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Locksmith
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 76 days ago
About the Role
The Locksmith is a position assigned to the General Support Shop, Engineering Service Line located at the VA Medical Center in Augusta, GA.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to.
- →Installs and adjusts a variety of commercially manufactured locking devices including combination locks which are typically installed in such security units as safes, vaults, cabinets and chests.
- →Installs devices with features such as dual locking capabilities, mechanical and electronic interaction with timing mechanisms, combination locks or actuating mechanisms.
- →Sets up coding systems involving varying types of locks and keyways and uses software systems management, technical manuals to insure that various keyways are compatible.
- →Uses arithmetic to set up coding system and select the coding system and select the correct size of pins, and maintains facility key plans.
- →Trouble shoots the various problems in the electronic key system which includes key failure, battery replacement, wall programmer outages.
- →Installs and maintains various types of remote controlled electronic and magnetic lock systems, and troubleshoots lockouts in mechanical security systems to determine which components are malfunctioning.
- →Works on mechanical locking components of security or surveillance systems.
- →Performs other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday -Friday, 8:00 am until 4:30 pm.
- →Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Requirements
- ✓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 identification 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.
Personality Fit
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