INSTRUMENT WORKER

Full Job Description

You will serve as a INSTRUMENT WORKER in the PRODUCTION RESOURCES DEPARTMENT of PSNS and IMF.

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.

Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations.

Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements Experience 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 performance of installation, repair, overhaul, modification, troubleshooting, adjustment, testing, and calibration of various types of sensing, measuring, computing, and analyzing instruments and equipment.
• You will perform work on instruments and equipment in communications, radar, sonar, electronic countermeasures, naval tactical data, nuclear instrumentation, and physical measurements that combine both mechanical and electrical principles.
• You will interpret and apply drawings, sketches, schematic wiring diagrams, manufactures' plans, and/or engineering blueprints to diagnosis equipment malfunctions.
• You will repair and/or replace defective wiring, connections, and components (such as resistors, transistors, springs, levers, jewels, and pointers) and perform final operational tests and calibration.
• You will trace sources of trouble and identify defects by following signal flow through sub-assemblies and components.