Electronics Technician.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Sandy (UT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Labor is seeking an Electronics Technician at GS-10 level. The role involves supporting calibration systems, developing procedures, and maintaining records for field instruments in accordance with national standards.

Candidates must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement and possess specialized experience related to metrology, schematics, and documentation. A strong emphasis is placed on accuracy and compliance with regulatory guidelines.

Qualifications

• IOR requires knowledge of electronics, basic electricity, algebra and physics.
• Familiarity with electronic equipment design, evaluation, testing, installation and maintenance.
• Ability to communicate findings in reports and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Assists engineers in maintaining calibration systems and standards.
• Develops calibration procedures and recommends improvements to procedures.
• Determines need for spare parts for instruments and calibration systems.
• Keeps records of work and prepares reports on instrument performance.

Skills

Metrology knowledge

Reading schematics

Technical communication

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Duties

Duties for the Electronics Technician position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assists engineers in the maintenance of instrument calibration systems that provide a working standard against which field instruments will be tested and calibrated.
• Assists in the development of calibration procedures, recommends changes and improvements to existing procedures, which are used to evaluate the instruments accurately and identify possible deviations from OSHA inspection requirements or national standards.
• Determines the need and initiates requisitions for spare parts for both the safety and industrial hygiene instruments and associated calibration systems that the technician works on or with.
• Maintains records of work performed and prepares special reports on instrument performance as assigned.

As the employee progresses, the assignments will become more difficult and complex with less supervision.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

THE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN SERIES HAS AN INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT. ALL APPLICANTS MUST MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED.

You must meet the "Individual Occupational Requirements" and the "Specialized Experience" as described below, to qualify for the Electronics Technician position.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

This series covers technical positions supervising, leading, or performing work involving applying:

• Knowledge of the techniques and theories characteristic of electronics, such as a knowledge of basic electricity and electronic theory, algebra, and elementary physics.
• Knowledge of electronic equipment design, development, evaluation, testing, installation, and maintenance; and
• Knowledge of the capabilities, limitations, operations, design, characteristics, and functional use of a variety of types and models of electronic equipment and systems related to, but less than, a full professional knowledge of electronic engineering.

Please review the additional information about the Individual Occupational Requirement which can be found here:

In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), applicants must meet the following specialized experience.

Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-09 or higher, to qualify for this position.

Qualifying Specialized Experience For The GS-10 Includes

• Using knowledge of the science of metrology which includes: requirements for the traceability to NIST standards, methods for absolute and relative measurements and/or recognition of systemic and random error.
• Reading schematics with an understanding of electronic terms and symbols in order to comprehend technical literature or instrument service manuals.
• Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, to discuss project results, prepare reports, and/or maintain files and records.

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Education

Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position:

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.

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