Communication Systems Technician

Important messages

In the event you are appointed, you will enter into a written agreement (pre-posting agreement) identifying geographic provisions for deployment following completion of your posting. Please note that this posting will be for a period of five (5) years.

A Health Canada approved medical clearance (Isolated Post only) may be required.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to staff one indeterminate position.

A pool of qualified candidates inclusive of Public Service (PS) employees and Civilian Members (CM) may be established and may be used to staff future indeterminate and/or temporary vacancies in Yellowknife, NWT within the RCMP. In the event of a temporary vacancy, the following staffing actions may be used and/or considered: acting appointment, term appointment, and/or assignment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

• Successful completion of two years of an acceptable post-secondary educational program in computer science, information technology, information management or another specialty relevant to the position to be staffed.
Notes:
1. Indeterminate period incumbents of positions in the CS group on May 10, 1999, who do not possess the education prescribed above, are deemed to meet the minimum education standards based on their education, training and/or experience. They must be accepted as having met the minimum education standard whenever this standard is called for when staffing positions in the CS group.
2. It is the recognized educational institution (e.g. community college, CÉGEP or university) that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
3. At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience may serve as an alternative to the minimum post-secondary education stated above. Whenever the minimum education is met using this alternative, it is met for the specific position only and must be re-assessed for other positions for which this alternative has been specified by the manager.

*Proof of education in the form of official transcripts will be required.

Degree equivalency

• Recent** experience repairing, modifying and maintaining wireless mobile voice and data communications equipment.
• Recent** experience operating electronic communications test equipment and with test procedures in both analog and digital systems.
• Recent** experience diagnosing problems/trouble shooting electronic equipment problems in shop and field environments.

**Recent: Within the last five (5) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

• Recent** experience programming portable or mobile radio equipment.
• Recent** experience diagnosing problems/trouble shooting portable or mobile radio equipment problems in shop and field environments.
**Recent: Within the last five (5) years.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of electronics and infrastructure/platforms.

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to diagnose problems/trouble shoot electronic equipment problems in shop or field environments.

• Problem Solving
• Initiative
• Reliability

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

• Ability to program portable and mobile radio equipment.
• Knowledge of measurement and test procedures.

Willing and able to work in a busy police environment, including exposure to unsettling and/or graphic material.
Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required.
Willingness and ability to travel for work and/or training purposes using various modes of transportation (including owned or leased government transport, Helicopter, commercial and light aircraft and up to and including remote locations).

Conditions of employment

Top Secret security clearance

Ability and willingness to meet and maintain Meets any additional medical requirements for isolated posts, in accordance with Treasury Board policy and definitions of locations.

Other information

PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail. Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address, and ensure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CANDIDATE TO ENSURE ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AND UPDATED AS REQUIRED.

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

In accordance with paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Privacy Act, information or material, whether provided directly by the candidate or otherwise obtained by the selection board, used during the selection process for the purpose of assessing a candidate may be used as part of the selection review and recourse processes. Such relevant information may be provided to third parties, such as other candidates or their representatives, who have a legitimate reason to be aware of that information.

A random or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Assessments will comprise of an examination, interview and reference checks.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

Only online applications are accepted. All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System

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.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

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