Environmental Services Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Environmental Management Services Division at a VA Medical Center requires staff capable of performing comprehensive janitorial and custodial tasks. Duties include sanitation, inventory handling, and floor care across patient and clinical areas.

Applicants should show training or experience demonstrating ability to perform the work, with evaluation per the OPM Federal Wage System standards. Note explains credit for volunteer work and part-time hours.

Qualifications

• Experience evidence of training or experience sufficient to perform the work.
• Applicants rated by OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
• Volunteer work credited and counted as experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform janitorial and custodial duties including waste removal, cleaning, sanitizing, and floor care.
• Manage textile distribution and inventory as part of sanitation operations.
• Document duties with detailed resume descriptions to demonstrate capabilities.

Job description

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and 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.