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Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 33 days ago
On-site Johnson City, TN $22.4 – $31.9/hr Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Utility Systems Repairing-Operating ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This is an entry level position located within Engineering Service in the Boiler and Chiller Plants. The Boiler Plant is a 24-hour per day operation. The incumbent participates in the Utility System Operator Repairer Technical Career Field (TCF) 2-year training program, designed to prepare participant for journeyman-level position. The incumbent trains to qualify as a participant in the areas of operations, maintenance and repair of state-of-the-art boiler.
What You'll Do
- →The TCF career fields represent those technical fields where VA-specific knowledge and experience is desirable for success in the field.
- →Individuals selected follow a formal training plan for two years during which they are trained, coached, and supervised by a preceptor.
- →Preceptors are selected annually, through an extensive application process, for their technical expertise, their commitment to training and the suitability of their facility as a training location.
- →Selectees will be required to sign Mobility, Training, and Continued Service Agreements.
- →This is a developmental position leading to a WG-09, performing assignments intended to broaden skills and provide practical experience leading to progressively more complex assignments performed under progressively less supervision.
- →The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
- →Work schedule: 7:00am-7:00pm or 7:00pm-7:00am Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#: Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee/PD605840, PD605850, and PD605860
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b965132b-91e9-4934-a50e-838d888116ef
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