Job Description
The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) is hiring a Laborer to back Ramey Unit School in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This role is necessary for keeping up the school's 20-acre tropical campus, ensuring secure and clean facilities for students and team.
The role is intermittent (on-call) with a term appointment of up to 13 months, renewable up to 8 years, and may convert to permanent without further competition. As a Laboreryou’ll perform outdoors in all weather conditions and indoors in fields that may be dusty or noisy.
The role demands very heavy physical work, such as lifting objects over 50 pounds, working from ladders and scaffolds, and working hefty powered equipment. This role suits people who enjoy hands-on work, have experience with landscaping utilities, and can abide by instructions for assignments like chemical submission and ice management.
This role is best-suited for U.S. Citizens seeking federal employment with a adaptable schedule. The school is situated near Aguadilla in northwest Puerto Rico, offering a distinct tropical function environment.
No specific education is called for, but you must show the aptitude to perform the operate without more than normal supervision.
Salary & Compensation
Salary: $18.89 - $22.04 per hour.
Qualification
This Laborer position at WG-3 is open to U.S. Citizens. There’s no precise length of training or know-how needed, but you must display in your application that you can perform the perform without more than typical supervision.
The screen-out element is the capacity to remove debris from surface spheres and employ landscaping equipment to maintain lawns and grounds.
- U.S. Citizenship is called for.
- No specific education or training length needed.
- Must demonstrate aptitude to perform laborer tasks without more than standard supervision.
- Screen-out element: Capacity to strip debris from surface domains and apply landscaping equipment to uphold lawns and grounds.
- Background can be paid or unpaid, covering volunteer function through National Offering programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps).
- Competencies evaluated: Ability to do the operate without more than normal supervision. Aptitude to interpret instructions related to mobile equipment operation; capacity to use and keep up instruments and equipment; perform practices (keeping things tidy, clean, and in order).
- Physical attempt: Very weighty, such as lifting objects over 50 pounds, operating from ladders and scaffolds.
- Functioning conditions: Outdoor work in all weather; indoor function in dusty, dirty, noisy fields; exposure to skin irritants from cleaning solutions; threat of falls from ladders.
- Must pass a pre-placement medical examination.
- Must undergo a Tier 1 background investigation with childcare reviews due to interaction with children under 18.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Delete garbage and debris from interior and exterior facilities.
- Uphold playgrounds and athletic fields, covering getting ready fields for events and setting up sports apparatus.
- Keep up school floors and exterior sidewalls.
- Work hefty powered equipment for landscaping responsibilities.
- Put in chemicals to lawns and manage ice during inclement weather following directions and sequences.
- Perform other laborer tasks as assigned to retain the school grounds and facilities in strong condition.
Conditions & Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship.
- Aptitude to perform very weighty physical operate, including lifting over 50 pounds.
- Willingness to perform outdoors in all weather and indoors in adverse conditions.
- Must complete a Tier 1 background investigation with childcare inspects.
- One-year probationary period may be called for.
- Selective Solution registration for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Direct deposit of settle.
- Appointment subject to suitability/fitness determination.
How You Will Be Evaluated
- After the announcement closes, your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire responses are reviewed to decide if you encounter qualification conditions.
- Qualified candidates are assigned to one of three grade categories: Best Qualified, Very Qualified, or Qualified.
- Veteran preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category.
- Best Qualified: Exceptional competencies and expertise exceeding minimum needs.
- Highly Qualified: Decent skills and know-how above minimum requirements.
- Qualified: Gather minimum background conditions.
- Failure to encounter the screen-out element results in an ineligible rating.
- If you inflate qualifications or expertise, you may forfeit consideration.
Required Documents
- Resume (two pages or less) such as employer title, post title, start/finish dates (month/year), hours per week, and a brief description of tasks.
- Responses to the online questionnaire.
- Span letter (optional).
- Most latest performance appraisal (if relevant).
- Documents proving eligibility (e.g., veterans' preference, ICTAP eligibility) as suitable.
- If relying on education, supply transcripts from accredited institutions.
- Sanitize personal info from supplemental documents if needed.
Benefits
- Complete federal gains package covering health insurance, retirement, and paid depart (eligibility depends on position kind and function schedule).
- Intermittent employees may qualify for some upsides; contact the hiring agency for particulars.
- Opportunity for term appointment up to 13 months, extendable up to 8 years.
- Potential conversion to permanent career-conditional or profession appointment after 2 years of continuous offering and winning performance.
- Access to the complete variety of U.S. Public sector employee advantages.
How to Apply
- To apply, you must finish the online submission on the formal submission portal by 11:59 PM EST on July 28, 2026. Kick off by logging into your the authorized submission portal account (or generate one if you don't have it). Click the Register button on the announcement to access the online questionnaire. Track the prompts to choose your resume and supporting documents from your the formal submission portal account.
- Allow up to one hour for virus scanning. After reviewing your submission package, wrap up the personal details section and send in. Make sure your resume is two pages or less and involves all needed points. Verify that your submission is finalize and accurate before the due date. You’ll obtain an email acknowledgment. Verify your the authorized submission portal account for status updates.
Additional Information
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
- Shortlisting is subject to restrictions from the DoWEA referral system for displaced employees.
- Salary is set on the local prevailing rate.
- This role is covered by the DD2952 bargaining unit.
- Reemployed annuitants may put in; view the Reemployed Annuitant data sheet.
- A one-year probationary period is required during which your fitness and performance are evaluated.
- This is a TERM appointment not to exceed three years, with provisions to extend up to eight years and potential conversion to permanent.
- To be eligible for conversion, you must finish at least 2 years of continuous service under a term appointment and reveal thriving position performance.
- Candidates with disabilities needing sensible accommodation should contact David Walton at [email protected].
- The agency contact address is DoWEA Headquarters, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311.
About Company
The Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) is a federal agency under the Department of Defense that offers educational solutions to military-connected students worldwide. DoWEA operates schools on military installations, such as Ramey Unit School in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, which serves the nearby military community.
This Laborer post straight aids the school's operations by keeping up its 20-acre tropical campus. This role is critical for ensuring a protected, tidy, and functional environment for students and staff. As a federal employer, DoWEA presents structured cover scales, clear eligibility rules, and a public solution operate environment.
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