[Hiring] Laborer @Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Role Description

The Pocatello Supply Depot (PSD) work unit located at Pocatello, Idaho, is responsible for manufacturing, warehousing, and selling vertebrate pesticides and other products for wildlife damage management. Situational telework may be available on an ad hoc basis.

• Assists journeyman staff to manufacture and/or repackage predacides, rodenticides, avicides, and animal damage control devices.
• Uses simple material handling equipment to move, lift, or prepare specialized equipment for assembly or disassembly.
• Loads, unloads, and moves equipment, crates, boxes, and supplies by hand or with the use of a hand truck and/or dolly or other material-handling equipment.
• Assembles or prepares equipment, parts, or materials for shipping or mailing.
• Under supervision, assists journeymen to operate and maintain as instructed, precision cutting and forming machines, boring machines, punching machines and other general shop equipment.

Qualifications

• Training and experience of sufficient scope and quality to provide knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
• Experience includes paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations.
• Credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Testing Designated Position: Selectee must submit to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and random testing thereafter.
• All USDA employees are required to be enrolled in Continuous Vetting.
• Most work takes place in a shop atmosphere which can be noisy, dusty, and dirty.
• The PSD uses several highly flammable chemicals, extremely toxic chemicals, and corrosive acids to manufacture various products.
• Machine tools require extreme care for safe operation.
• The incumbent frequently handles objects weighing from 20 to 50 pounds and above.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package for federal employees.
• Access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position held (full-time, part-time, or intermittent).