Rigging Worker

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Kittery, ME Secret Polygraph Unspecified Career Level not specified Salary not specified

Duties

• You will be required to lift/move buildings, heavy equipment or other loads.
• You will assist in the ship docking operation by laying out and handling lines and tackle, snubbing lines on cleats or bollards, hauling on lines with capstans, and performing similar duties.
• You will direct operators of cranes or other weight handling equipment by standard signals.
• You will fabricate and repair wire cable or fiber rope articles such as slings, towing bridles, nets, rope ladders, and other boat rigging and weight handling gear.

Requirements Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.

Qualifications Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible.

The Screen-out Element for this position is:
Ability to do work of the position without more than normal supervision:

- The ability to work with knots, hitches, able to splice rope, cable and fabricate various types of ship rigging and weight handling gear.

- Determine the placement of gear to assure loads are secure, balanced, and attaching tag lines to control unnecessary movement of the load.

- Ability to use math and physics to determine weights, stresses, strengths, and mechanical advantage.

- Determine exact placement of such items as padeyes, beam clamps, and chain falls used to support and balance load during movement.

- Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, drawings, and Task Group Instruction (TGIs). Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Additional information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will…