Materials Handler (Fire Support)

United-States-Forest-Service; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Forest Service seeks a warehouse and materials handler for an NISC site located on a Region 2 Forest Service unit. Responsibilities include receiving, storing, repairing, refurbishing, and shipping supplies, equipment, and materials.

Applicants should document work history with dates, hours per week, and duties to qualify. Learn eligibility requirements via the Federal Wage System standards; volunteer experience may count toward qualifications.

Qualifications

• Work Practices: ability to keep work areas neat, clean, and organized.
• Technical Practices: applying precise, methodical techniques in warehousing tasks.
• Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, and other non-blueprint docs.
• Knowledge of materials and their handling requirements.
• Dexterity and Safety: manual handling with safe practices and PPE adherence.

Responsibilities

• Warehousing and materials handling: receiving, storing, repairing, refurbishing, shipping supplies.

Skills

Work Practices

Technical Practices

Interpret Instructions

Knowledge of Materials

Dexterity and Safety

Job description

This position is located This position is located within a National Interagency Support Cache (NISC) located on a Region 2 Forest Service unit.

This position involves warehousing and materials handling activities that include receiving, storing, repairing, refurbishing, and shipping supplies, equipment, and materials.

For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Humberto Ontiveros at [e-mail]. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements.

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.

Note on Experience: Your resume must clearly document the following for each block of work experience; the beginning day, month and year the work assignment started and ended; the hours worked per week; position title, and series and grade if applicable; and description of duties performed. This information must be provided for each permanent, temporary or seasonal appointment/work assignment or volunteer work and should be clearly documented as a separate block of time. Incomplete, inaccurate or conflicting work history may not be credited for qualifications purposes. This can result in an applicant not being considered for the position.

Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience.

Eligibility will be determined by relevance, scope, and quality of overall experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. Applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below:

Screen-out Job Element: Applicants must show the Ability to do the Work of the Position Without More than Normal Supervision. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out job elements will not be further evaluated.

In addition to the above requirements, applicants will be ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below:

• Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean, and in order)
• Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
• Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (other than blueprints)
• Knowledge of Materials
• Dexterity and Safety