AVADS: MAINTENANCE WORKER, SAN ANTONIO, NM (WG-07)

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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
**TERM APPOINTMENT** **TERM APPOINTMENT**
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION: MAINTENANCE WORKER WG-4749-07 ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: FWS2-98-7
OPENING DATE: JANUARY 20, 1998 FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL: WG-4749-07
CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 27, 1998 AREA OF CONSIDERATION: DEPARTMENT-WIDE
**6 POSITIONS TO BE FILLED**
LOCATION: BOSQUE DEL APACHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
SAN ANTONIO, NEW MEXICO

CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER: (505) 248-6859
ADDRESS OF PERSONNEL OFFICE: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
P.O. BOX 1306 (DPM)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87103

** APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN OUR APPLICATION GUIDELINES DOCUMENT. **
Our office does not accept applications by facsimile machine or by
electronic mail.
**** SPECIAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CTAP PROCEDURES ****
Department of the Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
procedures apply in filling this vacancy. 5 CFR 330, Career Transition
Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees, requires the
following order of selection for this position:
a) Personnel actions listed in 5 CFR 330.606(d);
b) The selection of an employee from within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) and the same local commuting area after eligible SSP
applicants within the Service and local commuting area have been given
selection priority;
c) Any well-qualified SSP candidate who applies within the local commuting
area (surplus and displaced employees will be given equal consideration);
d) At the Service's option, personnel actions not subject to RPL;
e) Qualified RPL candidates in the local commuting area;
f) At the Service's discretion, any other former displaced well-qualified
DOI employee;
g) Well-qualified ICTAP applicants in the local commuting area;
h) Other outside applicants (other agencies, nonstatus - only if the area
of consideration is "All Qualified Applicants".)
AN ELIGIBLE CTAP APPLICANT IS DETERMINED TO BE WELL-QUALIFIED IF HE/SHE
MEETS THE FOLLOWING: OPM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE POSITION; ALL
SELECTIVE FACTORS, WHERE APPLICABLE; SPECIAL QUALIFYING CONDITIONS THAT OPM
HAS APPROVED FOR THE POSITION; IS PHYSICALLY QUALIFIED WITH REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF
THE POSITION UPON ENTRY; AND IS RATED BY THE ORGANIZATION AT AT LEAST THE
MIDDLE LEVEL OF A 3-LEVEL RATING SYSTEM ON ALL QUALITY RANKING FACTORS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, WELL-QUALIFIED ALSO GENERALLY MEANS THOSE APPLI-
CANTS WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES CLEARLY EXCEED THE MINIMUM
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AS IDENTIFIED IN THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT BUT
WHO WOULD NOT NECESSARILY MEET THE DEFINITION OF HIGHLY OR BEST QUALIFIED.
The incumbent will be required to obtain and wear an official U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service uniform.
Incumbent must be able to operate a government-owned or leased motor
vehicle. A valid state driver's license is required.
The person selected for this position will be required to submit an SF-78,
Certificate of Medical Examination, if the form is not already on file.
APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY FROM QUALIFIED
STATUS CANDIDATES OR FROM QUALIFIED CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE UNDER SPECIAL
APPOINTING AUTHORITY. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT MUST BE INDICATED ON YOUR
APPLICATION.
To alleviate the need to follow up on applications submitted, a letter of
response will be mailed to applicants approximately 30 days after the
closing date of this vacancy. The letter of response will inform applicants
whether or not they are qualified for the position and if they were
referred to the selecting official for further consideration.
If you have concerns about your application arriving, we suggest you use
certified mail "Return Receipt Requested."
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: THIS POSITION IS A TERM POSITION NOT TO EXCEED 13
MONTHS, BUT CAN BE EXTENDED AT MANAGEMENT'S DISCRETION WITHOUT FURTHER
RECRUITMENT. THE APPOINTMENT MAY NOT EXCEED A TOTAL OF 4 YEARS. This
WG-4749-7 opportunity requires the ability to perform carpentry, plumbing,
painting, and vehicle maintenance duties. Work requires a considerable
amount of standing, stooping, bending, and working in tiring or
uncomfortable positions. Incumbent must frequently work from ladders, on
scaffolds, in open fields, or in trenches. Lifting and carrying of items
weighing up to 50 pounds is required. SALARY RANGE FOR THIS WAGE GRADE
POSITION IS $12.52 TO $14.62 PER HOUR.

STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
This is a term position not to exceed 13 months. Incumbent performs
routine maintenance of buildings and other structures or facilities. This
includes repairs to and installing of dry wall, panels, doors, repairs to
roofs and windows, and construction of wooden items such as storage
cabinets, simple shelves, concrete forms, and wooden display and
informational signs. Maintains and repairs plumbing facilities. Installs
disposal units, water heaters, drinking fountains, sprinkler units, and
extensions to existing water and sewer lines. Prepares and applies
interior/exterior paints, stains, and varnishes to a variety of surfaces.
Operates 2 and 4-wheel drive vehicles, and drives fire trucks and other
vehicles up to 3 ton capacity as required. Operates tractors with
attachments such as mowers, cutter bars, augers, plows, harrows, sprayers,
discs, front-end scoops and backhoes. Operates lawn and garden tractors
and power push mower. Hauls supplies, building materials, water, or earth,
over all types of roads and highways, and traffic conditions. Incumbent
performs vehicle maintenance including; servicing for fuel, oil, coolant,
battery, tire pressures, washing and lubrication. Performs a variety of
manual labor tasks including landscaping, cleaning and maintenance of
ground areas and other facilities. Mixes and pours concrete, digs ditches,
fills and levels holes, repairs damaged roadways, assists with fence
construction and repair, and loads and unloads materials and supplies.

KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES, SKILLS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS (KASOCS):
1. Applicants should complete the Questionnaire for Maintenance Worker
WG-4749-7, as part of their application. To obtain a copy of the
questionnaire, please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at
(505)248-6860, extension 0.

** DISPLACED EMPLOYEES REQUESTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ICTAP **
If you are a displaced Federal employee you may be entitled to receive
special selection priority under the ICTAP. To receive this priority con-
sideration you must:
1. Be a displaced Federal employee. You MUST submit a copy of the appro-
priate documentation showing your priority consideration status with your
application package. The following categories of candidates are con-
sidered displaced employees:
A. Current or former career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II)
competitive service employees who: (1) received a specific RIF separation
notice or notice of proposed removal for declining a directed reassignment
or transfer of function outside of the local commuting area (you must
provide appropriate supporting documentation); (2) were separated because
of a compensable injury, whose compensation has been terminated, and whose
former agency certifies that it is unable to place you; (3) retired with a
disability and whose disability annuity has been or is being terminated; or
(4) upon receipt of a RIF separation notice retired on the effective date
of the RIF; or (5) retired under the discontinued service option; or (6)
were separated because you declined a transfer of function or directed
reassignment to another commuting area OR
B. A former Military Reserve or National Guard Technician who is receiving
a special Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disability retirement
annuity under section 8337(h) or 8456 of title 5 United States Code.
Include a copy of your eligibility letter from the National Guard or
Military Reserve. OR
C. A current Executive Branch employee in the excepted service, on a non-
temporary appointment, who has been given noncompetitive appointment eli-
gibility and selection priority by statute for positions in the competitive
service, and who has received a separation notice or notice of proposed
removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment out-
side the local commuting area; OR
D. A former Executive Branch agency employee in the excepted service, who
has been given noncompetitive appointment eligibility and selection
priority by statute for positions in the competitive service, and who has
been separated through RIF or removed for declining a transfer of function
or directed reassignment outside the local commuting area.
2. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level of the position
from which you have been separated. The position must not have greater
promotion potential than the position from which you were separated.
3. Have a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least
fully successful, results achieved, or equivalent. A copy of this
performance rating MUST be submitted with your application package (this
requirement does not apply to candidates who are eligible due to compen-
sable injury or disability retirement).
4. Occupy or be displaced from a position in the same local commuting area
as the position for which you are requested priority consideration.
5. File your application by the vacancy announcement closing date and meet
all the application criteria (eg., submit all required documentation, etc.)
6. Be rated well-qualified for the position. An eligible ICTAP applicant
is determined to be well-qualified if he/she meets the following: OPM
qualification standards for the position; is phyically qualified with
reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the
duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at at
least the middle level of a 3-level rating system on all quality ranking
factors. In addition to the above, well-qualified also generally means
those applicants whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the
the minimum qualification requirements as identified in this vacancy
announcement, but who would not necessarily meet the definition of highly
or best qualified.