Materials Handler

This position is located within the VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS), Environmental Management Service (EMS) as part of the Textile Care Processing Facility (TCPF). The incumbent is responsible for ensuring accurate stock levels and customer service request are processed accurately for the Health Care System.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Duties require frequent maneuvering of heavy carts; both soil and clean, from using areas, carts that sometimes have a gross weight of 800 pounds or more. Duties required do extensive walking, pushing, pulling, stooping, bending and lifting of laundry bags, sometimes more than 75 pounds when linens are wet. While the major portion of the work is performed indoors on access ramps and hallways that are covered, and of which are adequately lighted, duties are required to travel back and forth from the laundry or linen room to the Medical Center out buildings in the outdoors. Employee is subject to cold and wet weather when traveling the outdoors. Also, during winter months, early daily hours require employee to work in areas where temperatures are less than normal. You may also be subject to possible health hazards from handling soiled linens. You will be subject to muscle stain because of bending stooping, pulling, pushing, and lifting. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Materials Without more than normal supervision Work Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.