Electronics Technician

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge to recognize the ability to merge components of various systems assuring compatibility and continuity for the critical functions associate with the equipment. Plans, schedule and performs emergency maintenance on equipment to ensure that equipment is operating and calibrated within codes and standards compliance. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer Service Electronics Engineering Problem Solving Systems Integration Technical Problem Solving Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. 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. Physical Requirements: Physical demands of this position involves walking, stooping, sitting, climbing ladders, standing, and long periods of intense concentration. Routinely required to crawl on rooftops and under buildings to investigate equipment malfunctions and recommend alternate methods and or other resolutions as applicable. Commonly lift objects between 10 and 40 pounds and heavier objects as required. Working Conditions: Work is generally performed indoors and predominately performed in clinical settings that are well heated or air conditioned with proper lighting. The incumbent often work in patient environments that are sometimes under negative pressure or in highly contagious areas. Special safety precautions and personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance must be taken when working in non-ionizing radiation and infectious environments for the well being of the incumbent, staff and veterans. Incumbent occasionally work with, around, and otherwise exposed to hazardous such as; noisy machinery; aerosol solvents and other materials used while performing duties. Adherence to proper hazardous material safety practices and the use of personal safety protection equipment and universal precautions is a must. Often the setting is with uncooperative or controversial individuals wherein a consensus is needed or tact and diplomacy must be used to demonstrate the benefits of the new technology in order to assure compliance with the mandate. OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS: Travel is sometimes required and incumbent may be required to work beyond normal duty hours or be subject to emergency call-back. Trips to Community Based Outpatient Clinics are sometimes necessary and will involve transportation via station vehicle or privately owned vehicle. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Hampton VA Medical Center and serves as an Electronic Technician in Engineering Service. The purpose of this position is to provide system and medical equipment analysis support through preventive maintenance inspections, assessments, instructional repairs, calibrations, installations, modification designations, and user training.