This vacancy is for aWG-3703-10, Welder located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, BASE NEW ORLEANS in NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.
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. Applicants will be rated and ranked based on their knowledge of the following job elements: - Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen-out Element) - Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) - Dexterity and Safety - Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) 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.
You will serve as a Welder and be responsible for performing welding assignments that may include work on barges, boats, ships, small vessels, facilities and their associated equipment. Welding on various components of a ship can include the shell, broken or cracked engine parts, framing, inner bottoms, tanks, boilers, decks, bulkheads, superstructures, masts, stacks, ventilation ducts, railings, piping, and similar components. Welds are made in all positions including flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Welding work frequently involves removing and replacing interferences in way of welds, fitting brackets and machinery foundations and fitting minor structural braces, gussets or patches. Taking all fire and safety precautions, adjusting all welding controls to insure that qualified welding procedures are maintained. Applying knowledge of a wide range of manual welding processes and difficult welds using processes such as oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, and other industrial gases. Working with various methods such as gas metal-arc, gas tungsten-arc, gas carbon-arc, plasma-arc, and shielded metal arc welding. Selectee must have knowledge of welding standards and how various metals and alloys, such as different kinds of steel, aluminum, cast iron, nickel, Monet metal, brass, copper, bronze and titanium, react to different welding processes and techniques. Reading blueprints, sketches, online drawings, and is capable of component layout and fit up as diagrammed.