Store Worker (Fork Lift Operator)

The primary purpose of the position is to perform duties of a Store Worker (Fork Lift Operator). Incumbent works in one or more of the departments within the store and performs a variety of duties involved in receiving, handling, marking, preparing, displaying, and maintaining the stock levels of resale items. The work involves the regular and recurring operation of an electric, diesel, or gasoline powered Fork LiftQualifications: You must meet qualifications and requirements by the closing date. Per the OPM Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, how you gained the skill and/or knowledge or the length of time you have spent in this line of work is not as important as what you can do and that you have the required ability or potential to successfully perform the duties of this position. Your resume should show your specific knowledge, skill, and abilities for this position in relation to each of the elements being measured.
Examples of qualifying experience:

• Knowledge of stock turnover, shelf space allocation, and customer preferences.
• Knowledge of brand names and sizes of grocery items or of the kinds and varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure the proper care and handling of certain items.
• Knowledge of location of items to assist customers.
• Skill in preparing, arranging, or stacking items together for safety and neatness; rotating old stock.
• Ability in Operating a forklift.

You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
Physical requirements:
Work requires continuous walking, standing, bending, or stooping, and use of arms to fill shelves and counters. Frequently lifts or moves heavy boxes or crates weighing up to 50 pounds and occasionally over 50 pounds. While operating a forklift incumbent uses moderate physical effort in operating hand and foot controls while driving, turning, starting, and stopping the forklift, and raising, lowering, and tilting loads being moved.
You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.
As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate what you can do against what the work requires (job element method). This job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE). The SOE addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and abilities essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirement in the SOE are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration. The job elements for this job are:

• Work practices.
• Technical practices.
• Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc.
• Knowledge of materials.
• Dexterity and safety.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit Status: Covered
Obligated Position: No
Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met.
Work environment: Exposure to extreme temperatures or conditions. Danger of minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes, and bruises, or heat sealer burns. While operating a forklift, the incumbent may receive cuts, bruises, and broken bones from shifting loads, toppling stacks, overturning forklifts, falling objects, or accidents with other moving equipment.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: No
Telework eligible: No
Remote work eligible: NoEducation: You may not use education to qualify for this position.Employment Type: FULL_TIME