Laborer

This is an open continuous announcement to fill current and future vacancies until 02/17/2027 applicants will be referred every 30 days. Management may close this announcement early once all positions have been filled.

This position is in the Facility Management Building Services Department located in the National Gallery of Art (NGA). The NGA is comprised of 1.3 million gross square feet of building space including the East and West Buildings the Connecting Link and the Sculpture Garden on the National addition the NGA also operates and maintains a warehouse and shop facility in Landover Maryland several condominium apartments lease office space in Washington D.C. art galleries in the historic Corcoran building and other locations when required.

Duties for this position include:

• Handling moving and controlling heavy powered cleaning equipment.
• Performing minor equipment maintenance (i.e. pallet jacks dollies powered utility vehicles)
• Moving items which may weigh more than 80 pounds between National Gallery of Art buildings and the Sculpture Garden.
• Maintaining a preventive maintenance program and work order management system.
• Moving heavy items to allow cleaning of floors baseboards doors door hardware furniture counter-tops columns ledges stairs stair rails offices and office equipment.
• Ensuring common areas are clean and in order.
• Sweeping/wet mopping floor removing oil hydraulic fluid grease and other spilled liquids.
• Assisting other departments in a laborer capacity.
• Supporting the cleaning of the Chader and Mall fountains.
• Participating in rotating shift schedules and weekend duty.
• Supporting special events and emergencies to meet the NGA mission requirements.

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation.
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements seeQualification Standards Handbook forGeneral Schedule Positionsviewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your 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). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

A requirement of this position is to move items which may weigh more than 80 pounds (such as office equipment tables chairs furniture and supplies). Relocates furniture and equipment such as file cabinets.

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(in bold below) 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.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

1. Ability to perf. duties w/o supervision

25-A Work Practices

75-B Ability to Interpret Instructions & Specifications

81 Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment

86 Dexterity and Safety

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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.