MOBILE EQUIPMENT METAL WORKER (RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE) WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

Duties (1) Disassembles damaged mobile equipment bodies and components to determine nature and extent of damage and required repairs. Performs repair work on damaged equipment components such as fenders, panels, hoods, cowls, truck beds and associated parts such as brackets, covers, clamps, and braces. Repairs bodies by mending, replacing, or fabricating with sheet metals. On occasion, repairs damaged main frames and structural components such as doorposts, doorframes, skeletal framework, and main support members. (2) Fabricates, assembles, and installs a variety of components made of sheet metal for buses, trailers, shelters, and other equipment. Lays out and cuts materials allowing for seams, joints, laps, and shrinkage. Bends and forms metal parts into desired shapes with hand and power tools and equipment. Uses equipment such as shears, brakes, folders, formers, crimping, burring, and bending machines. Assembles and fastens fabricated parts by installing bolts, rivets, screws, soldering, and welding. Repairs folds, wrinkles, creases, and large tears in fenders, doors, and roofs using hammers, dolly blocks, spoons, bending irons, mallets, sanders, grinders, files and hydraulic jacks. Prepares surfaces for painting by filling and sanding. (3) Removes and replaces damaged fenders, quarter panels, and top panels by cutting and welding with oxyacetylene and electric arc welding equipment. Shrinks and stretches sheet metal to obtain desired shape and fit. Removes and replaces body trim, hardware, windshields, door glass, headliners, and other body components. (4) Repairs radiators, fuel tanks, and similar items by straightening, soldering, patching, tube rodding and splicing, plugging core sections, replacing cores and pressure testing for leaks. Removes, disassembles, reassembles, and installs radiators, fuel tanks and similar items. (5) Occasionally performs electrical repair work such as removing, splicing, insulating, soldering, and replacing cut or defective wiring on mobile equipment. (6) Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment * Must successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination in accordance with 5 CFR, Part 339 and Technician Personnel Regulation 355 * NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact 1-800-GO-GUARD or visit NATIONALGUARD.COM/VT prior to applying for this position. * Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. * Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. * This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Vermont National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement. * Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. * Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. * Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation. * May be required to successfully complete a probationary period. * Participation in direct deposit is mandatory. * This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement. * Must successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination in accordance with 5 CFR, Part 339 and Technician Personnel Regulation 355. Qualifications NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is a Title 32 excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard. Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Vermont Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact 1-800-GO-GUARD or visit NATIONALGUARD.COM/VT prior to applying for this position. OPEN AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: AREA 1, 2,3, 4 Area I: All current On-board Permanent and Indefinite Dual Status 32 and Title 5 (Competitive and Excepted) Technicians (Tenure: 1-Career, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) - Only those Vermont National Guard members who are in permanent or indefinite technician status as a result of being competitively hired within that National Guard component applying for a position within the component which they are currently employed. Area II: All Members of the Vermont Army National Guard. Area III: Currently assigned service members in other branches of the military outside of the VTNG, to include those assigned to Active Duty, Reserve or other state's National Guard. Area IV: All individuals able to and willing to become members of the Vermont National Guard including prior service not currently assigned to a military component and non-prior service US civilians. Military Rank/Grade: PV1/ E-1 to SFC/E-7 Minimum Requirements: Experience or training which has provided a knowledge of mobile body construction; and the skill to remove, fabricate, reshape and replace or repair such damage as, dents, tears, wrinkles, cuts and creases by cutting, knocking out, welding, filling and sanding. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE WG-09: Must have at least 18 months experience or training which has provided knowledge of mobile equipment construction and how all components and parts are installed and determine the total extent of damage and repair alternatives. Experience in the use of gas, arc, and welding equipment to cut out damaged or deteriorated areas, remove rusted nuts and bolts, strengthen brackets and braces, weld simple cuts and breaks, and apply heat to bend, reshape damaged areas. Experience in the use of trade equipment. Experience applying body filler to build up depressed areas, and the skill to smooth by grinding and sanding, until the contour is uniform with the adjoining areas. Experience applying primers paint with brush or spray gun, gravity feed and HVLP (high volume low pressure) equipment. Experience in mathematical calculations and scribe patterns in the fabrication of wood or metal parts having straight lines or irregular curves. Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candidates' experience should be evaluated based on duties performed rather than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compatibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): -- Ability to determine the methods, equipment, materials, and techniques required to repair damaged mobile equipment bodies and metal body components parts or provide replacements. --Knowledge of metal body construction to determine the extent of damage and how various components and parts are installed, i.e., bolted, soldered, riveted or welded -- Ability to apply body filler to build up depressed areas, and the skill to smooth by grinding and sanding, until the contour is uniform with adjoining areas. Ability to apply primer paint with brush or spray gun equipment. -- Skill in using hammers, dolly blocks, spoons, bending irons, mallets, sanders, grinders, files and hydraulic jacks to remove dents and creases in mobile equipment body components. --Skill in the using sheet metal working equipment to cut, bend, form, and shape materials. --Skill in using oxyacetylene and electric arc welding equipment to cut, weld, remove or replace damaged fenders, quarter panels, and top panels. -- Knowledge of basic electricity to remove, splice, insulate, solder, replace, or cut defective wiring on mobile equipment. -- Knowledge of arithmetic to calculate and scribe patterns in the fabrication of wood or metal parts. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: -This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. -Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. -May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required .-The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission. Please be advised: 1. Specialized experience will be used to determine qualifications for the announced position. 2. An applicant's RESUME must provide, in detail, how they meet the specialized experience listed. 3. It must be documented with from (mm/yy) and to (mm/yy) dates and description of the specialized experience. 4. If education or a degree is required as part of the Specialized Experience, you must include transcripts. Do not copy the specialized experience qualifications word for word and place into your resume; you must describe your personal experience as it pertains to each statement. Education There are no specific educational requirements for this position. Additional information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that yo