Motor Vehicle Operator

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This position is located in the Transportation Section, under Facilities & Engineering Service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Medical Center, in Baltimore, MD. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of functions, including safely transporting patients, visitors, employees, as well as supplies and personal belongings/medications, between campuses of the Baltimore VA Medical Center and various areas. To apply for this position, you must have the following qualifications: 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 SPF for this position is: DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Requires a current, valid state-issued Commercial Driver's License (CDL)- Class A with Passenger Endorsement AND Air Brake Endorsement is required for this position. (Note: We may not accept pictures. Please Do Not submit a copy of your license. This requirement will be verified if interviewed.) ~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: Transporting passengers or patients using assigned motor vehicles, operating buses, vans, trucks, or patient transport vehicles, utilizing lift systems when loading/unloading patients/passengers; reading and understanding road maps to determine the most efficient and safest route to take; performing daily pre-trip vehicle inspections, maintaining vehicle cleanliness, utilizing work-issued communication devices (i.e., cell phone; two-way radio) to sufficiently communicate with dispatch; following instructions or scheduled routes, recording trip, passenger, or attendance information, reporting mechanical or safety issues to a supervisor, following traffic laws and safety procedures. (Resume must clearly detail the above experience to receive credit.) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The incumbent exerts Moderate physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning, or moving hands, arms, feet and legs to simultaneously operate hand and foot controls, and in normal driving because of the vehicle or equipment involved. Physical effort is required in the frequent handling of patients including those in wheelchairs or on stretchers. May occasionally handle objects weighing up to 75 pounds. Physical effort may be required to change tires and make limited emergency repairs while on assigned trips. WORKING CONDITIONS: At this level the incumbent works mostly outside and operates vehicles in all kinds of weather (sunshine, rain, sleet, snow, etc.) in a controlled traffic environment throughout a government installation or establishment and on public roadways. Incumbent may be exposed to congested traffic conditions, unsafe roads conditions due to ice, snow and rain, fumes and dust. Also, may be in contact with diseases from patients. Incumbents will operate vehicles in all types of traffic and weather on public roads and is exposed to the danger of serious accidents. Incumbent will drive in heavy rain and at highway speeds over complicated road and interchange systems. 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 Interpret Instructions, Specifications (mobile equipment operations) Motor Vehicles Operate Safely (Non-Motor Vehicle) Reliability And Dependability Without more than normal supervision Work Practices IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibil

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