Position Summary
Security Electronics Systems Apprentices are employees that have basic employee responsibilities. This level Apprentice will be given instruction and work experience installing basic Electrical/Electronic equipment and components which involves using hand tools, power tools, a basic understanding of electrical blueprints, and knowledge of the NEC. Additionally, each Apprentice must make every effort to become a well-qualified Journey-person/Technician. This requires registered for related instruction courses, attending class regularly, and being on time for both work and apprenticeship school.
Tasks to include, but not limited to:
- Preparing for a cable pull with little assistance.
- Pulling cables with little assistance, (i.e. 18-2, RG 6, Cat5e, Fiber Optics)
- Terminating Cables with little assistance.(i,e. butt splices, insulated connectors, terminal strips/blocks and BNC)
- Testing cables with little assistance, (i.e. VOM, Continuity Tester, TDR, OTDR)
- Mounting devices with little assistance..(i.e. Readers, Door Contacts, Rex's, Cameras)
- Determining appropriate ESS cables to be pulled from a set of blueprints, (i.e. cable index)
- Accurately interpreting elevation & mounting details on a blueprint to install field devices.
- Identifying the proper ESS codes and standards used for a given task and seek guidance as needed, (i.e. pulling cables, mounting field devices, terminating cables)
- Identifying different types of cables and their usages.(i.e. Cable Markings, Class 2 & 3, Communication, Plenum, Shielded, High Performance)
- Identifying different types of connectors and their usages, (i.e. butt splices, insulated connectors, terminal strips/blocks and BNC)
- Installing ESS cable raceways & pathways with little assistance.
- Making simple conduit bends as needed with little assistance, (i.e. 90 & Offsets to connect head end devices)
- Assisting in terminating devices.(i.e. Readers, Door Contacts, Rexs, Cameras)
- Adhering to all M.C. Dean and S.E.S. policies and procedures including but not limited to OT, quality, safety, accident notification, and attendance requirements.
- Interpreting wiring details to install field devices with little assistance. ..(i.e. Readers, Door Contacts, Rexs, Cameras)
- Assisting in testing ESS field devices, .(i.e. Readers, Door Contacts, Rexs, Camera
REQUIREMENTS
- Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information. Ability to obtain a US DOD Top Secret security clearance is required.
- Must have a High School Diploma or GED.
- Must have reliable Transportation
- Must successfully pass a background check and drug test post offer
- Currently / need to be enrolled in an accredited apprenticeship program such as Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) or
- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC).
- Vocational school or technical education training program, preferred
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Lifts at least 100 pounds at one time and 60 pounds for an extended period of time.
- Relocates a 12 foot stepladder without assistance.
- Works at various heights up to 60 feet and can climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders.
- Walks, climbs, lifts, squats, crawls, kneels, pushes, pulls and reaches overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
- Possess good vision (may be corrected vision), the ability to see in color, and the ability to hear and communicate in English.
- May use a standard ladder without exceeding the weight limit while carrying tools.
- Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- See details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.