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Painter
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
TWO PAGE RESUME LIMIT APPLIES FOR THIS POSITION The incumbent of this position is a Painter in the Building Mechanical Maintenance Unit, Engineering Service. On a regular and recurring basis, the incumbent applies coating materials by any of the accepted methods of the trade including those designed to give special effects, such as marbling and graining, by using coating materials that are prepared in special as well as common ways with any of the accepted trade devices.
What You'll Do
- →Prepares surfaces by methods, such as smoothing with pumice and rottenstone, filling, shaping and leveling with metal and synthetic resins, and mixing and applying pre-coating agents such as pickling and alkali compounds, prepares coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives.
- →Sees that the coating finish meets, match, texture decorative, thickness, and level requirements.
- →Prepares surfaces to be papered/painted by removing wallpaper, washing, minor patch plastering, caulking, and spackling.
- →Cuts glass/plastic and installs same using proper methods such as glazing compounds.
- →On a regular and recurring basis, the incumbent removes and prepares various surfaces containing lead-based paint.
- →Surface preparation and coating methods/techniques are in accordance with standards set by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM -4:30PM Position Description Title/PD#: Painter/PD06740A Physical Requirements: The incumbent is required to coat surfaces from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms, and where the surfaces to be coated are in cramped and hard-to-reach places.
- →This requires the incumbent to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions.
- →The incumbent frequently lifts, carries, and sets up materials and equipment that weigh up to 10 pounds.
- →Occasionally, is required to handle materials and equipment that weigh 40 pounds and over.
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: 76de6cac-06b2-4a71-bba2-1e705d9172ba
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