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Position Title
Utility Systems Repairer-Operator
Agency
National Park Service
Announcement Number
NE-1611-GATE-18-10276436-DE Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, August 9, 2018 to Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a United States Citizen?

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3. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position?   If yes, confirm:
  • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
 
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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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4. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position?  If yes, confirm:
  • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
 
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.  
 
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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Assessment 1
1. Select the response below that best describes your skill and ability to perform the work of a Utility Systems Repairer Operator, WG-10. Please provide evidence of this skill and ability in your resume. Select only one response. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. If you do not meet these ability requirements, you will not receive consideration for this position. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
2. Operate a secondary wastewater treatment facility. (limit characters)
3. Perform wastewater treatment functions and operation of equipment such as aeration basins, clarifiers, digesters, sludge drying beds, percolation beds, primary screening and equipment used to measure and remove sludge.
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4. Perform water and wastewater plant seasonal activation and deactivation, routine maintenance and winterization.
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5. Operate, maintain, repair, and monitor wastewater collection systems including lift stations, flow meters, bar screens, comminutors, solid holding tanks, sewage pumps, generators and pump controls, valves and dosing siphons.
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6. Inspect, activate, deactivate, maintain, and repair a potable water distribution system.
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7. Survey chemicals, lubricants, lab equipment, tools, etc. and fill out requisition forms to order necessary supplies.
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8. Receive work assignments in writing.
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9. Perform laboratory tests of potable water treatment system to assure regulatory compliance, evaluate plant or system efficiency and for process control and accurately record and report the results of the tests.
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10. Operate, maintain, monitor, and repair potable water distribution systems.
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11. Follow oral instructions from a supervisor, work leader, or foreman.
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12. Repair mechanical equipment such as pumps, blowers, lab equipment, compressors, and generators.
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13. Create maintenance schedules and perform inspections and routine maintenance.
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14. Repair and replace sinks, toilets, urinals, faucets, valves, and traps. (limit characters)
15. Repair and replace sewer lines and manholes. Inspect and pump solids holding tanks. Operate emergency generators. Utility markouts. (limit characters)
16. Adjust potable water treatment plant operations according to treatment demands, spring, summer, fall, and winter. (limit characters)
17. Arrange and assure completion of maintenance work beyond the operator's scope through the use of work order requests. (limit characters)
18. Use computer software to maintain detailed records of operating systems or financial records.
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19. Use a database computer software program to record and track facility maintenance operations.
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20. Use computer software including e-mail for official correspondence and/or interdivisional communications, and to write detailed reports.
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21. Work with sub-contractors as needed. (limit characters)
22. Complete work assignments received from written work orders.
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23. Complete assigned work assignments within a predetermined time frame.
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24. Repair and replace water distribution main piping, water service piping, meters, hydrants and valves. Utility markouts.
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25. Monitor, repair, and maintain all facets of a potable water treatment facility including repair work on plumbing fixtures, service lines, water mains, hydrants and valves.
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26. Monitor, repair, and maintain all facets of a wastewater treatment operation including repair work on plumbing fixtures, service lines, and valves.
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27. Operate, maintain, and monitor, a water treatment system including the addition of chemicals, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and backwash procedures as it pertains to direct and indirect filtration plants. General housekeeping.
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28. Perform and process control tests such as pH, turbidity, chlorine residual, alkalinity, jar tests, temperature, iron, corrositivity, and aluminum testing to determine the process adjustments necessary to assure effluent quality complies with required parameters set by the Public Health Service and Environmental Protection Agency.
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29. Make proper adjustments to hypo chlorinators and lime systems to meet regulatory residual requirements.
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30. Determine the operational adjustments needed to achieve the desired effluent quality based upon laboratory testing, including but not limited to BOD, pH, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids, total solids, ammonia, nitrates, fecal coli form and settleable solids.
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31. Ensure that wastewater effluent meet requirements established by state and federal agencies.
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32. Perform potable water laboratory tests including temperature, pH, turbidity, alkalinity, hardness, iron and jar tests.
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33. Ensure potable water meets the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the primary and secondary standards.
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34. Track laboratory test results of potable water.
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Instructions: As previously explained, your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency during the probationary/trial period. Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning; 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy; and 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability. (limit characters)
35. Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for the position. (limit characters)