Shipwright Helper

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard YARD, Industrial Department, Drydock/Shipwright Shop in Baltimore, MD.

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

You will be responsible for assisting journeymen Shipwrights or workers with tasks that involve the construction, repair, maintenance, overhaul and conversion of a wide variety of types and sizes of marine crafts and vessels.

Being a civilian working for the Coast Guard makes you a valuable team member. Typical duties include:

• Using power and hand tools common to the Shipwright trade.
• Getting tools and supplies, carrying materials and lifting and holding items in place while the Shipwright is working on them.
• Cleaning work area, tools and machines.
• Assisting in positioning, building up and securing to the drydock floor, keel blocks, bilge blocks, and other structures upon which the vessel will rest when the dock is raised or the vessel is hauled on the marine railway.
• Standing drydock security watch on a rotational basis. Making hourly rounds of the docks to insure that the docks are operating properly.
• Measuring and logging the freeboard on each dock and inspecting all compartments on the #2 dock three times during each watch to insure that no ruptures exist, which would damage the dock machinery.

Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than the length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope, and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired.

Applicants will be rated and ranked based on their knowledge of the following job elements:

1. Likelihood of success in assignments which require interest, motivation, and readiness to do simple work (SCREENOUT)

2. Ability to handle weights and loads

3. Ability to follow oral directions

4. Dexterity and safety

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.