Trades Specialist Electrician

Trades Specialist Electrician

Duties Description

Trades Specialist Electrician will perform a variety of skilled electrical repairs, installation of new circuits and various electrical repairs in multiple community residences and various other buildings as well as the main Westfall campus.

• Performs journeyman level electrical duties.

• Working knowledge of the methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in electrical trade.

• Repairs, maintains, and installs electrical systems and equipment including but not limited to fixtures, motors, load centers, relays, controls, circuitry, and related equipment in accordance with the National Electrical Code.

• Locates and determines electrical malfunctions using test instruments such as ammeter, volt meter and ohmmeter.

• Plans new or modifies installations consistent with specifications and national electrical code.

• Will be required to plan and lay out work, develop time and material lists for projects assigned.

• Will be required to read and interpret plans, codes, diagrams, architectural blueprints and specifications.

• Tests, adjusts, calibrates and maintains a wide variety of control equipment, including but not limited to building heating, air conditioning, and ventilating equipment controls for refrigeration; and for a wide variety of other equipment and systems.

• Performs maintenance, and preventative maintenance on mechanical equipment including but not limited to bathroom exhaust fans, clothes dryers, sump pumps and generators. May be required to train and supervise others.

• Requires daily travel within the 10 county district.

Preferred Requirements

• Working knowledge of safety standards and procedures.

• Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions. Candidate will be trained in the operations and maintenance procedures as related to Asbestos Containing Materials.

• Basic computer skills preferred.

• Valid NYS Driver's License.

Minimum Qualifications

Non-competitive:

• Four years of full-time experience in the electrical trade under a skilled tradesperson which would provide training equivalent to that given in a training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program, OR an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of technical courses in the electrical trade at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services; OR successful completion of the two-year Trades Specialist Electrician traineeship or a two-year electrician training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program
* such as the New York State Civil Service Employees Association-Partnership Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship and Certificate Program.

* Successful completion of the traineeship and the training program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific class room instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. Course work must be completed with an average of "C" or better. Additionally, successful completion of the traineeship also includes 4,000 hours of on-the-job training.

When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.

Trades Specialist Electrician Trainee 1, NS (equivalent to SG-9):

• Full-time permanent service in a position allocated at Grade 12 or below which is primarily engaged in the performance of unskilled and/or semiskilled labor and trades - 6 - tasks; must be 18 years of age or older; possess a High School diploma or general equivalency diploma recognized by the New York State Education Department; and be proficient in English and math.

Trades Specialist Electrician Trainee 2, NS (equivalent to SG-11):

• Successful completion of a 52-week probationary period as a Trades Specialist Electrician Trainee 1; OR completion of 45 hours of technical math coursework and 15 hours of blueprint reading/schematics coursework or passage of an equivalency exam or proof of successful completion of equivalent training, 144 hours of electrician trade specific instruction, and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training. Trainees must maintain a "C" or better average in their coursework.