Environmental Service Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

This vacancy is located within the Environmental Management Service of Salt Lake City VAMC. The role covers both janitorial and custodial tasks, including sanitizing, disinfecting, waste removal, blinds cleaning, curtain replacement, window and wall washing, dusting, and floor care.

Experience and training evidence is required as described in the notes and will be assessed against OPM standards. Applicants should be prepared for evaluation under the Federal Wage System and must meet all entry

Qualifications

• A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.
• Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

Responsibilities

• Performs janitorial and custodial duties: sanitizing, disinfecting, waste removal.
• Cleans blinds, replaces curtains, washes windows and walls, dusts fixtures.
• Polishes floors, strips and applies finishes, and discharge cleaning.

Skills

Experience evidence

Job description

This position is located within the Environmental Management Service of Salt Lake City VAMC. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes). To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE

A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT

Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

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; religions; 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.

Note

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.