ANTENNA MECHANIC WORKER

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit.

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying.

Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.

This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job.

Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible.

The Screen-out Element for this position is: ABILITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE POSITION WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION: Repairing VLF antenna Ability to climb up to 980 ft Maintaining and repairing antenna panels, sea terminals; switch gears and VLF bushings Inspecting and repairing guy anchor ground, checking the tension and tower profiles.

Maintaining the transmission line insulating gas system.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: http://: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=WG-5300Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

• You will assist in the maintenance and repairs of a VLF antenna network.
• You will inspect and repair guy anchor ground, check the guy tension, check tower profiles, and adjust the 26’ tall tower guy tensions and tower profiles.
• You will clean and coat the 612 guy (430,000 LF) ranging from 1 to 3 1/8-inch diameter, supporting the 26’ tall tower.
• You will change the oil in gear boxes, grease hoist spindles, grease hoist, inspect hoist drums and change gear lubricant.
• You will replace defective jumpers in the cross-arm section, inspect, and repair through bushing.
• You will inspect and repair 12 VLF tophat panels, 12 VLF downlead systems by lowering, painting, and wire brushing.
• You will inspect and repair the 2200 miles of wire grounding system, spread over 3,000 acres, by checking ground continuity, and locating breaks with a metal detector.