Meatcutting Worker
Defense Commissary Agency · Department of Defense
This job in plain English
The job helps full meatcutters prepare beef, pork, veal, and lamb for sale. It is open continuously with many vacancies, uses direct hire, and has an irregular schedule that can include nights, weekends, and holidays.
It may close early. This is an open continuous announcement with an initial cut-off date 14 days after it opened, and applications received after that date are considered only if more vacancies open 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, but you must be a U.S. citizen or national, and a Permanent Resident Card is not enough. Federal employees in career transition and military spouses of certain service members may also apply under special rules.
What you would do
- Assist journeyman meat cutters with simpler meat processing tasks.
- Tray, wrap, weigh, and price meat cuts using wrapping machines.
- Check prices against price lists to make sure they are correct.
- Restock display cases and rotate products to keep them fresh.
- 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: Experience counts if it involves retail meat work, such as trays, wrapping, and weighing meat for patrons, cutting, trimming, or boning meat, or using hand tools and powered meat cutting equipment. Paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work, can count. The announcement does not state a required number of years.
With education: You may not use education to qualify for this position.
How to apply well
What to send:
- Resume of two pages or less, saved as a PDF, with your name, contact information, job titles, employer names and addresses, dates of employment by month and year, duties, and hours worked per week
- Your work schedule stated as part-time with hours listed, full-time, or 40 hours per week
- Supporting documents for each eligibility you select in the questionnaire, as listed in the DLA supporting documentation guide
- Most recent SF-50 showing your position title, pay plan, series, grade, and tenure if you are a current DeCA employee
How you will be rated: You answer an online questionnaire that rates how well your experience matches what the job requires. One critical element, the ability to do the work without more than normal supervision, is a screen-out test, and applicants who clearly fail it are rated ineligible. Applicants who meet the basic requirements are referred to the selecting official, and the agency may interview some applicants.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or fewer, because a longer resume will remove you from consideration.
- List your work schedule and hours per week for every job on your resume, since missing hours can make your resume incomplete.
- Submit your full package by 11:59 PM EST on the initial cut-off date, 14 days after the announcement opened, to be in the first review.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Part-time, not to exceed 48 to 64 hours every two weeks. The schedule is irregular and can include days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Overtime is occasional.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizen or national, with proof required if selected
- 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 outcome from a background investigation
- Must be able to obtain and keep clearance eligibility
- May be subject to a probationary or trial period
- Direct deposit of pay is required
- Must continuously walk, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, and reach
- Must lift up to 50 pounds on your own and occasionally more with help
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 – $31.00 per hour
- Pay scale and grade
- WG-5 · Wage Grade (trades and crafts)
- Locations
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- Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
- Fort Meade, Maryland
- Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Part-time
- Service
- Competitive
- Security clearance
- Other
- Travel
- Occasional travel
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Meatcutting (7407)
- Announcement
- DECA-26-12998513-OC-DH
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