WOODCRAFTER

Description:

You will serve as a WOODCRAFTER in the Preservation Shop (Code 970), Production Resources Department Manager (Code 901), Production Resources Department (Code 900), of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Requirements:

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.

This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION

• Experience fabricating, repairing, assembling, and installing wooden items such as furniture, deck structures, accommodation ladders, workbenches, bridge deck coverings, laminated plastics, and hardboard insulation coverings, both aboard vessels and in buildings.
• Experience operating wood preservation and fireproofing facilities.
• Experience constructing covers for small boat storage and sets up, adjusts, and operates a wide variety of woodworking machinery, ranging from light to heavy and simple to complicated, for the milling and production of wood and plastic products.
• Experience interpreting blueprints, plans, sketches, manufacture's and military specifications and utilizing shop or trade mathematics which includes simple geometry.
• Setting up and adjusting simple and complex machinery such as bandsaw, ripsaw, cut-off saw, ship angling saw, jointer, drill press, and similar tools.

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.