Carpenter

Air Education and Training Command • Goodfellow AFB, TX

25d

About The Position

The Carpenter provides full-performance work constructing, installing, repairing, and modifying wood and wood-substitute structures and items requiring close-tolerance fit and structural soundness. The position also performs minor roofing repairs, including repairs to asphalt, tile, slate, roll roofing, felts, and shingles.

The Carpenter independently applies skilled methods, techniques, and advanced shop mathematics. The work includes using and maintaining woodworking tools and equipment, following safety practices and procedures, maintaining a safe and clean work environment, and documenting actions and maintaining records. Work takes place in shops and at job sites. Shop conditions may include machinery noise, airborne sawdust, glue fumes, and woodworking-equipment hazards. Job sites may involve weather exposure, scaffolds, ladders, confined dusty or dirty spaces, and hazards including cuts, bruises, contusions, and burns from hot asphalt. Protective equipment such as ear plugs, safety glasses, respirators, and gloves is used.

The position may require driving a motor vehicle with an appropriate valid driver's license, shift work, training or guiding lower-graded employees, and certification for work with or removal of hazardous materials. U.S. citizenship is required. The position has no education qualification requirement. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform Carpenter work without more than normal supervision; qualifications are evaluated under the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C for the WG-4600 Wood Work Family, emphasizing the quality of experience and skills rather than a specific duration of experience.

Requirements

• Ability to perform the work of a Carpenter without more than normal supervision.
• Knowledge of carpentry methods and techniques and precision carpentry equipment.
• Knowledge of safety regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of methods and procedures for installing new roofing materials and repairing leaky roofing.
• Knowledge of advanced shop mathematics for planning, computing, and laying out complex and exact projects, and of records-maintenance and documentation rules and procedures.
• Skill in setting up, operating, and maintaining woodworking power and hand tools and equipment.
• Skill in constructing, installing, repairing, and modifying wood structures.
• Skill in interpreting complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes.
• Ability to produce finished products with precise fits, accurate dimensions, and acceptable appearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, as applicable.
• May need an appropriate valid driver's license if required to drive a motor vehicle.
• May be required to obtain certification for working with and/or removing hazardous materials.
• Must meet the physical demands of the job, including prolonged standing and holding tools in uncomfortable positions; considerable bending, kneeling, and stooping; crawling and climbing ladders, scaffolds, and rooftops; and lifting or moving materials up to 40 pounds unassisted, with heavier items moved with assistance.

Responsibilities

• Construct, install, repair, and modify a wide variety of wood and wood-substitute structures and items requiring close-tolerance fit and structural soundness.
• Perform minor roofing repairs, including repairs to asphalt, tile, slate, roll roofing, felts, and shingles.
• Apply skilled carpentry methods, techniques, and advanced shop mathematics independently.
• Follow safety practices and procedures, and maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Use and maintain woodworking tools and equipment, including hand and power tools and precision equipment.
• Maintain records and document actions.
• May train and/or guide lower-graded employees.

Benefits

• Federal employees receive access to a comprehensive benefits package for themselves and their families; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Recruitment and/or retention incentives may or may not be used.
• Disabled veteran leave is available to eligible federal employees who are veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more.

What This Job Offers

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