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Laborer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 108 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility. The incumbent of this position performs as a Laborer requiring moderately heavy physical effort. The work requires the use of common hand tools and simple power equipment.
What You'll Do
- →Lifting and moving moderately heavy objects such as furniture and equipment by hand, hand truck or dolly; maintaining grounds using manual equipment to fill holes, rake leaves, or dig ditches; using simple powered equipment such push lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, etc., to maintain grounds; collecting and emptying garbage cans.
- →Stripes parking lots, utilizing a gasoline-powered striping machine; shovels snow; and performs other related duties as assigned.
- →Skill in using basic hand tools and operating simple power equipment.
- →Ability to understand simple instructions.
- →Sufficient manual skill and physical ability to safely operate required tools and work with heavy objects.
- →Basic knowledge of routine maintenance procedures for power equipment.
- →Assists laundry driver with picking up and delivering linen to patient care buildings.
- →Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:00 a.m - 3:30 p.m Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer/PD07966A Physical Requirements: Work frequently requires moderately heavy physical effort.
- →There is frequent lifting and carrying objects up to 40 pounds.
- →Incumbent may occasionally lift items up to 50 pounds and frequently push heavy furniture on dollies, loaded carts, etc Work is performed inside and outside.
- →When working outside, the incumbent is frequently exposed to extreme weather conditions, drafts, noise, dust, and dirt.
- →Inside work is often accomplished in office buildings, warehouses, loading docks, or trade shops.
- →Work involves the possibility of bruises, muscle strains, cuts, and scrapes.
- →The incumbent follows safety procedures and uses standard safety equipment such as gloves, ear protectors, safety glasses and steel-toe shoes to avoid possible hazards in the work area.
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: a97db30d-59a7-4a23-bf7c-68883c69e7a9
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