Carpenter

Major duties and responsibilities

• Constructs, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures, such as windows, doors, floors, ceilings, and cabinetry
• Reads and interprets blueprints, drawings, and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements
• Operates woodworking machines and uses hand tools to cut, shape, and form wood, plastic, and other materials
• Installs frameworks, partitions, doors, and windows
• Prepares and applies coating materials on wood, metal, concrete, synthetic, and other surfaces utilizing standard and special methods of the painting trade
• Patches and finishes surfaces, replaces damaged components, ensures paint-ready condition
• Measures and calculates the quantity of wall covering needed for a wall-covering task
• Uses metals, synthetic resins, plastics, and patching compounds, pumice, and rottenstone for evening out dents and scars in the surfaces to be covered
• Conducts inspections, performs preventive maintenance, documents work, ensures compliance with standards
• Maintains all tools and equipment in operating condition
• Performs interior and exterior painting
• Executes painting both inside and outside of buildings, equipment, furnishings, machinery, and other surfaces
• Performs exterior road striping and marking using appropriate paint and equipment
• Erects rigging, staging, and scaffolding as part of the painting operation
• Performs a variety of work in related construction trades
• Member of the snow removal team and may be utilized during inclement weather as needed

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality demonstrating the ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions on the resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements.