Maintenance Worker

This position is located in Veterinary Services Field Operations at a USDA Livestock Quarantine facility which facilitates the importation of livestock, poultry, exotic birds, and zoo animals into the United States through the assigned area. These centers are principal facilities in the U.S. for examining, testing and isolating imported animals to assure they are free of disease and parasites harmful to American livestock and poultry.

Major duties

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Performs preventive maintenance of buildings which includes carpentry, painting, flushing sewer lines, roof repair, and maintenance of electrical and system controls.
• Recognizes the need for periodic repairs, estimates materials required to make repairs, and helps plan and implement an ongoing program of modifications and alterations to accommodate changing needs.
• Assists in the ordering and purchasing of supplies and materials needed for repairs.
• Assists other maintenance workers in accomplishing tasks.
• Maintains and operates hand and power tools used in carpentry, masonry, painting, roofing, plumbing, and electrical.
• Provides assistance in animal care taking, to include the feeding, care, unloading and release, biosecurity, restraint, and general animal husbandry for a variety of animal species.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must show that you have had training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. Your answers to the vacancy specific questions must be supported by the work experience in your resume. For example, if you respond in the affirmative when questioned whether you have experience operating a forklift, your resume must include this experience, mindful that experience may not be inferred by job title. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Source: USAJOBS. Applications are submitted on USAJOBS.gov.