MATERIALS EXAMINER & IDENTIFIER - U.S. Pacific Fleet

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: The ability to perform common tasks including working under close supervision, receiving various types of materials, equipment, and components; reviewing shipping documentation to ensure proper turn information was provided; inspecting and determining the completeness and condition of items/materials; identifying turned in materials/items; locating part numbers; Querying databases to verify part numbers; Preparing shipping documents; Operating Material Handling Equipment; Comply with established procedures to process. 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: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements 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. You will pack and/or preserve a wide variety of equipment, parts, tools, materials, and other items. You will use packing and/or preservation materials and packing techniques such as electro-sensitive discharge, and item fast packs, special purpose and multi-application reusable containers to protect sensitive equipment and parts. You will determine the type of protection required to ensure undamaged shipment and storage of items to local, nationwide, or overseas locations based on agency, Federal, international, and other applicable shipping regulations. You will protect material and equipment during storage and shipment, cleaning and preserving a variety of items using chemicals, solvents, preservatives, drying techniques, vacuum equipment, heat sealing machines, etc. You will unload incoming shipments, using common hand tools and materials handling equipment such as forklifts with up to 10,000 pounds capacity, counting and annotating types and quantities of items, segregating items as necessary. You will annotate and sign receiving and other documents, verifying items listed match items received, alerting appropriate authorities of materials having serious discrepancies. You will utilize banding, stretch wraps or other methods to secure materials, scanning bar codes and/or keys receipt information into automated record system, transporting or forwarding materials from receiving areas to storage. You will process outgoing shipments into the electronic Retrograde Management System (eRMS), including creating 1348s, or other shipping documents as required, shipment Manifests, and posting Proof of Shipment. You will determine specific materials to be re-warehoused and consolidated, matching, checking, and comparing data on storage instruments with materials to be stored against materials already in storage locations. You will store, stack, and/or rotate materials under the first in first out (FIFO) concept using common hand tools and materials handling equipment such as forklifts with up to 10,000 pounds capacity. You will clean receipt and storage areas by sweeping, vacuuming, and dusting either manually or with mechanized equipment and perform a broad range of standard selection and assembly assignments. You will match, check, and compare data on selection instruments against materials to be issued or shipped, alerting appropriate authority of material having discrepancies. You will receive and sort incoming ready-for-issue (RFI) and non-RFl aeronautical material, including mechanical, electronic and structural items such as fire-control and navigational mechanisms and devices. You will observe and note physical condition of items received, determining whether accompanying documents are complete and correct, checking items for stock number, part number, quantity and condition. You will identify and classify items which have lost identity or are incorrect, by reference to technical publ