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Toll Electronic Systems Technician

Grade NS

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  1. Toll Electronic Systems Technician

    Grade NS

  2. Toll Electronic Systems Technician Tr 1

    Similar to Grade NS

  3. Toll Electronic Systems Technician Tr 2

    Similar to Grade NS

Summary of Job Description

As a Toll Electronics Systems Technician, you would install, modify, troubleshoot, maintain and repair complex electronic toll collection and audit systems and equipment; install, maintain, repair, overhaul, test and/or modify various ITS elements such as Dynamic Message Signs, Traffic Data Systems, Weather Information Systems, Closed Circuit Television Cameras and traffic control warning signs; install, maintain, repair, overhaul, test and/or modify various other equipment such as electronic time clocks, network ethernet data converters, switches and hubs; operate a variety of technician hand tools and electronic test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, radio frequency (RF) power meters, fiber optic light meters and visual fault locators; complete administrative paperwork as necessary to document work; maintain tour-of-duty records and prepare reports in connection with maintenance activities; and requisition supplies and spare and replacement parts. You may be required to perform work while on ladders up to 14 feet high, on lift platforms 25-30 feet high, and on buckets attached to trucks up to 65 feet high. You will also need to climb stairs to work on large over-the-road VMS signs up to 20 feet and you may be required to work on catwalks under and on structures over bridges, climb stairs over open water and/or work on the top of 20 foot high toll canopies. You will be required to park on the shoulder of the highway in order to access roadside devices, working next to free-flowing traffic passing at highway speeds that can exceed 65 mph. You will be required to work in all types of conditions, including inclement weather such as extreme wind, cold and heat as well as rain and snow storms.

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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.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, you must have:

Either 1. three years of experience in the installation, maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of complex* electrical/electronic equipment such as computer hardware, network hardware or similar equipment involving work with electrical/electronic control circuits;

Or 2. 60 college semester credit hours including at least 15 college semester credit hours in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, electrical technology, computer technology, automotive technology, electrical construction and maintenance, or electronic technology AND one year of the experience described in #1 above;

Or 3. military training/rating in an electronics field including completion of an electronic rating school program (see Note 2) AND one year of the experience described in #1 above;

Or 4. graduation from a high school technical electricity/electronics education program or a BOCES program recognized by the New York State Education Department (see 3rd bullet below) AND one year of the experience described in #1 above.

*Complex electrical/electronic equipment containing solid state electronic circuitry, printed circuit boards, switches and relays; computer and network hardware including ethernet data converters, serial servers, network switches, routers and hubs.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-927

How to Apply

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Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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