TITLE 5 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICIAN (MI 127th CES)

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a TITLE 5 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICIAN (MI 127th CES), Position Description Number NGT6374000 and is part of the MI 127 Wing, National Guard.

Duties

***THIS IS A TITLE 5 EXCEPTED NATIONAL GUARD POSITION*** This position is located at one of the following locations, 102d Civil Engineering Squadron, Otis ANGB Massachusetts or 127th Civil Engineering Squadron, Selfridge ANGB Michigan. This is a Title 5 Air National Guard (ANG) Employee position description. The purpose of this position is to serve as a High Voltage Electrician to install, modify, test, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair electric power controlling equipment and/or distribution lines. Installs, modifies, tests, repairs, and maintains transformers, converters, regulators, cables, switches, circuit breakers, mechanical and electronic systems, and other circuit elements found in substations. Adjusts relays and control equipment to obtain specified voltage, current, time delay, and other characteristics for appropriate holding, tripping, or other operational functions. Installs, modifies, connects, inspects, and repairs overhead and underground electrical distribution lines. Services lines, breakers, disconnect switches, transformers, insulators, grounding systems, fuses, poles (metal and wood), relays, meters, lightning arresters, cathodic protection systems, traffic lights, street and floodlight systems, airfield lighting systems, and power supplies. Strings wires and hoists conductors up to the cross arms. Troubleshoots distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment. Makes emergency repairs and substitutions of power lines and equipment, sometimes working on distribution systems when they are energized. Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe and clean work environment. Frequently works on high voltage electrical systems when they are "hot," using necessary safety equipment, methods, and precautions. Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe and clean work environment. Frequently works on high voltage electrical systems when they are "hot," using necessary safety equipment, methods, and precautions. The above duty description doesn't contain all details of the official position description.

Qualifications

Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the dates of each period of employment (from MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY) and the number of hours worked per week. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. For additional information see: What to include in your resume. NOTE: All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Your resume must clearly describe experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of a High Voltage Electrician at the WG-10 level without more than normal supervision, including high-voltage installation, repair, and troubleshooting. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element will be found ineligible. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: 18 months experience or training that demonstrates a knowledge of electrical theory such as power factors and that which is applicable to transformers, series and parallel circuits, line loading, line losses, etc. Ability to read and comprehend circuit diagrams and schematics. Experience in installing, maintaining, repairing, and modifying high-voltage electrical systems and major substation components of electrical systems. Experience in diagnosing trouble and determining remedy when complex relationships exist among different electrical system circuits requiring knowledge of all electrical units and systems. Experience in making high-voltage electrical repairs that required the use of precision measuring equipment and common hand tools. DOD PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM Applicants who meet one of the DoD Priority Placement Program categories below are eligible to apply with this preference. (See Required Documents section) Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade

Education

No substitution of education allowed for this position.