Carpenter

Veterans Health Administration • Cleveland, OH

12d

About The Position

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting a Carpenter to work within Engineering Service. The Carpenter installs, modifies, and replaces floor coverings, floor and wall tile, wall molding, corner guards, and composite finish materials. The position constructs, repairs, and alters walls, floors, enclosures, ceilings, furniture, and other structures made from materials including wood, metal, ceramic, glass, and plastic. It also includes preparing and finishing drywall for painting, interpreting blueprints and specifications, planning equipment and material needs, and operating and maintaining carpentry tools and equipment. The Carpenter uses judgment to determine cost-effective and efficient solutions to construction and repair work and performs other related duties as assigned.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Physical requirements include standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, walking, crawling, and working on ladders and scaffolds. The position frequently involves lifting, carrying, and setting up parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lifting or moving, with assistance, objects weighing more than 100 pounds.

Applicants must demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required. The position requires a thorough knowledge of wood and substitute materials and construction techniques, skill with general and precision carpentry equipment, and the ability to produce accurate, finished work. Grade 9-level carpenters can interpret complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes; perform complex layouts and calculations; operate woodworking machinery and hand and power tools; select appropriate lumber or substitutes; maintain equipment; and perform advanced cutting, jointing, milling, and laminate work. No education qualification is required.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Thorough knowledge of wood and wood substitute materials and construction techniques.
• Skill in operating general and precision carpentry and woodworking equipment and producing finished work with precise fits, accurate dimensions, and acceptable appearance.
• Ability to interpret complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes.
• Ability to perform complex layouts and use advanced shop mathematics for complex projects.
• Skill in selecting appropriate grade, size, and type of lumber or wood substitute material.
• Skill in operating and maintaining woodworking machinery, power tools, hand tools, and related equipment.
• Skill in milling heavy lumber, cutting bevels and joints, and applying plastic laminates to surfaces.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Must be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• Must meet the position's physical requirements, including climbing, bending, kneeling, crawling, and lifting or moving heavy objects.
• Must meet the annual VA seasonal influenza vaccination requirement or qualify for a medical or religious exemption; face masks are required when an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Install, modify, or replace floor coverings, floor and wall tile, wall molding, corner guards, and composite finish materials.
• Construct, repair, and alter walls, floors, enclosures, ceilings, and similar building structures.
• Construct furniture and other structures using materials such as wood, metal, ceramic, glass, and plastic.
• Prepare and finish drywall for painting, including taping, filling, and sanding.
• Interpret blueprints and specifications and determine equipment and material needs for jobs.
• Operate and maintain carpentry tools and equipment.
• Use judgment to determine cost-effective and efficient solutions to building construction and repair work.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• VA may, upon request and approval before appointment, credit qualifying job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining the annual leave accrual rate.

What This Job Offers

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