Electrical Instrument and Control Technician - Senior 

Supplemental Questionnaire

(2022-11820-01)

Part I -  Minimum Qualifications (Not Scored)

This section will not be scored or used for determining minimum qualifications but is provided to the applicant for informational purposes prior to completing the questionnaire. Applicants are required to demonstrate how they meet the minimum qualifications for this position on their application.

Do you possess at least two (2) years of responsible experience performing duties similar to an Electrical Instrument and Control Technician II with Placer County.

Do you possess the equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by college or equivalent course work in electronics, instrumentation, control systems, or related field?

Do you possess a California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Grade 1 Electrical & Instrumentation Technologist Certification or equivalent?

Do you posses a California Water Environment Association (CWEA) Grade 1 Collection System Maintenance Certification or equivalent?

Applicants who reported a "no" response to the above question are encouraged to review the minimum qualifications section of the job posting, including substitution criteria, for this position before proceeding.

Part II -  Training and Experience Examination (Scored)

This supplemental questionnaire will serve as the Civil Service examination for this recruitment and will be scored based on your checked responses below. Narratives provided by applicants describing training and/or experience will not be scored but will be available to the hiring authority and may be utilized for interview and selection determination.

Scores received from this section will determine applicant ranking and placement on the eligible list. Resumes, letters, and other materials will not be evaluated or considered as responses to the items in the supplemental questionnaire. In addition, responses to this questionnaire will not be used for determining minimum qualifications for this position.

By continuing in this examination process, you are certifying that all information provided in the supplemental questionnaire is true to the best of your knowledge.

INSTRUCTIONS: For the following questions, please indicate your level of knowledge and/or experience:

Performing highly skilled testing, maintenance, and repair on controllers, power switching gears, distribution systems, lighting circuits, single- and multi-phase power and control circuits, plan condition status, and alarm circuits.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Monitoring a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and supporting authorized personnel responsible for the programming of SCADA and telemetry systems.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Utilizing a computer maintenance management system (CMMS) to plan, schedule, complete, and document maintenance activities.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Maintaining a variety of documentation, including work orders and maintenance logs.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Installing, maintaining, configuring, calibrating, inspecting, testing, modifying, and repairing instrument control, recordings, metering, and alarm telemetry systems used in water distribution, wastewater collections, and treatment ponds.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Installing, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and performing preventative and corrective maintenance on electrical switch gear, relays, process controls, alarm systems, transmitters, gauges, sensors, isolators, analyzers, flowmeters, transducers, uninterruptible power supplies, lighting, motors, starters, pumps, circuit breakers, power meters, switches, control wiring, protective relays, cameras, and related electrical and electronic devices.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

Performing work within applicable codes, regulations, standards, and procedures governing electrical and electronic industry, including National Electrical Code (NEC), National Fire Protection Agency 70E (NFPA), and Cal/OSHA.

If you indicated experience in this area, please briefly describe.

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