- Position Title
- Electrician
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSY-12740936-25-KC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025 to Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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 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.
- 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,
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; 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 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.
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of Veterans Affairs? If yes, confirm:
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.
- 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.
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.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
Resume Reminder - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
Do you confirm that the above information is clearly stated for each work entry you are claiming experience for, and that each entry is full time unless otherwise annotated with part-time hours?
- Name and Contact Information
- Job title
- Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2019 to April 2021)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week if part-time)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held.
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
Do you confirm that the above information is clearly stated for each work entry you are claiming experience for, and that each entry is full time unless otherwise annotated with part-time hours?
3.
Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment physical?
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your answers are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of your knowledge or skills as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
The following statement pertains to your ability to perform the duties of an Electrician without more than normal supervision. (Screen Out)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
1.
Do you have the ability to do the work of a Journeyman Electrician without more than normal supervision? Qualifying experience includes: working independently as an electrician; utilizing knowledge of electrical theory and National Electrical Code requirements; installing, modifying, repairing and loading new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment; using instruments and tools common to the electrical trade; reading and following wiring diagrams and blueprints to install or repair electrical equipment; using a variety of hand and power tools; and utilizing testing equipment.
NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
For each task in the following groups, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training.
Electrical Equipment: Knowledge of Electrical Equipment
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Check condition of transformers, switches, capacitors equipment, and cables
3.
Operates, tests, troubleshoots and repairs emergency and stand by generator power systems, tests automatic transfer switches, completes all required paperwork associated with the emergency and standby generation system
Technical Practices (Electrical Electronic): Theory and Instruments (Electrical Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade Practices
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Reads amperage, tests phase rotation, and frequency requirements to distribution panels, switchgear, power and control circuits
5.
Construct and install EMT and rigid conduits
6.
Trace hard-to-locate defects or problems associated with the completion of repairs and installations
Electric Drawings: Ability To Use Electrical Drawings
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering, drawings and electrical maintenance and repair manuals to plan and lay out the routing, placement type, size, gauge, balance, load, continuity, and safe operation of electrical lines, circuits, systems, equipment and controls that support industrial operations, computer complexes, or similar complex electrical loads
8.
Determines and places distribution panels, boxes, fittings, and connections and install wiring, couplings, conduit, relays, fixtures, transformers and other electrical devices including electrical service entrances
Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work): Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
9.
Pull in conductors, phase out and connect conductors
10.
Research and order material, tools, and equipment necessary to complete tasks
Troubleshooting (Electrical)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, modifying, installing, testing and inspecting of all electrical devices, systems, components and other electrical equipment
12.
Troubleshoot distribution circuits and generating and controlling equipment to locate and correct the causes of outages and improper operation
13.
Troubleshoot cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damage, capacitance imbalance, or cable breaks
14.
Performs training, work orders, parts ordering, e-mail communication and certain tasks with the aid of a computer and printers