Tool Maker

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serves as a Tool Maker and performs the fabrication, repair, maintenance, and calibration of tools, jigs, fixtures, dies, and punches for pilot models of ammunition processing equipment.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. There is no specific length of training or experience required.

However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of an Tool Maker without more than normal supervision.

These duties or tasks include: Programming, setting up and operating machines of the machinist trade, i.e., internal and external grinders, tool and cutter grinders, milling machines, lathes, shapers, and profile grinders; to include material selection and machining to very close tolerances.

- Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision Screen Out Ability To Use Hand Tools for Machine Shop Ability To Use Shop Drawings Knowledge of Metals Measurement and Layout Operation of Machine Tools Technical Practices (Theoretical, precise, artistic) PHYSICAL EFFORT: The work in this occupation requires standing, stooping, bending, and reaching; moderate lifting up to 40 pounds when moving machine attachments and work pieces.

Work may be done in awkward and cramped positions. WORKING CONDITIONS: Toolmaker normally works inside a machine shop environment wherein there is danger to the skin and eyes from flying metal chips.

Possibility of skin irritation from contact with coolants, lubricants and abrasive compounds; danger to the fingers, hands and other parts of the body from cutting tools, and moving parts of machines.

Major Duties:

• Construct, repair, maintain, and calibrate tools, jigs, fixtures, dies, punches, and gauges.
• Design, experiment, develop, manufacture modify, and/or shop test prototype and pilot models of ammunition tools, machines, and gages used for renovation, demilitarization, demolition etc.
• Operate all types of machine tools involving close tolerances, such as bench work to .0001 inch.
• Perform design and experimentation work in the development of new or modification of existing ammunition machines.
• Interpret work orders, drawings, and blueprints; and recommends correction of drawings when necessary.
• Determine machines to be used, establishes machine feeds and speeds, sets up and operates all types of machine tools.
• Perform cutting, turning, drilling, boring, reaming, tapping, shaping, grinding, lapping, and finishing operations, involving tolerances from .005 to .0001 inch.
• Perform related bench work or fitting and assembling parts to produce end items or close tolerances with fine, smooth finishes.