Job Description

Louisiana Department of

Public Safety & Corrections –

Corrections Services

ELAYN HUNT CORRECTIONAL CENTER

ST GABRIEL, LA

THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS A CLASSIFIED WAE

CLASSIFIED WAE : This position is a ‘when actually employed’ (WAE) position without benefits.  

  Exams and License Requirements

1. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. 

• Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.

1. An attached resume will not replace a completed application; failure to provide your qualifying work experience may result in your application not being considered.
2. Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.  
   
     

• To apply for this vacancy , click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. 

  REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS CURRENT. 

• IMPORTANT: In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), to be considered for employment, by answering ‘YES’ to the PREA question.
• Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
• Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.

1. Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification. 
2. Failure to provide your qualifying work experience may result in your application not being considered.

• There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
• Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

1. This Agency is a Drug Free Workplace.

• To view and apply to any of our other postings we currently have available, click  

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non-merit factor including disability.


For further information about this vacancy contact:

Hilary Dugar

Human Resources Department

Hilary.Dugar@la.gov

Ph: (225) 319-4535

Fax: (225) 342-5968

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Three years of experience in the maintenance or repair of mechanical or electronic office equipment, precision machinery, or electronic and electrical systems or in the installation, repair or maintenance of computer equipment or systems (hardware and/or software).

 

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Training in a vocational-technical school or military school will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience on the basis of one year of training for one year of experience.

 

College training with at least six semester hours per year in electronics or computer science will substitute for the experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.

 

CompTIA A+ Certification will substitute for one year of the required experience.

 

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Must possess an appropriate Federal Communications Commission (FCC) radio-telephone license when working with marine and aviation transmitting equipment or with radar.

 

May be required to have technician certification by the National Association of Business and Educational Radio (NABER).

 

May be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver's license at the time of appointment.

 

NOTE:

The maintenance or repair of electronic or electrical systems includes the repair or maintenance of radio or television broadcasting equipment; or electronic equipment such as radios, televisions or VCRs.

 

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Function of Work:

To maintain and repair all makes and types of office machines, electronic and mechanical equipment, electronic communications, television (TV) systems, and mobile communications equipment.

Level of Work:
Experienced.

Supervision Received:
General from an Electronic Technician Supervisor.

Supervision Exercised:
Functional over lower level Electronic Technicians.

Location of Work:
May be used by any state agency.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from Electronic Technician Supervisor by lack of first line supervisory responsibilities.

Differs from Electronic Technician performance of more complex work and lead worker responsibilities.Reviews work of and provides guidance to lower level Electronic Technicians on a project basis.

Reads and interprets the most complex electric and electronic schematics and mechanical layouts during diagnosis and repair of complex electronic equipment.

Makes estimates of repairs to determine if feasible.

Provides visual inspection of television equipment, checking for safety defects and repairing as required.

Maintains an inventory system of parts for immediate and emergency repairs.

Performs diagnosis and repairs on the most complex electronic and mechanical equipment.

Performs preventive maintenance operations as required on a periodic basis.

Assists in check-out and installation of equipment and systems and recommends acceptance or rejection until corrections are made.

Installs, updates, and expands components and systems to equipment and checks for proper operation.

Performs repairs to component level on equipment responsible for.

Installs two-way radios in state vehicles.

Serves as liaison with manufacturing and distributors of radio parts and other communications related personnel.

Issues citations as needed for failure of operators to follow federal and state rules and regulations.

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Immediate start,

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