Air Conditioning Equipment Operator

SPANISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: As this is a bilingual position, this position requires that you are proficient in reading, speaking and comprehending Spanish in order to meet the requirements of this position. Note: Applicants will be required to complete a portion of their interview in Spanish to verify fluency. PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORKING CONDITIONS: The Air Conditioning Equipment Operator must be able to support prolonged periods of time alone and in closed control room. He/she must be in good physical condition since work involves walking, climbing, bending and working in cramped spaces, and occasionally lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds. The incumbent must be able to walk throughout the entire VACHS campus, machinery rooms, roof tops, and tank tops, climb tall ladders, work in hot and loud environments. The Air Conditioning Equipment Operator and Office works rotating shifts, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven days a week. He/she must know how to read and write English in order to understand Manuals of instructions and to make reports. Some plant and cooling tower surrounding areas has variations of extreme heated and cold temperatures; and high noises, which requires personal protective equipment. Possibility exposed to burns when working on and around steam and hot water equipment. He/she must know how to read blueprints, drawings and schematics. The Facility Operations Control Center is operated twenty-four (24) hours a day, (seven (7) days a week in three (3) eight (8) hours shifts (rotating shifts). Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and Safety Inspect Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Troubleshooting IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Air Conditioning Equipment Operator is located at the VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) under the Facility Operations Control Center (FOCC) in San Juan, PR.