Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the George

E. Wahlen VA Medical Center (VAMC) in the Facilities Management Service in Salt Lake City, UT. The primary duties of the Carpenter are constructing, making alterations, maintaining, and repairing interior and exterior building structure, roofs, associated building parts and site work.

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY:
This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

* Constructs, alters, repairs and maintains varied wood structures, surfaces, and items where accuracy and fit are essential and structural soundness and appearance are important

* Completes/assembles constructed items often requiring exacting curves, angles and straight cuts for closely joined air tight assemblies

* Repairs/alters items and structures requiring incumbent to know size, shape and purposes to measure, cut and fit finish products; uses varied measuring instruments to accomplish precise measurements; uses shop mathematics to plan and compute complex and exact projects involving arcs, tangents, and circles

* Cuts, bevels, rabbets, chamfers, dados, grooves, and miters joints - Builds and constructs varied cementing forms

* Laminates plastic and Formica to wood surfaces; bends laminated plastic or Formica over counters, desk or sink tops to form splash backs, corners or flat laminates, fine surface wood materials, items, or structures for lacquer, stain or varnish applications

* Constructs and installs suspended acoustical ceiling grid and tile - Installs, maintains, repairs and patched built up gable or hip roofs

* Locates and traces leaks; makes required repairs

* Selects work methods and materials to repair and patch roofs; matches repair materials with original roofing; completes required replacements, patches, and repairs; cuts and shapes shingles to fit around accessories; on shingle installations, lays materials in straight lines to ensure proper overlap and coverage

* Installs, troubleshoots, modifies, repairs, maintains and overhauls varied standard and common mechanical and combination locking devices and mechanisms, such as mortise, rim, cylindrical, deadbolt, office equipment, padlock, emergency exit lock, security unit combination locks for safes, vaults, and cabinets; services varied types of locks and locking devices, such as limited part and components with few operating relationships, dual locking capabilities that interact with combination locks and actuating mechanisms, and security container locking bolts;

installs locking mechanisms in doors, desks, office equipment and safes, replaces escutcheons and face plates, measures and cuts dial spindles, changes spline keys in drive cams, re-combinates or rekeys locking devices; opens locks with missing keys and removes broken keys from keyways; devises and changes combinations; neutralizes lockouts and manufactures and duplicates keys

* Troubleshoots locking systems and devices to determine extent and location of malfunction(s); locates problems and determines component malfunctions and conducts operational checks and tests

* Disassembles systems and devices; checks parts for wear or defects, such as broken springs, jammed pins, broken tailpieces, rust, and corrosion; cleans, repairs, replaces or fabricates defective parts when required; uses filing, drilling, chiseling or grinding processes; reassembles and reinstalls

* Utilizes coding systems involving types of locks and keyways; determines total number of locks discerning those that can be keyed alike and selects correct pin sizes - Uses varied trade tools and equipment to complete installation, maintenance, repair, and test duties - Constructs or repairs cement or concrete surfaces and structures requiring precise measurements; mixes, pours and finishes surfaces and structures

* Determines reinforcement steel and wire use; installs and arranges reinforcement material to obtain maximum strength

* Finishes surfaces to desired finish and texture by rubbing with abrasive stone, broom brushing or applying a smooth…