Store Worker
Defense Commissary Agency · Department of Defense
This job in plain English
This is a Store Worker job at the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) in Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. The worker helps run a grocery store department by receiving, marking, displaying, and keeping stock in order. The schedule is irregular and includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
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).
- Military spousesSpouses of active-duty service members, and some spouses of service members who were disabled or died on duty.
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
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, a national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Career transition applicants and military spouses of active duty service members also get priority or preference.
What you would do
- Maintain adequate stock of resale items.
- Identify spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
- Receive supplies, equipment, and resale items.
- Operate a computer system to calculate and mark prices and weights.
- Transport items to shelving and display areas.
Do you qualify for WG-4?
With experience: Paid or unpaid work counts, including volunteer work. Experience that qualifies includes handling grocery stock, locating items for customers, rotating stock, using a computer to price and label items, and arranging shelves and displays. The announcement does not give a required number of years or a grade-level match.
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
- Resume showing work schedule, hours per week, dates of employment, and duties performed
- Completed online assessment questionnaire
- SF-50 showing your current position, if you are a DeCA employee
- DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference
- SF 15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference
- Documents required for any eligibility you select, listed in the DLA supporting documentation guide
How you will be rated: HR reviews your documents and questionnaire score, which is a preliminary measure. Applicants are rated Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified, and those who clearly fail the screen-out element are rated ineligible. The hiring manager may interview selected applicants.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
- Include the work schedule, hours per week, dates, and duties for every job on your resume.
- Do not include a photo, age, gender, or Social Security number on your resume, and do not upload a PDF portfolio.
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
- Meet 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 employment eligibility
- Favorable suitability or fitness outcome after background investigation
- Able to obtain and keep clearance eligibility
- May be subject to a probationary or trial period
- Direct deposit of pay required
- Stand, stoop, kneel, bend, and climb for long periods
- Lift up to 50 pounds alone and occasionally over 50 pounds with help
- May work in temperature changes, loading docks, outdoors, and refrigerated rooms
- Drug-free workplace; marijuana is prohibited even where state law allows it
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
- $23.00 – $26.00 per hour
- Pay scale and grade
- WG-4 · 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
- Store Working (6914)
- Announcement
- DECA-27-13100862-DUAL-DE
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