DC National Guard seeks Electrician - $69,368 to $95,076
This position is located in the Maintenance Shop, Facility Operations and Maintenance Branch of the District of Columbia National Guard. The primary purpose of this position is non-supervisory jobs involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical wiring systems, fixtures, controls and equipment. These jobs require knowledge and application of electrical principles, materials, and safety standards.
Knowledge of construction, installation, operation, and troubleshooting of sophisticated circuitry and controls associated with unique projects. Knowledge and application of electrical principles, materials, and safety standards. Ability to independently plan, lay-out, set-up, determine proper materials, procedures, equipment and tools, and to develop solutions to unusual or unique problems. Skill in using non-standard tools and equipment and in determining non- standard uses for standard tools and equipment to complete highly complex, unusual tasks. May require knowledge of complex shop math (i.e., algebra and trigonometry).
Installs electrical distribution systems. Splices strings and/ or lays overhead and underground wire and cable. Erects and aligns poles. Climbs poles and attaches cross arms and hardware. Installs electrical components such as insulators, transformers, voltage regulators, circuit breakers, junction boxes, switch boxes, potheads, and associated brackets and braces. Assembles and installs substation components. Lays direct burial cable or lays cable in conduit or concrete ducts. Cuts, bends, threads, and/or connects and mounts wire shield in conduit, shielded cable, or material such as wire mold. Threads and pulls wiring through conduits with fish tapes, ropes and power winches.