Gardener

Gardener Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary The position is established in the Grounds Section of Facilities Management Service VA SORCC, White City, Oregon. Provides gardening and general labor services to the facility. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/16/2025 to 07/31/2025 Salary $26.83 - $31.28 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: White City, OR 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBSV-12764152-25-SW Control number 840882800 This job is open to Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses relocing under PCS orders or whose spouse is 100% disabled or died while on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Special authorities include Former overseas employees and foreign service employees. Clarificion for these authorities is provided in the questionnaire. Videos Duties Major Duties: Performs other reled duties as assigned. Transplants, Aeres, Prunes, & Trims Performs seasonal gardening tasks such as fertilizing, preparing seedbeds, transplanting, laying sod, aering, pruning, trimming and applying chemical according to specific directions. Transplants, aeres, prunes, and trims a variety of plants, seeds, and plant merials using developing knowledge of seasonal schedules, project plans, weher suitability, soil moisture, and plant growth stages. Measures, Mixes & Applies Selects, measures, mixes, and applies fertilizers and chemical control agents to control common plant diseases, insects, and weeds. Prepares, Roots, Grafts, Layers, & Documents Prepares, roots, grafts, layers, and documents soil beds, plants, seedlings, cuttings and seeds using knowledge of correct conditions (chemical composition, depth, moisture, temperure, humidity, and ventilion requirements to encourage germinion and growth.) Performs gardening work (i.e., preparing soil for plants, seeding, thinning, transplanting, trimming, pruning, fertilizing, aering, mulching, spraying, and dusting of grass, ground cover, flowers, shrubs, and trees) with little or no review of completed work required. Transplants, Aeres, Prunes & Trims Reviews seasonal planting schedules and project plans, compares with the suitability of weher conditions, moisture in the soil and stage of plant growth, before deciding to plant. Determines quantities of plants, seeds, fertilizer to be used. Independently prepares nursery and cold frame beds. Selects approprie chemicals to control common plant diseases, insects and weeds. Transplants, aeres, prunes, and trims a wide variety of unusual plants, seeds, and plant merials using knowledge and techniques including slope stabilizion, proper growing conditions, and clime to achieve required results. Prunes and trims unusual plant conditions, difficult repairs, or plant extensive damage. Propages and cultives wide variety of unusual plants, seeds and plant merials considering individual needs and characteristics of plants, such as mineral content of soil. Prunes and trims using advanced techniques to stimule plant healing, reshape trees/shrubs, and increase fruit/flower production. Selects, Measures, Mixes & Applies Fertilizers Selects, measures, mixes, and applies fertilizers and chemical control agents by adjusting soil conditions (pH) to provide required growth conditions. Prepares, Roots, Grafts, Layers, & Documents Uses project plans, master landscape, and long range plans making judgments within good gardening practices to achieve required results. Performs gardening work (i.e., preparing soil for plants, seeding, thinning, transplanting, trimming, pruning, fertilizing, aering, mulching, spraying, and dusting of grass, ground cover, flowers, shrubs, and trees) using independent judgment and decisions. Propages & Cultives Adjusts mineral content of the soil. Slopes and plants terraces and transplants a wide variety of grasses, flowers, shrubs and trees. Makes independent judgments based on informion contained in long-range landscape plans. Propages and cultives wide variety of unusual plants, seeds, and plant merials considering individual needs and characteristics of plants, such as mineral content of soil. Uses project plans, master landscape, and long range plans. Selects, measures, mixes, and applies fertilizers and chemical control agents using various foliage feeding, root feeding, and soil additive techniques. Selects, measures, mixes, and applies by adjusting soil conditions (pH) to provide required growth conditions. Prunes & Trims Prunes and trims unusual plant conditions, difficult repairs, or plant extensive damage. Preferred Experience: Performs a variety of functions to maintain and improve the overall appearance of the grounds the White City VA Medical Center. Requires an eleved level of understanding of gardening/horticulture techniques, mechanical knowledge, irrigion design and maintenance, and the ability to opere and maintain equipment safely and independently, to ensure successful completion of tasks. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 08:00am to 4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Gardener/PD021670 Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probionary/trial period Subject to background/security investigion Pre-employment physical required Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Qualificions To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 07/31/2025. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the . SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The ability to do the position of a Gardener without more than normal supervision. This includes ability to use and maintains tools of the Gardener's trade in a safe and effective working condition. Knowledge of plant characteristics so as to be able to identify, correct and/or prevent such problems as nutrient imbalances, pest infestions, poor drainage, crowding and improper lighting. Knowledge of basic landscaping concepts and procedures so as to be able to make recommendions for improvements and to implement landscape plans. Ability to cree a yearly grounds maintenance management plan and submit to supervisor for review and discussion. Ability and knowledge to maintain, install irrigion systems and implement in a landscape plan. This position has a Selective Placement Factor: Failure to meet a selective placement factor will result in you not receiving further considerion. In addition to the minimum qualificions described above, you must meet the following selective placement factor: Applicants MUST have a current valid ste issued driver's license. The potential eligibles are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements: Dexterity and Safety Interpret Instructions, Specificions (other than blueprint reading) Merials Measuring Instruments Technical Practices Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Without more than normal supervision Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Frequent walking, standing, pushing, bending, stooping. Frequently lifts heavy objects such as bags of fertilizer and grass seed. Working Conditions: Frequent walking, standing, pushing, bending, stooping. Frequently lifts heavy objects such as bags of fertilizer and grass seed. Educion There is no educional substitution this wage level. Additional informion Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Resume Reminder - Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible) Month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) Salary/Rank etc. Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held References, current or recent supervisor Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. The experience sted in your resume must support your assessment responses. Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume form, your resume must be clear so th we are able to fully evalue your qualificions. To ensure you receive approprie considerion, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to mch your experiences with the positions held, you may lose considerion for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualificions. Narrive responses are not required this time. If you are referred for considerion, you may be asked to submit additional job reled informion, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring or considerion for employment. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. For more informion on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the document. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not oblige management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstement. Management may use any one or any combinion of these methods to fill the position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. Examples of approprie SF-50's include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please . How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/31/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Special Employment Considerion: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for informion on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinor. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified (have a final ring of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . Agency contact informion Sophia Whittick Phone Address White City VA Medical Center 8495 Crer Lake Highway White City, OR 97503 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the . Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documention to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade Award 50's do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. Examples of approprie SF-50's include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50's the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please . How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/31/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Special Employment Considerion: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for informion on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinor. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit approprie documention (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance ring, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion) and be found well-qualified (have a final ring of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website . Agency contact informion Sophia Whittick Phone Address White City VA Medical Center 8495 Crer Lake Highway White City, OR 97503 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the . Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/16/2025 to 07/31/2025 Salary $26.83 - $31.28 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: White City, OR 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number CBSV-12764152-25-SW Control number 840882800 .,

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