Operations Apprentice II

Operations Apprentice II/IIIThe Operations Apprentice I primary responsibility is to qualify in Operator fundamentals, safety tagger and fire brigade. The Operations Apprentice II primary responsibility is to learn building watch systems duties and responsibilities. The Operations Apprentice III primary responsibility is to qualify on at least one watch station. Primary duties and responsibilities include carrying out the normal shift routine, ensuring all tests, logs and readings are performed, conducting maintenance and operational activities in accordance with established safety procedures, adhering to all plant operational, administrative and emergency procedures, maintaining general cleanliness of the assigned work area, participating in the NSO Training program, reviewing all operating data to assure safe operations, effectively communicating plant related problems or events, serving as required by procedure for watch stations, fire brigade, safety tagger and Emergency Response Organization, supporting the operations department in areas such as corrective actions, procedure maintenance, and technical input for daily and outage work schedules, and performing other duties as assigned by supervision/management. Education and experience requirements for Operations Apprentice II include a high school diploma or GED equivalent and one or more of the following: experience as Operations Apprentice I and Fundamentals and Safety Tagger qualifications, successful completion and honorable discharge from the Navy nuclear power program, or an engineering/engineering technology/physical science Bachelors of Science degree including course work in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences from an accredited institution. Education and experience requirements for Operations Apprentice III include a high school diploma or GED equivalent and one or more of the following: experience as Operations Apprentice II with qualification in Fundamentals/Safety Tagger and 1 watch station, an engineering/engineering technology/physical science Bachelors of Science degree including course work in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences from an accredited institution and 3 years previous commercial nuclear power plant experience, or previous commercial nuclear power plant experience (minimum 5 years) and qualification as a journeyman level operator equivalent. Option 3 will qualify for Intermediate NSO rate of pay. Cognitive skills required include the ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports, correspondence, and procedure manuals, speak effectively to customers or employees of the organization, effectively present information and respond to questions from managers or members of other departments, add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, perform operations using units of weight, measurement, volume and distance, apply concepts of basic algebra, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations, apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram format, deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations, solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizations exists, interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Vision requirements include the ability to pass vision requirements associated with company physicals as well as identify and distinguish colors. Noise requirements include the ability to work in loud environments. Additional information includes the right of management to require this position to pass and maintain fire brigade physical, fire brigade physical agilities test and fire brigade qualification when necessary, the requirement to have successfully passed the POSS test, the requirement to have successfully passed the Operations Fundamentals exam, the physical ability to perform operator duties, the ability to qualify as a Hazardous Material First Responder, Technical Rescue per Administrative procedures, the ability to qualify for watch stander on the Site segment, and a satisfactory work record including good attendance.