Maintenance Worker (HVAC)

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To qualify for a Maintenance Worker (HVAC) your resume and supporting documentation must support: Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying.

Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job.

Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

The SOE and minimum qualifications for this position is: Perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as assist with operating a heating boiler system in order to isolate problems and maintain operation of the system.

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.

Selective Placement Factor: Must possess valid state and government driver's license and be capable of operating government vehicles from ½ ton to 1 ½ ton trucks.

Certifications: EPA Certification for refrigeration and air conditioning (Regulation No.

40 CFR, Part 82.161) Universal Technician Certification Physical Effort: Works in tiring or uncomfortable positions for long periods.

The work requires frequent standing, bending, crouching, kneeling, climbing, and occasional stooping and stretching.

Occasionally, works from ladders, scaffolds, and platforms and may perform strenuous work while standing, sitting, or lying.

Frequently lifts, carries, and handles tools and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds and, occasionally, items weighing more with assistance of material lifting devices or other workers.

Working Conditions: The work is usually performed indoors on concrete surfaces where there is exposure to dust, dirt, chemicals, heat, steam, noise, and unpleasant odors.

Occasionally, services equipment outdoors under adverse weather conditions. Employee is continually exposed to burns, electrical shocks, cuts, strains, bruises, and chemical irritations.

Subject to discomfort from face masks or other protective devices when there is a possibility of exposure to toxic refrigerants, noxious gases, fumes, or acids.

Exposed to repeated, prolonged, or concentrated amounts of refrigerants. Frequently is subject to sudden temperature changes.

To reduce dangers from these and other similar conditions, follows prescribed safety practices and uses safety equipment, such as safety glasses, hard-toe shoes, respirators, hard hats, and fire retardant gloves.

Major Duties:

• Installs, repairs, and maintains a variety of uncomplicated heating equipment and systems that do not have complex maintenance requirements.
• Works on oil, natural gas and propane fueled heaters, hot air furnaces, and other systems and equipment with similar heat sources, controls, and circulating methods.
• Computes fuel consumption rates, heat generation units, and air-to-fuel ratios and conversions.
• Identifies electronic control problems and makes repairs to refractory liners in heating boilers.
• Repairs, replaces, and maintains bearings, oil seals, pilots, burners, valves, and electromechanical controls and other items of similar complexity.
• Repairs and maintains a variety of domestic and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems used to condition areas and to cool equipment.
• Replaces major portions of various cooling units, such as compressors, condensers, expansion valves, float and service valves, thermostats, coils, and drive assemblies.
• Selects tools, decides on methods and techniques to use, and installs a variety of parts including major portions of assigned systems and equipment, applying and interpreting information in blueprints, charts, and sketches.
• Operates heavy hand tools and power equipment such as heavy, walking-type power mowers, edgers, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, mechanical spreaders, handsaws, chainsaws, hatchets, picks, shovels, and clippers.