This vacancy is for a WG - 5220-10,Shipwright located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FACILITY KETCHIKAN in KETCHIKAN, Alaska.
To qualify for the Shipwright, WG-5220-10, applicants must meet the following screen-out job element to be considered for this position: Job Element #1: Ability To Do the Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen-out Element) to be considered eligible for the position. Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than the length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope, and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. To meet the screen-out examples of the duties includes: Reading and interpreting blueprints, sketches, and job orders Operating woodworking shop machinery such as circular saws, jigsaws, planers, joiners, and portable power tools Building, repairing and positioning keel blocks, bilge blocks, cradles, and other support structures Establishing reference points on ships and graving docks. i.e. center line water and base lines, frame lines, degree lines, and/or other reference points 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- National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Recruitment Incentive Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent position are authorized to receive a one-time recruitment incentive of 25% of the salary, including locality for this position. Receipt of the bonus will require a 12-month service agreement. "Newly appointed" refers to the first appointment (regardless of tenure) as an employee of the Federal Government, an appointment following a break in service of at least 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal Government, or, in certain cases, an appointment following a break in service of less than 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal Government. "Newly appointed" refers to the first appointment (regardless of tenure) as an employee of the Federal Government, an appointment following a break in service of at least 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal Government, or, in certain cases, an appointment following a break in service of less than 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal Government. Relocation Incentive Selectee(s) for this position who are current federal employees on permanent appointments and will be moving outside of the current commuting area of their current position to accept this position are authorized to receive a one-time relocation incentive of 25% of the salary including locality for this position. Receipt of the bonus will require a 12-month service agreement. The employee must establish a residence in the new geographic area prior to payment.
You will serve as a Shipwright, responsible for aligning ships over blocks during graving/drydocking operations, building and positioning blocks, cradles, shoring and other support structures for ships in dry-docks and marine railways; and building staging around and aboard ships. The incumbent also performs all kinds of ship fitting and fabricating tasks involved in the construction, repair, maintenance, overhaul and conversion of a wide variety of types and sizes of marine craft and vessels including miscellaneous manufacturing projects in support of the US Coast Guard (USCG) Base Naval Engineering Department. Incumbent performs journeyman work which may include working on lighthouses, aids to navigation (ATON), barges, boats, ships and small vessels and their associated equipment. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Aligning ships over blocks during graving/drydocking operations. Constructing, altering, repairing or modifying items and structures such as framework, rafters, doors, finish paneling, window, cabinets, furniture and drydock blocks and softcaps. Serves as a Dockmaster and coordinates the actions of line handers and riggers during docking and undocking evolutions Removes, prepares underlayment, and installs epoxy decking systems. Removes and installs insulation on bulkheads, piping, and overheads. Applies a variety of fitting techniques that meet the close, tolerance, strength, fairness of fit and smoothness of contour in the performance of ship fitting and fabricating tasks. Erecting, maintaining, and removing shoring and staging together with related liferails, platforms, and accesses and ensure their compliance with relevant safety standards. Operating woodworking shop machinery such as circular saws, jigsaws, planers, joiners, and portable power tools; and to use a wide variety of hand tools.