EQUIPMENT CLEANER

Full Job Description

You will serve as an EQUIPMENT CLEANER in the WATERFRONT SERVICES DIVISION, GENERAL DECK SERVICES, CODE 340 of TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY, BANGOR.

This is a RE-ADVERTISEMENT of Announcement Number: ST-12846096-26-KL and ST-12860415-26-EGD. Applicants that have previously applied NEED to re-apply to this announcement.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying.

Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.

This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job.

Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible.

The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION.

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations.

Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

• You will operate various types of equipment to pump sanitary material, fuel, oil, and contents of tanks and bilges on various marine vessels, such as tugboats, barges, surface craft, and submarine.
• You will determine proper cleaning methods of metal surfaces by use of hand and/or mechanical means (i.e. scraping, scaling, chemical removal).
• You will exercise care during the cleaning process to prevent damage to intact paint surfaces, wire ways, piping, damping tiles, transducers, TLI's, etc.
• You will make recommendations to alter chemical mixtures for sanitizing tanks, parts washers, and high-pressure steamers based on a general knowledge of their applications.
• You will read and interpret blueprints, Submarine Maintenance Standards, Naval Ships' Technical Manuals, and follows strict instruction requirements while pumping, cleaning, and maintaining spill containments.
• You will set up and maintain temporary vacuum systems, adjusting pumps to assure proper flow, and performs preventive maintenance of pumps to prevent any spills.
• You will install protective covering to guard against abrasive blasting, damage to shipboard tanks, internal parts, tank level indicators, and piping systems.
• You will process Form 6340/1 for foreign material waste disposal on the hazardous waste generation record.