Painter

Summary

This position is located in the Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center of the Facilities Management Service under the general supervision of the Maintenance and Operations Assistant Forman. The painter is an integral part of the Maintenance and Operations section of the Facilities Management Service.

Duties

Duties include but not limited too: Performs all duties associated with the application, maintenance, and repair of all types of finishes, including special finishing techniques such as marbling and graining, by using coating materials that are prepared in special and common way and by applying coating techniques that ensure surfaces have a smooth textured and decorative appearance and meet thickness and level requirements, Prepares coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives, applies coating materials with any of the accepted trade devices including those designed to give special effects, for example, brushes, rollers, spray guns, and graining devices. Ensures that the coating finish meets match, texture, decorative, thickness, and level requirements, check such things as viscosity of coating materials and thickness of coatings on surfaces, Adds various agents (for example, retardants, drying agents), and combine coating mixtures to get the proper color, texture, consistency, and drying state. Coverings on plastered walls, metal and wood surfaces, roads, parking lots, furniture, small patching needs and equipment, after proper surface preparation, to insure good adhesion Must be able to tape joints, spackle, sand and paint drywall. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:00 a.am-3:30 p.m. Position Description Title/PD#: Painter/PD01714A

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/02/2026. 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 which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. 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 Job Elements: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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 responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: Work is done inside and outside where dirt, spray, and fumes are usually present. The painter prepares and coats surfaces from ladders, scaffolds and platforms, and where the surfaces to be coated are in cramped and hard-to-reach places. Most work requires the patient to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequent lifting, carrying, and setting up materials and equipment that weigh up to 20 pounds, and occasionally 60 pounds or over occurs. He/she is standing or walking much of the time and must be in good overall physical condition. Physical capability to regularly walk long distances, dexterity and accurate eye hand coordination, and corrected 20/20 vision and accurate color perception are required. At times, surfaces are prepared and coated outside in bad weather.