MATERIALS EXAMINER AND IDENTIFIER (FORKLIFT OPERATOR

Your tasks

About the Position: Performs, examines/identifies a wide variety of materials and equipment for storage and worldwide distribution. Perform material receipt examinations in order to provide positive identification and classification of standardized, complex and/or hazardous equipment and material from a wide variety of sources.

• Receive, check visually and physically examine, identify, classify, accept, store, issue, reject, and dispose of the most complex and/or hazardous categories of materials and equipment.
• Safely receive, store, move, and tally a variety of material including hazardous and toxic substances in accordance with facility and regulatory requirements.
• Performs warehousing receiving, storing, issuing, shipping, location survey inventorying and re-warehousing of complex, hazardous radioactive materials and equipment.

Requirements

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A 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 MATERIALS EXAMINER AND IDENTIFIER (FORKLIFT OPERATOR without more than normal supervision. ???????Applicants must have sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish the duties of the position. Such knowledge, skills, and abilities must be clearly documented in your resume and must demonstrate skill and ability to perform common tasks: moving and storing a variety of materials; loads and handles material; determines how items are to be received and identified - 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 Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. Dexterity and Safety Knowledge of Materials Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)

PHYSICAL EFFORT: Incumbents regularly stand on hard surfaces for extended periods of time. Constant kneeling, crouching, bending, stooping and walking are required. Works in tiring and uncomfortable positions, and in close quarters. Frequently lift and move equipment, components, or material weighing up to 40 pounds. Heavier items are lifted with weight handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. Incumbent may climb in, on, and under vehicles and other large mechanized equipment. When operating forklifts, must exert moderate physical effort to operate hand and foot controls and endure strain caused by vibration of forklifts.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is performed inside or outside in areas that may be hot, camp, cold, drafty, or poorly lighted. Incumbent is exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes, bruises, abrasions, falls, and injury from falling stock or mechanized work areas. May be subject to exposure of hazardous material. May require wearing protective clothing such as hardhats, hard hats, gloves, masks, etc. Steel toed shoes are always required. Subject to working in a variety of weather conditions while loading and unloading vehicles. Drives in all types of weather and traffic conditions and on roads that may be rough, slick due to rain, ice, snow, or arctic conditions. Exposed to possible serious injury while driving vehicles and to cuts, bruises, and broken bones while loading and unloading vehicles, while operating material handling equipment, and handling material. Exposed to dust, dirt, and unpleasant weather conditions when working in outdoor areas during all seasons of the year. Services the largest garrison area within the continental United States, approximately 663,432 square miles. Operates in the most extreme and longest winter environment within the Army Garrison structure, where external work needs to be performed at temperature below -20 degrees routinely.