Job Details

** Painter**

**Legislative Branch**

**Location**

1 vacancy in the following location:

** Relocation expenses reimbursed**

No

** Telework eligible**

No

**Duties**

** Summary**

The position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Chief of Operations, Superintendent, House Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent, Tenant Services Division, Painting Branch, Painting Day/Night Section. Seeking a skilled journey-level painter responsible for coating work on furnishings and buildings accomplished by standard methods and special finishing techniques including graining, marbling and mottling using coating materials prepared in common and special methods.

**Responsibilities**

**Major Duties**

**Tour of Duty: Night Shift, Sunday thru Thursday, 9:30 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.**

***Shift work may change due to the Operating Needs of the Agency.**

+ Uses accepted methods of the trade. Plans the materials, tools and techniques needed for the work and completes the work with little or no advice. Determines the methods, devices and materials that are best suited to each surface to achieve a glossy finish, grained effect or a finish that must meet specified thickness levels or other criteria.

+ Utilizes standard tools and equipment such as brushes, rollers, spray guns, trowels, screeds, straight edges, viscosity testers, graining devices and wet and other thickness gauges. Erects and dismantles swing staging and scaffolding.

+ Refinishes doors, baseboards, floors and interior trim in offices. Prepares surfaces, obtains smooth surfaces, evens out dents and treats surfaces.

+ Prepares and applies coating materials using accepted trade devices.

+ Applies decorative finishes including striping, stippling and graining. Matches colors, shading and textures of interior finishes where exact matching with previous finish is required.

+ Paints interior and exterior building signs from stenciled outlines.

+ Cuts and installs glass in windows and picture frames.

+ Removes and installs vinyl cove base where applicable in the House Office Buildings.

+ Preps surfaces for painting and special effects, such as filling, shaping and leveling with metal and synthetic resins. This includes removing old finishes and paint using chemicals, scraping, hand tools and sandpapering. Plaster and spackle small holes and cracks. Mixes and prepares paints, stains and other products. Fills cracks, holes and joints with caulk, putty, plaster or other fillers, using caulking guns or putty knives. Tapes, blocks and finishes new drywall rooms and partitions.

+ Determines the methods, techniques, devices and materials best suited to the surface finish. Ensures that surfaces meet smoothness, level and shape requirements, using accepted methods and techniques. Prepares surfaces by methods such as smoothing with pumice and rottenstone; filling, shaping and leveling with metal and synthetic resins; and mixing and applying pre-coating agents such as picking and alkali compounds.

+ Complies with all OSHA safety rules and regulations to ensure that work progresses in a safe manner and to initiate or take corrective action on unsafe conditions in managed areas. Provides or receives training, either on the job or through classroom training, to ensure knowledge to proper use of required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). **Travel Required**

Not required

** Supervisory status**

No

** Promotion Potential**

09

**Requirements**

** Conditions of Employment**

+ You must be a U.S. Citizen.

+ You must be able to pass a drug test.

+ Your resume and question responses must demonstrate job-related elements.

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** Qualifications**

You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

Journey Level Experience in the Painting Occupational Series is required for the Position.

You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position.

+ Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. Examples include: working on residential or commercial properties and preparing, selecting, coating methods/techniques and applying paint and associated products. **Education**

**Additional information**

**Welcome Veterans.** The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislative branch to certain veterans as applied by the Congressional Accountability Act. Veterans' preference is applied on this vacancy announcement. If you are a veteran and have been separated under honorable conditions, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 or other proof of eligibility; SF-15, if applicable; and Department of Veterans Affairs documentation of disability, if applicable. For more information, please visit

**If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the** **Selective Service System**. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the website for more information.

**DRUG TESTING**: The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOCs suitability assessment, a candidate tentatively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candidate must test negative prior to being eligible for appointment into a position. We will schedule, provide and cover the cost for the drug test.

The selectee(s) under the vacancy announcement for this position is subject to a criminal record check by the U.S. Capitol Police and satisfactory adjudication to be eligible for employment at the Architect of the Capitol.

The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment authorization in the United States. If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more information on E-Verify, please visit

The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information and/or disability.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Moving expenses are not authorized.

Relocation expenses are not authorized.

**Probationary Period** **-** A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probationary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probationary period has been completed previously with the Architect of the Capitol or another Federal agency.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies in any of the jurisdictions of the Architect of the Capitol.

All application materials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol.

** How You Will Be Evaluated**

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the job elements for this position, possess