Equipment Specialist (Marine)

As an Equipment Specialist (Marine) you will perform the following duties:

• Provide maintenance to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Diving Center (NDC) SCUBA equipment such as repairing overhauling maintaining and inspecting equipment. Process shipments of diving regulators and SCUBA gear to and from divers in the field.
• Analyze equipment performance or maintenance problems and provide advice/recommendations when equipment is at end-of-life. Apply the full range of equipment standards policies regulations and methods to ensure safety and compliance.
• Perform routine and on-demand service inspection and maintenance of SCUBA in support of the Standardized Equipment Program (SEP) for NDC. Service of SCUBA equipment includes disassembly inspection cleaning and re-assembly and testing. SEP equipment includes first and second stage regulators pressure gauges alternate air sources buoyancy compensators and underwater instrumentation.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• The employee works in both clean and dirty shop/warehouse areas that may be noisy and cold or in an office/storage room setting.

• This position requires the ability to move moderate to heavy diving equipment and air tanks weighing up to 50 lbs.
• This position requires the ability to stand for extended periods in the routine performance of duties.
• This position requires excellent manual dexterity and fine motor skills to work with small parts and components and effectively use hand tools like wrenches and screwdrivers

Conditions of employment

This position will be filled under the DOC Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). This system replaced the Federal GS pay plan and structure. Under CAPS positions are classified by career pay plan and pay band.

The ZA-2 is equivalent to the GS-07/10.

Key Requirements:

1. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
2. This position requires a Low Risk Security Clearance.
3. Suitable for Federal employment as determined by background investigation.
4. Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period.*
5. More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
6. Must be registered for Selective Service if applicable ()

Additional Considerations:

• Payment of relocation expenses (PCS) is not authorized.

• Your performance and conduct;
• Needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of then Federal service.

• A background investigation will be required for this position. Continued employment will be subject to the applicants successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
• Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active. Should your email address change please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.
• If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Managements website located at: There is no positive education requirement for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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.

To qualify at the ZA-2 or GS-07 level:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-1 or GS-05 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:

• Performing maintenance or repairs to SCUBA equipment; and
• Participating in testing evaluating or troubleshooting SCUBA equipment.

• A grade point average (GPA) of 2.9 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 full years of undergraduate study;
• A GPA of 3.5 or higher based on a 4.0 scale for required courses completed in a major field of study or those courses completed in a major field of study during the last two years of undergraduate study;
• Class standing of upper third of the graduating class in the college university or major subdivision of the college;
• Membership in a national Scholastic Honor Society certified by the Association of College honor Societies excluding freshman honor societies.

OR

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of graduate level education and specialized experience.