Decorative Plasterer (Painter)

Decorive Plasterer (Painter) Legislive Branch Architect of the Capitol Summary This position is loced in the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), Office of the Chief of Operions, Superintendent, Library Buildings and Grounds (LBG). The incumbent performs as a journey-level Plasterer Painter-Decoror and performs coing work on equipment, furnishings and buildings and is accomplished by standard methods and special finishing techniques including graining, marbling and mottling using coing merials prepared in common and special methods. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/17/2025 to 07/02/2025 Salary $36.12 - $42.20 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent - Permanent, Full Time Work schedule Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number LBG-2025-297 Control number 838961800 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from all U.S. Citizens. Videos Duties TOUR OF DUTY: Sunday through Thursday, 6:00PM to 4:30AM Surface Preparion, Plastering and Decorive Painting Work (100 %) Performs intrice painting and decorive work requiring skill to restore decorive surfaces. Uses brushes, spray guns, rollers or other equipment to apply paint, varnish, wallpaper and other elabore finishes (i.e. stenciling, color glazing, gilding, marbling, lettering, striping, stippling and graining) to walls, doors, windows, baseboards, floor, trim and other surfaces of buildings; and wood and metal objects, equipment in order to shield, uphold, garnish or refurbish them. Uses special finishing techniques such as sponging, ragging, layering or faux painting. Refinishes and/or finishes new walnut and mahogany doors, metal doors and cabinets etc. to mch historical nural wood finishes within Capitol Complex. Picks and blends paints and other coing merials. Mches colors and textures to historic finishes where exact mching with prior finish is necessary. Knowledge on making silicone molds, mixing, and applying silicone and casting molding plaster. The ability to repair plaster walls and ornamental plaster, as well as knowledge on mixing both lime plaster, molding plaster and brown cos. Repairs ceiling centers, ceiling panels, columns, corbel arches, corbel blocks, cornices, edge moldings, gable trims, molded carvings, pedestals, pediments, pilasters, plaster domes and plaster fire surrounds. Fabrices and installs replacements for these items as needed. Repairs and pches plaster and stucco surfaces. Applies plaster on metal, wood or gypsum lhe, wallboard and masonry surfaces. Pches damaged sections of walls and ceilings. Chips out old plaster, trims edges until a solid joint is found and fills with new plaster. Straightens edges and trowels to an even surface. Performs coing work using accepted methods of the trade. Plans the merials, tools and techniques needed for the work and completes the work with little or no advice. Determines the methods, devices and merials th are best suited to each surface to achieve a glossy finish, grained effect or a finish th 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 staging and scaffolding. Refinishes doors, baseboards, floors and interior trim in offices. Prepares and tres surfaces, evening out dents. Prepares and applies coing merials using accepted trade devices. Knowledge in using a May line Parallel Bar with Protractor and Triangles Applies decorive finishes including stippling, striping and graining. Mches colors, shading and textures of interior finishes where exact mching with previous finish is required. Paints building signs from stenciled outlines. The incumbent is responsible for utilizing a thorough knowledge of and compliance with applicable AOC and Occupional Safety and Health Administrion (OSHA) safety rules and regulions to ensure th work progresses in a safe manner and to initie or take corrective action on unsafe conditions in managed areas. Provides or receives training, either on the job or through classroom training, to ensure th required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is utilized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be able to pass a drug test. Your resume and question responses must demonstre job-reled elements. You must be a U.S. Citizen. To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the cegories below: A citizen of the United Stes; A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declarion of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; A person who owes allegiance to the United Stes (nionals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nionals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United Stes. Qualificions You must meet all eligibility and qualificion requirements by the closing de of the job announcement. You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position. Ability to perform decorive plasterer duties and responsibilities without more than normal supervision: To include using painting tools and equipment (i.e., brushes, rollers, spray guns, trowels, screeds, straight edges, viscosity testers) to perform the most complex painting tasks; repairing plaster walls and ornamental plaster; applying plaster on metal, wood or gypsum lhe, wallboard, and masonry surfaces; replicing original decorive design (i.e., Arabesque, Bay Leaf Imbriced, Bay Leaf Wreh, Cloth and Leaf Swags, Fluttering Ribbon, Guilloche, Greek Keys, Urns, Lanterns, Rinceaux, Anthemion, Acanthus, Zodiac Signs, Eggs and Darts and Stylize Dolphins); and using a computer for Daily reports and updes on projects and assignments. Educion There is no educional requirement. Additional informion Welcome Veterans. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) gives veterans' preference rights in the legislive 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 separed 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 documention of disability, if applicable. For more informion, please . If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System . If you are exempt from registrion under Selective Service Law, you must provide approprie proof of exemption. Please the website for more informion. DRUG TESTING : The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is a Drug Free Workplace. As part of the AOC's suitability assessment, a candide tentively selected for a position who is not currently an AOC employee is required to submit to screening for illegal drug use. Sisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of employment with the Agency. A candide must test negive 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 sisfactory adjudicion to be eligible for employment the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol is an E-VERIFY Participant. E-VERIFY is an Internet-based system th compares informion from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verificion, to da from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administrion records to confirm employment authorizion in the United Stes. If you are selected for this position, the documention th you present for purposes of completing the DHS Form I-9 verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" electronic system. For more informion on E-Verify, please The Architect of the Capitol is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminion on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, nional origin, sexual oriention, gender identity, genetic informion and/or disability. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Moving expenses are not authorized. Relocion expenses are not authorized. Probionary Period - A newly appointed selectee is subject to the completion of a one-year trial/probionary period, regardless of whether or not a trial/probionary 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 applicion merials become the property of the Architect of the Capitol. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for considerion and qualificions for the position determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. Your resume evalued based on evidence of your ability to demonstre the job elements for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience reles to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions rele to the following job elements and competencies: - Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) - Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment - Dexterity and Safety - Approprie Level of Supervision Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial ring. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses evalued by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject mter expert against the informion provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, educion and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualificion from further considerion. Please note th a complete applicion is required for considerion. (Please review the Required Documents section of this job announcement to see wh must be included in a complete applicion). You may for this vacancy. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual re credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience. The amount of service credit based on specialized experience or qualifying experience th is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important th you provide a work history th lists all directly reled positions held, and it must include the des of employment (month/day/year). Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies. The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division . If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You MUST apply online. FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to . NEED HELP? If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk ... or by e-mail .... The help desk is available Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS Saved Documents feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call ... for directions. Agency contact informion Brittany Holmes Phone Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) job applicion process is designed to ensure you only provide informion necessary to evalue your qualificions and eligibility for the position vacancy. To apply for this position, you only need to submit: a) your resume and b) answers to the online vacancy assessment questionnaire. The online questionnaire contains eligibility and screening questions and other relevant informion. No additional documention or tachments are required the time of applicion. Your resume should list your educion, training and work experience including job titles, employment des, duties and accomplishments. Nothing further is required until it is requested by AOC's Human Capital Management Division . If additional documention is required for the position, you asked to provide it during the interview or selection process. At th time, you may be asked to submit documention to support stements made in your resume. For example, you may be asked to provide a copy of your diploma, college transcripts, or proof of Federal employment stus. If the position requires licensure or certificion, you asked to provide proof the time of selection. If Veterans' preference is claimed, you asked to submit proof (DD-214, and, if claiming a 10-point preference, a SF-15 and the proof required by th form). Failure to provide the required documents will end further considerion and/or result in the withdrawal of any tentive job offers. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply You MUST apply online. FORMS RECEIVED BY FAX, EMAIL OR U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DELIVERY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. If you are a new user to the USAJOBS Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to cree an account profile with your basic contact informion and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJOBS user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help with setting up an account or for general assistance in using USAJOBS, go to . NEED HELP? If you experience any difficulties with the applicion site, help is available! If you have problems completing your on-line applicion, contact the Monster Hiring Management Help Desk ... or by e-mail .... The help desk is available Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may call and leave a voice mail message all other times. All required supporting documents collected electronically via the USAJOBS Saved Documents feure. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may our Employment Center for technical assistance in entering your applicion. The Employment Center is loced 441 Second & D Streets S.W., Washington, D.C., Room H2-178, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. You may call ... for directions. Agency contact informion Brittany Holmes Phone Address Architect of the Capitol United Stes Capitol Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United Stes Next steps You will receive a notice genered by the USAJOBS System when you have successfully submitted your applicion. We will review your applicion and transcript(s) (if you are qualifying based on educion) to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. You can check the stus of your applicion by logging into . You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion has changed by logging into your USAJOBS Account, editing your profile and changing the Notificion Settings' to indice th you want to be notified by email when the stus changes. Informion regarding the stus of your applicion should be upded in the system within two (2) weeks after the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/17/2025 to 07/02/2025 Salary $36.12 - $42.20 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent - Permanent, Full Time Work schedule Full-time - This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Stus Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number LBG-2025-297 Control number 838961800 .,

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