Installation Technician (INVENTORY)

CANDIDATES MUST INDICATE, WHEN APPLYING, WHETHER THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE POSITION(S) LOCATED IN EDMONTON AND/OR CALGARY. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN THEIR APPLICATION BEING "SCREENED OUT".

Department Name: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)
Locations: Edmonton, Calgary
Classification: GL - MAN - 05
Salary: $19.73 per hour
Closing Date: December 31, 2006 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information
Reference Number: RCM06J-002405-000221
Selection Process Number: 06-RCM-EA-NWR-LL-095
Employment Tenure: These are full-time term positions projected to end until June 2007. A pool of qualified candidates may be established and used to staff similar term and/or permanent positions.
Vacancies: Number to be determined

Website: For further information on the department, please visit Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Civilian Staff)

Who Can Apply:

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• Persons residing or employed in Red Deer (AB) and within a 300 kilometer radius of Red Deer (AB), extending to, amongst others, Athabasca (AB), Salvador (SK), Lethbridge (AB), Rogers (BC).
  
  The distance between your residence or your employment location and the position location will be determined using data provided by the Natural Resources Canada, Geomatics Canada's website. For information on how to use this website please click here: http://www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca/menu/radius_e.htm

Citizenship

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Preference will be given to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship, permanent resident status or work permit.

Language Proficiency

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Applicants must demonstrate in their application that they meet the following merit criteria to be retained for further consideration.

English essential

Education

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Successful completion of secondary school or an equivalent.

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the educational requirements.

Experience

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
Experience is required in EACH of the following areas:

Experience in the installation of electronic accessories for vehicles.

Experience soldering electrical components.

Other Merit Criteria and Conditions of Employment

• CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
  • Willingness to undergo and successfully pass a RCMP reliability security clearance.
  • Possession of a valid provincial Class 5 Driver's License and an acceptable Driver's Abstract.
  • Possession of safety boots.
  • Willingness to travel.

Statement of Merit Criteria

Applicants who meet the above criteria will also be assessed against the Statement of Merit Criteria for this position.

Work Environment

Frequent requirements to adapt to changing work priorities, multiple demands and interruptions when required to respond to emergency problems, such as breakdowns and damaged equipment.

Challenge

Develops, modifies, installs and removes police emergency and radio equipment from all types of police vehicles. Install mobile computer work stations and telecommunication equipment, diagnoses and repairs failures in same equipment.

Additional Requirements / Comments

• Inclusion in the Pool: Persons who meet the essential qualifications may be included in the pool. Intake to the pool is continuous. Written tests, practical tests, interviews or other assessment methods may be used to confirm that candidates possess the essential or asset qualifications.
• Hiring from the Pool: All persons offered employment must meet the essential qualifications, and conditions of employment. In addition, managers may consider some or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements and organizational needs, when choosing from the pool. A person may be appointed to the position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements or organizational needs. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Candidates will be considered for appointments of a higher tenure while employed from the pool. Once a specified period of employment that has been offered from the pool has been completed, a candidate’s name will be returned to the pool for future employment opportunities.
• Removal from the Pool: A qualified candidate’s name may be removed from the pool if he/she has been offered employment on three occasions and has not accepted, or if the candidate has accepted a period of employment and has not performed the duties in a satisfactory manner (as determined by the employer). A candidate may ask to have his/her name removed from the pool.
• Applicants must clearly demonstrate in writing at the time of their application that they meet and possess the essential criteria and are within the area of selection. Failure to do so may result in the application not receiving further consideration.

Information to be provided:

When you apply, you must provide the following information or your application will be rejected:

• Your resumé.
• You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS

Only online applications are accepted.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested alternate locations: campus career centres, libraries, community centres, Internet cafés, Canada/Student Employment Centres, and Public Service Commission (PSC) regional offices. You may also call 1-800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232) or TTY/TDD 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public internet access location.

If after trying these options you still cannot access the Internet, please call the toll-free number 1-888-780-4444; or toll-free TTY/TDD 1-800-465-7735 (telecommunications device for the hearing impaired and speech impaired persons); or the nearest PSC office.

Important Messages

Your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Questions regarding travel and relocation.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.