Electrician.

Duties

• Responsible for completing installations, modifications, repairs and testing of systems, circuits, equipment and controls.
• Plan and lay out routing, placement and arrangement of system circuits, controls and equipment.
• Arrange and install various gauges, sizes, and types of wire, conduit, couplings, fittings, relays, boxes, circuit breakers, and other electrical devices in ways that ensure proper and safe operation of systems, circuits, and equipment.
• Interpret and apply building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings and use formulas basic to the trade to figure voltage and resistance.
  
  

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position requires the incumbent to work in all types of weather conditions.
• This position requires the incumbent to wear steel toe safety shoes and/or lineman boots, safety glasses, hard hat, and other safety gear as the work assignments dictate.
• The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
  
  

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision.

Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) Electrician ~ without more than normal supervision. Installing insulators, bending and cutting conduit, calculating voltage and current; and utilizing building plans, blueprints or wiring diagrams to safely plan the layout, routing, placement, type, size, gauge, balance, and load of electrical lines, circuits, or systems. - Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating.

• Ability To Do The Work Of The position Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Physical Effort: The incumbent makes repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding and platforms and where the parts of the systems worked on are in hard-to-reach places. This requires the employee to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The employee frequently lifts, carries, and sets up tools, equipment, and parts that weigh up to 20 pounds. Occasionally lifts and carries items that weigh over 20 pounds.
• Working Conditions: The work is done inside and outside and is usually dirty, dusty and greasy. The employee is sometimes required to make repairs and installations outside in bad weather and in work areas that are noisy. Occasionally exposed to the possibility of broken bones, electrical shock, and burns. Frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts and bruises. Work requires the wearing of steel toe safety shoes and of lineman boots, safety glasses, hard hat, and other safety gear as the work assignments dictate.
  
  

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the
• This is a(n) Installation Management (CP) Career Field position.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be authorized.
• Student loan repayment may be authorized.
• Salary negotiations for those candidates who are new to the Federal service may be authorized.
• Credit for Prior Non-Federal Work Experience and Certain Military Service for determining Annual Leave Accrual Rate may be authorized.
  
  

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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 that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

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 information on the specific benefits offered.