Deckhand

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The Missouri River Project Office is minutes from the district office is located in downtown Omaha and minutes from the city's wide array of parks, museums, historic sites, restaurants, recreation and entertainment venues such as Boys Town, the world-class Henry Doorly Zoo.

Major duties

• Perform duties on floating platforms such as towboats, barges, and loading docks.
• Duties include handling lines and moorings to ensure that boats, barges or equipment are tied securely.
• Make soundings, set gangplanks, and attach/remove hoisting and hook lines.
• Operate deck equipment such as power winches, water pumps, and cables.
• Assist with minor repairs and painting of floating plant and working equipment.
• Operate motor vehicles on land weighing 22,000 lbs or more, and operate motorboats up to 26 feet in length on rivers and lakes.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: All US Citizens 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 a(n) Deckhand without more than normal supervision. I have the ability to perform common operational duties on deck and engine room machinery and equipment; operating small watercraft with a length of 26 ft and less; operating various vehicles such as pickup trucks with trailers and dump trucks. I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. - 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 PHYSICAL EFFORT - Employee is exposed to frequent physical exertion such as in lifting and pulling ropes and cables. Employee is required to walk on wet, slick, icy decks and rough and uneven terrain. WORKING CONDITIONS - Work outside under all weather conditions and over water on decks of boats, barges, and around moving machinery and equipment. There is a danger of falling or slipping into the river and drowning; being struck by falling, rolling, or swinging piling stone and other objects, or lines parted under strain; becoming entangled in moving cables and lines; and cuts and bruises from tasks performed.