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Trades Specialist Electrician - Grade 12
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Positions
This title exists within Various New York State Agencies and has approximately 472 positions statewide.
*The number of positions is approximate and represents the number of positions established (both filled and vacant); it is not an indication or reference to position type or duration, or intent to be filled.
Career Ladder
A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series.
| Title | Grade | Hiring Rate/yr | Job Rate/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trades Specialist Trainee 1 Electrician | 09 | $41,399 | $50,884 |
| Trades Specialist Trainee 2 Electrician | 11 | $46,306 | $56,743 |
| Trades Specialist Electrician | 12 | $48,956 | $59,757 |
| Trades Supervisor Electrician | 14 | $54,860 | $66,634 |
All salary grades for trainees titles are non-statutory (NS) equated to the salary grade identified. These grade equations apply to the starting salaries in their respective salary schedule for the traineeship levels.
This title may exist in more than one negotiating unit. This salary schedule represents the most typical salary for this title. Click here to view additional salary information regarding the various bargaining units.
An individual's final salary is determined by the Office of the State Comptroller. This salary schedule does not reflect any Special Salary Treatments
Job Duties
As a Trades Specialist (Electrician), you would perform journey level electrician work and frequently supervise others in the repair, maintenance, and installation of electrical systems and equipment. The electrician trade, for reasons of safety, requires care and precision in its performance following applicable electric code regulations.A Trades Specialist (Electrician) is responsible for all electrical work including the planning and laying out of work and the diagnosis of trouble in electrical systems or equipment in an assigned area, on an assigned project or for an entire facility. All positions are in the non-competitive jurisdictional class.
A Trades Specialist (Electrician) frequently supervises others in this work including semiskilled and relatively unskilled workers. In an agency such as the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision where inmates perform some electrical repair or installation tasks, a Trades Specialist (Electrician) may be responsible for the work of a small group of such individuals.
View the classification standard for this title which illustrates the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.
Summary of Minimum Qualifications
Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.
Successful completion of a NYS two-year Trades Specialist (Electrician) Traineeship or NYS two-year electrician training program; OR successful completion of any equivalent electrical two-year training or apprenticeship program;* OR four (4) years of full-time experience in the electrical trade under a skilled journey level electrician which would provide training equivalent to that given in an apprenticeship program. Apprenticeship training in the electrical trade or training gained by completion of technical courses in the electrical trade at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
* Successful completion of the traineeship and the training program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific class room instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. Course work must be completed with an average of “C” or better. Additionally, successful completion of the traineeship also includes 4,000 hours of on-the-job training.
How to Apply
An examination is not used to fill this title. You must meet the minimum qualifications of the title in order to be considered for this position. You must apply directly to the agency or agencies that have this title.
Mobility Options
Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through transfers opportunities or other examinations.
For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.
You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.