Meatcutting Worker
Defense Commissary Agency · Department of Defense
This job in plain English
This is a part-time Meatcutting Worker job (WG-5) with the Defense Commissary Agency at several commissary locations: Malmstrom AFB in Montana, and Bangor and Bremerton in Washington. The work includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays, and the announcement lists many vacancies. It is open continuously, so the first cut-off date is 14 days after it opened.
It may close early. This is an open-continuous announcement with an initial cut-off date 14 days after it opened. Applications received after that date are considered only if more vacancies are added later.
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. You must be a U.S. citizen or national, or owe allegiance to the U.S.; a Permanent Resident Card alone does not qualify. Career transition candidates and military spouses are also listed as eligible groups.
What you would do
- Assist journeyman meatcutters with simpler beef, pork, veal, and lamb processing tasks.
- Tray, wrap, weigh, and price cuts using wrapping machines.
- Check price lists to make sure items are priced correctly.
- Replenish display cases and rotate products to keep them wholesome.
- Use, clean, maintain, and sharpen hand tools and power equipment.
- Clean and sanitize the work area to required standards.
Do you qualify for WG-5?
With experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years. Qualifying experience includes working in a retail meat department trayng, wrapping and weighing meat for sale, cutting, trimming and boning meat, and using hand tools and powered meat cutting equipment. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
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, uploaded as a PDF
- Resume showing your work schedule, hours worked per week, employment dates, and duties
- Resume showing your name, address, contact information, and for each job the title, employer name and address, and dates by month and year
- Most recent SF-50 showing current position title, pay plan-series-grade, tenure, and position occupied
- Assessment questionnaire answers
- Supporting documents for each eligibility you select, per the DLA documentation list
How you will be rated: You answer an online questionnaire that rates how well your experience matches the job, using a job element method with one screen-out element. Applicants who clearly fail the lowest acceptable level of that element are rated ineligible; incomplete resumes, overstated qualifications, photos, social media links, or personal details such as age or race on the resume can also lead to ineligible ratings. Hiring managers may interview selected applicants.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must list hours worked per week for each job and state whether the job was part-time or full-time, or it may be treated as incomplete.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
- Submit your most recent SF-50 and any eligibility documents from the DLA list, and allow several hours for the virus scan before the 11:59 PM Eastern deadline on the cut-off date.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Part-time with an irregular schedule, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Occasional overtime. Hours may vary by location.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship or national status required; proof required if selected
- Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service
- E-Verify identity and employment eligibility check
- Favorable suitability or fitness outcome after background investigation
- Fingerprinting for new federal employees
- Able to obtain and maintain clearance eligibility
- May be subject to a probationary or trial period
- Direct deposit of pay required
- Able to walk, stand, bend, stoop, and reach continuously
- Able to lift, push, and pull meat pieces and boxes weighing 50 to 100 pounds with a hand truck or dolly
- Minimum age generally 18
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
- $25.00 – $33.00 per hour
- Pay scale and grade
- WG-5 · Wage Grade (trades and crafts)
- Locations
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- Bremerton, Washington
- Bangor, Washington
- Malmstrom AFB, Montana
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Part-time
- Service
- Competitive
- Security clearance
- Other
- Travel
- Not required
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Meatcutting (7407)
- Announcement
- DECA-26-12992661-OC-DH
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