Veterans Health Administration · Department of Veterans Affairs · Fargo, ND · Listing TRK-34

Motor Vehicle Operator

This position is located in the Laundry Section of the Environmental Management Service of the VA Healthcare System located in Fargo, ND. The Motor Vehicle Operator transports textiles between the hospital and the Textile Care Processing Facility approximately five to six times daily.

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Pay

$25–30/hr

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Requirements

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SCREEN-OUT) - A Selective Placement Factor (SPF) has been identified for this position. Selective Placement Factors (SPF) are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Requires a current, valid state-issued Driver's License for this position. Note: Please do not submit a copy of your license, as we cannot accept photographs. Your license will be requested at interview. -AND- SCREEN-OUT: Ability to do the work of a Motor Vehicle Operator without more than normal supervision. To qualify for this position, experience must include: operating a truck, flatbed, or box truck; operating dock-leveling devices; delivering cargo; and ensuring the proper loading of vehicles to avoid overloading. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. PHYSICAL EFFORT: The applicant must be free of physical handicaps that would adversely affect his/her ability to operate assigned equipment in a safe and proper manner. Must constantly stand, walk, turn, bend and lift in the performance of assigned duties. Must be able to push and pull heavy cargoes on and off the vehicle to include linen carts weighing up to 800 lb. and extreme caution must be exercised in moving them to avoid injury or damage. Will be required to manually lift a hydraulic gate that weighs more than 50 lb. when delivering or picking up linen at sharing agreement locations that do not have a loading dock access. Will be required to manually lift and position 50 lb. - 100 lb. manual dock plates at both clean and soiled laundry dock areas. Must be able to lift and remove chains and tires that can weigh about 75 lb. WORK CONDITIONS: Work is performed under generally adequate conditions in lighted, heated and ventilated areas, but may be exposed at times to extreme temperatures, excrete, disagreeable odors and chemicals. Is exposed to constant noise from moving equipment and danger exists from working near steam pipes, moving equipment, chemicals and close quarters. Required to work outside in all types of weather and weather-related conditions and drive in all types of traffic conditions and road types. This includes navigating in congested traffic, use of interstate and highways, and sometimes rural routes due to remote locations of some customers. Must drive, operate equipment and move cargo in extreme weather conditions such as cold, heat, rain, snow, ice, etc. Subject to serious accidents while on public roads as well as cuts bruises and broken bones because of accidents while driving or when loading/unloading of vehicle. Must be safety minded and prevents injury to oneself, patients, staff, and visitors. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Drive Safely Motor Vehicles Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle) Reliability And Dependability Without more than normal supervisio...

Hiring area

Fargo, ND

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