The closing date of this announcement has been extended. The employee will serve as an Electrical Worker at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, in Cleveland, OH. The employee installs or repairs electrical systems incident to the construction or maintenance of family housing units, buildings, quarters, offices or shops.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Installs fixtures, wiring, and controls such as light switches, circuit breakers, fuses, relays, and outlets. Removes and/or rearranges the locations of electrical wiring for fixtures, controls such as tightening connections, wrapping exposed wiring with insulating tape and soldering loose wire leads to contact points. Completes needed repairs to installed systems. Utilizes basic knowledge of electronic technology, circuitry and controls. Measures, cuts and bends wire and conduit to specific lengths and angles. Interprets electronic terms and symbols for a variety of electronic formulas, tables, charts, and color codes to mount, ground and install wiring and equipment for various types of electrical/electronic systems. Provides exact work specifications, for example, the location where electrical wiring is to be hooked into the installed system, type, size, measurement, wire conduit or coupling fittings to use and the type of placement of electrical device to be installed. Uses a variety of test equipment common to the trade not limited to manual or powered equipment and tools (i.e., meggers, test lamps, voltage testers, ammeters and polarity testers). Safely handles and properly secures tools and equipment (i.e., working from heights of 30 feet or more, confined spaces and potentially hazardous working environments). Selects proper tools and equipment from oral instruction to repair or install the layout and placement of circuitry, fixtures and controls. Locates broken, worn, damaged, or poorly operating wiring fixtures, controls, equipment to complete repairs, installations or replacements. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Make repairs and installations from ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and other hard to reach places. This requires standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lift and carry tools, equipment, and parts weighing up to 20 pounds and less often, up to 40 pounds. Occasionally, they lift or move with assistance moderately heavy objects weighing more than 40 pounds. Work is performed both inside and outside. Sometimes required to make repairs and installations in bad weather; in work areas that are noisy, dirty, dusty, and greasy; on scaffolding or cranes at heights of 30 or more feet; and in close quarters such as manholes, or attics. Occasionally exposed to the possibility of injury from falling, electrical shock, burns, and rotary device, such as electrical motors. They are frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts and bruises. Applicant must possess ability to distinguish basic colors. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Electric DrawingsElectrical EquipmentTechnical PracticesTechnical Practices (Electrical Electronic)Troubleshooting (Electrical)Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work)Without more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System 10701 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]