Job Specifications
Saint augustine, FL
$28 - $33 PH
3 days ago
Full Time
Mid Level
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Preservationist
Help preserve America's historic treasures. This advanced journey-level position independently performs skilled preservation trade work to repair, restore, reconstruct, and preserve historic buildings and structures. Work includes masonry, wood crafting, carpentry, roofing, and painting using established historic preservation methods, standards, and techniques. To find out more about the National Park Service visit: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/index.htm
This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natl Pk Svc, Southeast, Castillo De San Marcos National Mt, Saint Augustine, FL. The major duties consist of but are not limited to: Perform advanced journey-level masonry, wood crafting, carpentry, roofing, and painting to maintain, repair, restore, reconstruct, and preserve historic buildings, structures, and architectural features. Perform complex historic masonry work using brick, block, and stone; cut, shape, lay, repoint, patch, and reconstruct features to match historic materials, bonding patterns, tooling, color, scale, and finish. Fabricate, reproduce, repair, and restore historic wood features using advanced wood crafting and carpentry techniques, including precise joinery, shaping, fitting, assembly, framing, doors, windows, trim, and decorative woodwork. Preserve and restore historic roofing systems by identifying deterioration and leaks and repairing or replacing roofing, flashing, gutters, sheathing, boards, beams, joists, and related components to historic standards. Perform historic painting and finishing by removing deteriorated coatings, preparing surfaces, matching historic colors and textures, and applying paints, stains, coatings, and specialty finishes using preservation methods. Independently plan and lay out preservation work from historic documentation, blueprints, drawings, specifications, work orders, and physical evidence; determine appropriate methods, materials, tools, equipment, and work sequences. Apply historic preservation standards while using specialized hand and power tools, masonry and woodworking equipment, and scaffolding; provide technical guidance and instruction to lower-level employees.
Requirements
Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid state-issued driver's license. This requirement is a selective placement factor and will be used as a screen-out. Applicants must possess this requirement by the closing date of the announcement. The selectee will be required to provide proof prior to appointment. Applicants who do not possess this requirement will be found ineligible for further consideration. OPM Job Qualifications System for Trades and Labor Occupations will be used in determining your qualifications. There is no specific length of training or experience required; however, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in the resume materials, that you possess the skill level that has equipped you with the particular job elements to successfully perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience. To qualify for this position, you must meet the screen-out element(s) identified below, and your resume must demonstrate sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job elements: Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision [screen out element] Knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, repair, etc Technical practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Use of measuring instruments Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc (includes blueprinting reading) Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment Knowledge of materials If your knowledge and ability in the screen out factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your application will be marked as not eligible. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement, 09/09/2026.