This position is located in the Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center of the Facilities Management Service under the general supervision of the Maintenance and Operations Assistant Forman. The painter is an integral part of the Maintenance and Operations section of the Facilities Management Service.
Duties include but not limited too: Performs all duties associated with the application, maintenance, and repair of all types of finishes, including special finishing techniques such as marbling and graining, by using coating materials that are prepared in special and common way and by applying coating techniques that ensure surfaces have a smooth textured and decorative appearance and meet thickness and level requirements, Prepares coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives, applies coating materials with any of the accepted trade devices including those designed to give special effects, for example, brushes, rollers, spray guns, and graining devices.
Ensures that the coating finish meets match, texture, decorative, thickness, and level requirements, check such things as viscosity of coating materials and thickness of coatings on surfaces, Adds various agents (for example, retardants, drying agents), and combine coating mixtures to get the proper color, texture, consistency, and drying state.
Coverings on plastered walls, metal and wood surfaces, roads, parking lots, furniture, small patching needs and equipment, after proper surface preparation, to insure good adhesion Must be able to tape joints, spackle, sand and paint drywall. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:00 a.am-3:30 p.m. Position Description Title/PD#: Painter/PD01714A
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $26.13 – $30.5/hr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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