cuts, and sharp cutting instruments i.e. scissors and rotary cutters. There is also the possibility of getting minor burns from thermo patch machine or iron.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. 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:

• Equipment Assembly, Installation, Repair
• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Measurement and Layout
• Technical Practices
• Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Without more than normal supervision
• Work Practices

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.

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 not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.

Application of Veterans' Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligible applicants that meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category.

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 VA for Vets 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.