Automotive Worker

Pacific Air Forces • Waimanalo, HI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This Non-appropriated Fund (NAF) position is assigned to Bellows Air Station. The Automotive Worker performs minor motor vehicle repairs and maintenance on a variety of motor vehicles and motorized equipment, and instructs patrons in those tasks. The worker demonstrates repairs that can be completed by cleaning, reinstalling, or replacing parts and components, and provides basic instruction in engine tune-up techniques. When needed, the worker locates worn, dirty, or poorly adjusted parts through visual inspection or with test equipment, completes repairs, and makes settings and adjustments. The worker ensures repairs conform to appropriate repair manuals, promotes fire and safety practices and good housekeeping, maintains an orderly shop, and issues and accounts for parts and tools.

Requirements

• Knowledge of maintenance and repair of diesel and gasoline engines and automotive equipment.
• Experience and ability to remove, replace, clean, and install parts, components, and accessories, and determine whether parts should be cleaned and reinstalled or replaced.
• Basic understanding of electricity, hydraulics, and on-board computer diagnostic systems, and ability to make adjustments and settings.
• Skill in using basic automotive tools and other test equipment, and ability to read and interpret parts manuals and manufacturers’ repair manuals.
• Ability to frequently lift, handle, and carry objects weighing up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lift objects weighing up to and over 50 pounds with assistance.
• Ability to frequently stand, bend, stoop, crawl, and work in tight spaces for long periods.
• Must reside on Oahu, Hawaii, to apply.
• Must complete a background investigation with favorable results, including applicable Tier 1 adjudication.
• Must satisfactorily complete a pre-employment physical and is subject to random drug testing.
• Must provide proof of claimed preference or priority eligibility with the application by the closing date, if claiming eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and instruct patrons in minor motor vehicle repairs and maintenance.
• Determine whether parts should be cleaned, reinstalled, or replaced, and provide basic instruction in engine tune-up techniques.
• Locate worn, dirty, or poorly adjusted parts by visual inspection or with test equipment, and complete necessary repairs and adjustments.
• Use common hand tools and test equipment to perform automotive work.
• Ensure work conforms to specifications in appropriate repair manuals.
• Ensure patrons follow fire, safety, and good housekeeping practices; maintain an orderly shop and clean the shop or request patrons tidy their work areas.
• Issue parts and tools and account for them.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed