Summary Store Workers serve in one or more commissary store departments (e.g., grocery, produce, warehouse, etc.) performing a variety of duties involved in receiving, handling, marking, preparing, displaying, and maintaining the stock of resale items. Positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Position responsibilities include: Perform a variety of duties involved in receiving, handling, marking, preparing, displaying and maintaining the stock of resale items. Involve regular and recurring operation of a forklift and may, at store management's discretion, include order writing tasks. Determine the amount of shelf space to be used for various items within a department and estimate the space requirements for new items or increased quantities. Receive supplies, equipment, and perishable, semi-perishable, and non-perishable resale items in the receiving area of the commissary. Verify shipments by checking the shipping documents, making proper notations on the documents, and identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, overages, or shortages. Operate a computer system that marks prices, calculates prices, and determines weights of merchandise.. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date. Per the OPM Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations, how you gained the skill and/or knowledge or the length of time you have spent in this line of work is not as important as what you can do and that you have the required ability or potential to successfully perform the duties of this position. This job has one critical element, called the screen-out element (SOE). The SOE addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and abilities essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirement in the SOE are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration. For qualifications determinations, be sure your resume addresses clearly how your specific knowledge, skill, and abilities relate to the elements listed below and the position responsibilities presented under Duties. We will not make assumptions. Knowledge of stock turnover, shelf space allocation and customer preferences. Knowledge of brand names and sizes of grocery items or of the kinds and varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure the proper care and handling of certain items. Knowledge of location of items to assist customers, work practices to prepare, arrange or stack items together while maintaining safety for patrons and other employees. Preparing, arranging, or stacking items together for safety and neatness; rotating old stock. Operating a forklift Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (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. Education Education may not be used to qualify for this position. Additional Information Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Previous or current financial difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who are retired. Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position. We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Overtime: Occasionally Fair Labor Standards Act: Nonexempt Covered by bargaining unit: Yes Obligated: No Positions will be filled under the DoD DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) and are subject to the restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees.
