Rigger Inventory

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

Work environment

Working at the Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) Cape Breton (CB) in Esquimalt, your work will entail servicing and maintaining Canadian Forces naval vessels. These ships are amongst the world’s most advanced fighting fleet.

Unlike most employers and schools, FMF CB provides your training, tools and
salary.

Intent of the process

This advertisement will be used to create a pool from which to hire casual, term or indeterminate riggers.

Candidates may be selected by merit or by random selection from the pool.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Applicants must meet one of the following:

Experience in the rigging trade with rigging certification/Red Seal, or

Marine rigging experience without rigging certification/Red Seal, or

Red Seal in a relevant trade with rigging experience.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Initiative
Dependability
Effective Interpersonal Skills

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Experience rigging in a marine environment

Experience testing shipboard and shore based lifting appliances.

Experience in supervision.

Ability to splice wire and/or rope.

Required to work shifts and overtime.

Conditions of employment

Security Clearance: Various Reliability or Secret.

Required to work shifts and overtime.

Required to lift heavy objects including overhead lifting to facilitate the installation of
lifting apparatus (approximately 75lbs/ 35kgs).

Required to work in confined spaces.

Required to climb vertical ladders and work at heights (approximately 200ft).

Requirement to wear all appropriate PPE.

Other information

A Written test(s) may be administered.

An interview may be conducted.

Please provide a valid e-mail address.



Please clearly indicate your name, job title and the selection process number.

Candidates must clearly demonstrate in the Screening questionnaire how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the essential and asset qualifications. Please note that stating that the requirement has been met, and/or listing past or current responsibilities, does not represent adequate substantiation. Rather, you must provide concrete examples that clearly illustrate how you meet the requirement. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the qualifications described; comments such as "refer to my attached resume" will not be accepted and may result in your application being rejected. Failure to provide this information in the requested format may result in your application being rejected.

ONLY ON-LINE APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED.

Applicants can modify their application/resume at anytime BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.

Incomplete applications at time of closing will be screened out.

Applicants will be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results. It is the APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY to monitor their e-mail and PSRS account status for this information.

Under exceptional circumstances, applicants requiring alternative methods for submitting
their application (such as faxed or hand delivered resumes) should contact the hiring
organization before the closing date.

Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of
assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.