Carpenter

Veterans Health Administration • Orlando, FL

23d • Onsite

About The Position

The Carpenter works within the Facilities Management Service, Engineering Branch, at the Orlando VA Health Care System. The position is responsible for day-to-day construction, installation, repair, and modification of wood and wood-substitute structures and items requiring close-tolerance fit and structural soundness throughout the main campus and off-site business office and outpatient clinics. Work includes demolishing and reconstructing offices, laboratories, clinics, and specialty patient areas, as well as building custom casework such as consoles and cabinets. The carpenter works from oral instructions, blueprints, drawings, work orders, and rough sketches; plans and lays out work; selects tools and materials; and performs work using appropriate methods and accepted trade practices. Duties also include estimating labor time and materials, building watertight shipping crates for delicate instruments and equipment, and resurfacing existing casework with plastic laminate or wood surfaces.

Work schedules may be Tuesday through Saturday, Sunday through Thursday, or Monday through Friday, with a possible shift of 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m.–11:30 p.m., or 11:00 p.m.–7:30 a.m. The exact time of duty will be discussed during the interview and may be adjusted to meet facility or department needs.

Carpenters work in wood shops and at job sites. Shop work involves standing for extended periods while operating machinery, as well as considerable bending, kneeling, and stooping. Job-site work can require strenuous exertion and handling bulky construction materials. The work may involve extended use of manual or portable power tools in uncomfortable positions, bending, stooping, crawling, and climbing ladders, scaffolding, or rooftops. Employees may lift and move materials weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted and occasionally handle heavier items with lifting devices or assistance from others.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties.
• Meet the screen-out element and applicable job-element qualifications, including equipment assembly, installation and repair; interpreting instructions and specifications, including blueprint reading; materials measurement and layout; technical practices; and using and maintaining tools and equipment without more than normal supervision.
• Meet U.S. citizenship or applicable non-citizen appointment requirements.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Submit to required pre-appointment urinalysis if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete required onboarding and provide acceptable identification and application documents.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if an exemption is granted.

Responsibilities

• Construct, install, repair, and modify wood and wood-substitute structures and items requiring close-tolerance fit and structural soundness.
• Demolish and reconstruct offices, laboratories, clinics, and specialty patient areas.
• Construct custom casework, including consoles and cabinets.
• Work from oral instructions, blueprints, drawings, work orders, and rough sketches.
• Plan and lay out work, select tools and materials, and complete work using appropriate methods and accepted trade practices.
• Construct watertight shipping crates for delicate instruments and equipment.
• Estimate time and materials for carpenter and related work.
• Resurface existing casework, including cutting, shaping, fitting, and installing plastic-laminated or wood surfaces.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits are available to eligible employees; the specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may grant newly appointed federal employees credit for qualifying job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, subject to approval.

What This Job Offers

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