TELECOMMUNICATIONS MECHANIC

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.

WG-11 - $33.97 - $39.63 PER HOUR In order to qualify for the position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.

Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your knowledge, skills and abilities as they relate to this position.

Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position.

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: THE ABILITY TO WORK WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION such as: Performing the construction, installation, maintenance, and repair services of fiber optic and copper communications infrastructure.

Determining vehicles, tools, material requirements, work methods, manpower, and skill requirements to be used to complete assigned work.

Reading building blueprints, telephony infrastructure drawings and diagrams.

Using tools such as electrical and manual drills, torque wrenches, screwdrivers, long-nosed pliers, fiber optic glass cleavers, and other specialized tools of the trade.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: 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 serve as a Telecommunications Mechanic, Infrastructure Maintenance Division, External Support Department, in Norfolk, Va.
• You will perform inside and outside plant work of the division, which is tasked with accomplishing construction, installation, maintenance, and repair services of fiber optics and copper communications infrastructure.
• You will use various types of electronic test equipment, analyze system failures, isolate and document causes of outages.
• You will troubleshoot, test splices for shorts, opens, transposed/reversed pairs, crosses, splits, shield continuity, shield to earth grounds, bonding and grounding, on copper cables.
• You will maintain accountability of all items, vehicles, tools, and test equipment assigned to the section.
• You will provide technical support for planned projects consisting of switching and transport networks supporting analog, digital, voice, data, and video teleconference services.