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Laborer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position performs a variety of laborer duties such as setting up and arranging furniture; moving furniture, supplies, boxes, and construction materials; loading and unloading trucks; operating floor care equipment; and performing othercleaning and maintenance tasks. Performs general flooring maintenance, snow removal duties and other assigned projects within the Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System (CVHCS).
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: The incumbent provides set-up and support for furniture relocation following maintenance activities.
- →Sets up dining areas, meeting rooms, auditoriums, classrooms, etc., in various configurations following cleaning events.
- →Collects all wet waste material from various locations within buildings and relines all wet waste containers and disposes of all wet waste materials.
- →Cleans recycling containers as necessary.
- →Operates gas or battery powered material handling equipment, carts, golf carts or similar vehicles for general transportation of self and other laborers to and from various duty sites to load, stack and collect waste and recycle material from various locations throughout the campus.
- →Performs normal user preservation on mechanical carts including fueling, washing, and checking oil, fluid levels, and tire pressures.
- →Operates powered equipment including motorized carts, riding floor scrubber/burnishers, power washers, snow blowers, salt spreaders, and a ride-on powered vacuum to pick up trash, debris, and cigarette butts.
- →Performs duties and operates equipment in a safe manner, utilizing safety practices and procedures, and complying with established safety rules and regulations.
- →Works with other employees performing various special project that require operating specialized equipment to maintain all types of installed facility flooring especially in areas that require constant attention.
- →Uses weight-handling equipment including fork-lifts and pallet jacks and moves, supplies, equipment, and bulk items to and from a warehouse or staging area.
- →Operates snow removal equipment to help remove snow and ice from entrances, walkways, steps, ramps and parking areas by hand shoveling when required.
- →Applies sand or ice melting materials to areas using hand or push-type spreaders.
- →Operates other equipment including high pressure (3200 psi) washer to clean entrances, buildings, equipment, and other various areas.
- →Moves furniture and office equipment as necessary to accomplish work.
Requirements
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a4dcf18e-fbcf-4e35-9794-43cf1b9694f2
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