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Position Title
Power System Control Craftsman Trainee 5
Agency
Bonneville Power Administration
Announcement Number
25-BPA-J07864-12610693-BL Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a PROMOTION to a position with a higher grade/pay band or higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis?

Note: also select "Yes" if applying for a change-to-lower grade (CTLG) to a position with higher promotion potential than you previously held on a permanent basis.

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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2. Are you a current career/career-conditional federal employee at the Department of Energy applying for a REASSIGNMENT, CHANGE-TO-LOWER GRADE, or REPROMOTION and you currently or previously held a position with the same grade/pay band or higher and the same or higher promotion potential on a permanent basis?

Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
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Preferences
1. Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. (limit characters)
2. Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister). (limit characters)
Assessment 1
1. Choose one answer that best describes your qualification for this position. (limit characters)
INSTRUCTIONS: If you are applying for a promotion or change in craft, you must provide a response to all of the following questions. If you fail to answer any questions, your application will be incomplete and you will not be eligible for consideration. Your self-ratings on the multiple choice answers will be validated against your resume and information provided in the narrative responses. If we are unable to find the information in your resume or narrative response, your score may be lowered. To ensure you receive credit for your self-rating, within your resume or narrative response you must:
* Provide complete examples as requested,
* Indicate the depth of individual involvement, level of responsibility, complexity of the task, and degree of difficulty, and
* Detail events as they occurred.

If you are applying for a lateral reassignment or change in duty station, select the response "N/A - Lateral Move" for each multiple choice question and enter N/A in each narrative textbox.
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2. Ability to successfully perform the work of a Power System Control Craftsman Trainee is defined as performing installation, maintenance, and repair of electronic equipment in at least 2 of the 3 following areas without more than normal supervision; Radio telecommunications equipment such as microwave, UHF radio, VHF radio, and multiplex equipment; Optical Transport equipment such as fiber optics, SONET, OTN, Frame Relay, and ATM; IP Networking equipment such as routers, switches, Carrier Ethernet, and MPLS.
Select the one statement that best describes your level of experience. Experience reflected in this self-rating must be supported in your resume. Failure to meet this element results in an ineligible rating. (SCREEN-OUT)
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3. Do you possess a current valid U.S. motor vehicle operator's license from your state of residence? (limit characters)
4. Are you able to operate motor vehicles, including 1-1/2 ton pickups, sedans, van type trucks, and 4 x 4's? (limit characters)
5. Performed preventive maintenance on fiber optic systems (single-mode and multi-mode fiber) and fiber optic cable spicing/testing.
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6. Provide two (2) examples in which you performed the above task and identify any specialized tools or methods used to complete the task. (limit characters)
7. Use commonly used equipment in the craft, including Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Selective Level Meters, Return Loss, OTDR, Optical Power Meters and Sources, Packet Sniffer, and IP Packet Generator to test, install, maintain, and repair telecommunications equipment.
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8. Provide two (2) examples describing your experiences utilizing the above equipment to test telecommunication equipment. (limit characters)
9. Applies the basic functions and principles of telecommunications basics, including modulation, demodulation, quantization, packe switching, mixing, multiplexing, and antenna theory through equipment testing, maintenance, or repair.
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10. Provide two (2) equipment installations that you performed in which the use and understanding of this theory was important to the successful installation or repair.
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11. Set up and operate shop drills, drivers, presses, etc.
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12. Please list the hand and power tools you have experience in using to complete projects or tasks.
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13. Ability to independently interpret highly technical information from a variety of sources such as manufacturer's specifications: schematics block diagrams, construction prints, compliance standards, and/or technical documents and make appropriate recommendations/decisions.
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14. Please provide two (2) examples in which you performed the above task and provide details on the recommendations or decisions you made based on your analysis of the data.
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15. Prepare reports and records by collecting test data, instrument readings, and/or other pertinent information and providing basic technical analysis.
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16. Provide two (2) examples in which you performed the above task, including the type of report or records you prepared. (limit characters)