Job Title: Food Service Worker

Department: Department of Veteran Affairs

Agency: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

Job Announcement Number: T5-573937

JOB SUMMARY:

Duties

Additional Duty Location Info:

2 vacancies – San Francisco County, CA United States

Assembles a limited number of salads following simple instructions that require only a few ingredients.  Prepares serving line for tray service and breaks down serving line after tray service.  Places items such as diet kits, eating utensils, and foods on trays as designated by menus and tray tickets.  Pushes tray delivery carts to distribute and collect trays.  Transports trays via battery operated cart to and from the CLC and distributes trays and collects trays from rooms and dining room tables.  Prepares uncooked items following simple instructions.  Prepares cold sandwiches and packs them with other ready to serve assembled foods for bag lunches.  Assembles and distributes ready to serve nourishments.  Cleans general equipment, work areas, and dining room tables and chairs, sweeps and mops floors.  Uses battery operated floor scrubber in the main kitchen.  Scrapes soiled trays, sorts, stacks, and racks tray ware for dishwashing, and pre-scrubs food preparation equipment for pot and pan washing.  Stores clean equipment in designated areas.  Empties trash and compacts it in automatic trash compactor.  Performs other related duties as assigned.

WORK SCHEDULE:  Intermittent – hours and days worked will vary

RELOCATION AND/OR TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED

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Qualifications and Evaluations

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Your background must demonstrate experience in preparing and serving, understanding food terminology, measurements, and serving information, knowledge of sanitation standards and personal hygiene.

PHYSICAL EFFORT:  The position requires performance of work which involves light to moderate physical effort, and is subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling and bending.  Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally lifts or moves objects weighing more than 60 pounds.  The incumbent performs heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing and delivering supplies.  May be required to work on ladders and use power-cleaning equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS:  The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortable high temperatures and humidity.  The work area is well lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors from food or beverages and from floors recently mopped.  Incumbent is regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units. May be unknowingly exposed to patients who have contagious disease.

EXPERIENCE:  A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.  Evidence of specialized experience which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position, must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume or OF-612.   Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C (www.opm.gov/qualifications/x-118c).

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT:  Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire.  Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated.  The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the questions.  The screen-out element: Ability to do the work of a Food Service Worker without more than normal supervision.

JOB ELEMENTS:  Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evaluated in each of the following job elements:

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE CANNOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

1.   Ability to do the work of a Food Service Worker without more than normal supervision. (SCREEN-OUT)

2.   Work Practices (includes following instructions and sanitation)

3.   Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment.

4.   Dexterity and safety.

Veterans’ Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on their application or résumé. Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must complete an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference. Veterans who are still in the service may be granted tentative preference on the basis of information contained in their applications, but they must produce a DD Form 214 or other proof prior to appointment to document entitlement to preference.  For more information on Veterans’ Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/veterans.aspx.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Benefits and Other Info

BENEFITS:

Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional “dollars and cents” benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life.  For more information please visit us at http://www4.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp.

OTHER INFORMATION:

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 90 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM’s Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/ctap/index.asp.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave:  Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.  VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service.  This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

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How To Apply

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your Résumé
2. A complete Occupational Questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire
3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section below)

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, December 07, 2012.

To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.  Applicants are urged to apply online; this process is easier, faster, and provides more information as applications are processed.

Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application, simply reapply through your account in USAJOBS.  After applying, return to USAJOBS (https://my.usajobs.gov/Login.aspx) to see the status of your application, including any messages that may have been sent to you.

If you cannot apply online:

1. Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire View Occupational Questionnaire.
2. Print this 1203FX form to provide your response to the occupational questionnaire http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf.
3. Fax the completed 1203FX form along with any supporting documents to (478)757-3144. Your 1203FX will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.

To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload:

1. Complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the following Vacancy ID 573937.
2. Fax your documents to (478)757-3144.