About this role
Job SummaryYou will serve as a TOOLMAKER in the MACHINE SHOP BRANCH of NAVAL FOUNDRY AND PROPELLER CENTER.
QualificationsAlthough a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: THE ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Major DutiesYou will design, manufacture, calibrate, recondition, and repair machine shop tools, jigs, fixtures, and gages used by workers performing machining and assembly work, as well as various types of dies used in metal working press operations.You will plan and lay out jigs and fixtures for fabrication and assembly, normally working from blueprints, sketches, or molds of end items to be made.You will determine specification of jig or fixture to be made; select suitable metal stock, calculate necessary dimensions and tolerances; and plan overall sequence of work operationsYou will assemble parts and check completed jig or fixture for accuracy using precision measuring instruments.You will manufacture machine cutting tools such as gear cutters, hobs, double angle cutters, form tools and branches as well as dies for punch presses.You will repair, modify and calibrate precision measuring instruments used in the machine shop such as Vernier gages, inside and outside micrometers, depth micrometers, gage blocks and dial indicators