TOOLMAKER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a TOOLMAKER in the MECHANICAL SHOP (CODE 931), PRODUCTION RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

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: Ability to accomplish work using knowledge of heat treatment of steel, allowances for fits, all types of gearing, screw thread sizes, all types of roller bearings, and mathematical tables.

Ability to draw sketches, design jigs and all types of fixtures, including dies for sheet metal work.

Ability to select suitable material and machines to complete the job using a variety of precision instruments and test equipment.

Ability to design and manufacture rubber and plastic molds from aluminum and steel.

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 and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=WG-3400 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 design, manufacture, calibrate, recondition, and repair machine shop tools, jigs, fixtures, and gages used by workers performing machining and assembly work.
• You will make detailed layouts using all precision measuring devices common to trade.
• You will construct and adapt own holding devices and fixtures used on machine tools in order to perform special and precise machining operations.
• You will plans and lay out jigs and fixtures for fabrication and assembly, normally working from blueprints, sketches, or molds of end items to be made.
• You will chip, files, and stripe parts by hand to obtain accurate fit.
• You will manufacture machine cutting tools such as gear cutters, hobs, double angle cutters, form tools and branches as well as dies for punch presses.
• You will manufacture complete machines designed for special nuclear operations.