Meatcutting Worker
Defense Commissary Agency · Department of Defense
This job in plain English
This is a full-time Meatcutting Worker job at Mountain Home AFB, ID, with the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), which runs grocery stores on military bases. The job helps cut and prepare beef, pork, veal, and lamb for sale, and the schedule is irregular, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. There is 1 vacancy, and it is a permanent position.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Displaced federal employeesFederal employees who lost or are losing their job through a reduction in force (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
- Military spousesSpouses of active-duty service members, and some spouses of service members who were disabled or died on duty.
Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen or national. A Permanent Resident Card alone does not qualify you for this job. Career transition candidates and military spouses may get priority or preference.
What you would do
- Assist journeyman meat cutters with simpler tasks in processing beef, pork, veal, and lamb.
- Tray, wrap, weigh, and price cuts using wrapping machines or by hand.
- Check prices against price lists.
- Restock display cases and rotate product.
- Use, clean, and sharpen hand tools and power equipment.
- Clean and sanitize the work area to required standards.
Do you qualify for WG-5?
With experience: Qualifying experience includes working in a retail meat department by trAying, wrapping, and weighing meat for sale, cutting, trimming, and boning meat, or using hand tools and powered meat cutting equipment. Paid and unpaid experience both count.
With education: You may not use education to qualify for this position.
How to apply well
What to send:
- Resume of no more than two pages, saved as a PDF or another accepted file type
- Resume must show work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment, and duties for each job
- Copy of your most recent SF-50 if you are a current DeCA employee
- DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference, plus SF 15 for 10-point preference
- Documents needed for the eligibility you select, listed in the DLA supporting documentation guide
How you will be rated: HR reviews your documents and the online questionnaire, which gives a preliminary score. You are rated Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. If you clearly fail the lowest acceptable level on the screen-out element, you are rated ineligible.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
- Include the hours per week and work schedule for every job, or your application may be treated as incomplete.
- Describe your meat-cutting tasks in detail so your resume supports your questionnaire answers.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time, irregular schedule with days, nights, weekends, and holidays required. Overtime is occasional.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizen or national; proof required if selected
- Minimum age requirement, generally 18
- Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service
- E-Verify check of identity and work eligibility
- Favorable suitability or fitness background investigation, with fingerprinting
- Able to obtain and keep clearance eligibility
- May be subject to a probationary or trial period
- Direct deposit of pay required
- Frequently lift, push, or pull meat pieces and boxes weighing 50-100 pounds
- Walk and stand continuously while working
- Exposure to temperature changes, refrigerated rooms, loading docks, and outdoor weather
We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.
Job details
- Salary
- $24.00 – $28.00 per hour
- Pay scale and grade
- WG-5 · Wage Grade (trades and crafts)
- Location
- Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Competitive
- Security clearance
- Other
- Travel
- Not required
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Meatcutting (7407)
- Announcement
- DECA-27-13100804-DUAL-DE
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