Description:
Serves as the Meatcutting Worker in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) location. The primary purpose of this position is to perform a full range of meatcutting tasks associated with processing beef, pork, veal and lamb into retail and ready-to-eat cuts for sale to patrons. Work may be performed on a production line basis with the incumbent of this position performing the higher skill level of work.Requirements:
You must meet qualifications and requirements by the 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. Your resume should show your specific knowledge, skill, and abilities for this position in relation to each of the elements being measured.Examples of qualifying experience:
- Work in the retail meat department traying, wrapping, and weighing meat for sale to patrons.
- Cut, trim, and boning meat.
- Use hand tools and operate powered meat cutting equipment.
As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate what you can do against what the work requires (job element method). 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. The job elements for this job are:
- Dexterity and Safety
- Hand Tool Use and Maintenance
- Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.
- Materials
- Power Tool Use and Maintenance
- Technical Practices
- Work Practices
Jul 21, 2025;
from:
usajobs.gov