Apprentice Operator
New York Power Authority · Lewiston, NY · 3 wk ago
On-siteManufacturing$85k–$100k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
Let's parse the posting.
- Summary: "This position involves rotating 12 hour shiftwork within a hydroelectric power plant." That's about the role. Could be "About the role". We'll include that.
- Responsibilities: bullet list of duties: Under direct supervision perform all required tasks related to the trade associated with the respective project. Work with and assist Operator of a higher grade. Under general supervision, perform tasks which the Apprentice has completed and signed off in the Apprenticeship Program. Maintain the cleanliness and housekeeping of workshops and equipment in current work areas. Complete training in the Apprenticeship Program at the pace and knowledge level prescribed in the Apprentice and Training Standard.
- Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Must have strong electrical and mechanical aptitude. Must be accepted into the Apprenticship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement. Could be Skills section.
- Education, Experience and Certifications: Must have a 2 year technical degree within a related technical discipline. AAS in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Physical Requirements: Must be able to perform work throughout the campus of a hydroelectric power plant. Must be able to perform rotating 12- hour shift work.
- Military Occupational Specialty Codes: list but no specifics; maybe not needed.
- Pay: "Ho urly rates for union-represented employees are collectively bargained by the New York Power Authority and IBEW. The negotiated pay rate for this position is $37.64 per hour . A new Apprentice Operator may expect to earn between $85,000 - $100,000 in the 1st year inclusive of overtime and step increases". So we have Pay section.
- Benefits: Not explicitly mentioned. No benefits details. So we should not create Benefits section.
- Schedule: The posting mentions rotating 12 hour shiftwork. That's schedule info. Could be Schedule section. However schedule info also appears in summary and physical requirements. We can include Schedule section with that detail.
- Qualifications: Could combine Education, Experience and Certifications plus maybe Knowledge, Skills. But we have separate sections for Skills and Qualifications. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- About the role: summary.
- Responsibilities: list.
- Requirements: maybe physical requirements? Or could be "Requirements" covering education, experience, certifications, physical requirements. But we also have Qualifications and Skills separate.
Better to follow typical structure: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (maybe skills), Skills (maybe knowledge/abilities), Pay, Schedule.
But we must not create sections with filler. Ensure each has substantive content.
Let's map:
About the role: summary sentence.
Responsibilities: list of duties.
Requirements: education/experience/certifications: "Must have a 2 year technical degree within a related technical discipline. AAS in Electrical Engineering preferred."
Qualifications: maybe "Must be accepted into the Apprenticeship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement." plus physical requirements? But physical requirements could be under Requirements as well.
Skills: "Must have strong electrical and mechanical aptitude."
Pay: hourly rate and annual expectation.
Schedule: rotating 12 hour shiftwork.
We need to avoid duplication. Ensure we preserve all substantive info.
Let's list all substantive info:
- Position involves rotating 12 hour shiftwork within a hydroelectric power plant. (summary)
- Responsibilities:
1. Under direct supervision perform all required tasks related to the trade associated with the respective project.
2. Work with and assist Operator of a higher grade.
3. Under general supervision, perform tasks which the Apprentice has completed and signed off in the Apprenticeship Program.
4. Maintain the cleanliness and housekeeping of workshops and equipment in current work areas.
5. Complete training in the Apprenticeship Program at the pace and knowledge level prescribed in the Apprentice and Training Standard.
- Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:
- Must have strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.
- Must be accepted into the Apprenticeship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement.
- Education, Experience and Certifications:
- Must have a 2 year technical degree within a related technical discipline.
- AAS in Electrical Engineering preferred.
- Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to perform work throughout the campus of a hydroelectric power plant.
- Must be able to perform rotating 12- hour shift work.
- Pay:
- Ho urly rates for union-represented employees are collectively bargained by the New York Power Authority and IBEW.
- The negotiated pay rate for this position is $37.64 per hour.
- A new Apprentice Operator may expect to earn between $85,000 - $100,000 in the 1st year inclusive of overtime and step increases.
- Schedule: rotating 12 hour shiftwork (already mentioned). Could be derived from physical requirements and summary.
We need to avoid repeating same info multiple times. But we must preserve all substantive info; we can include each piece once.
Potential sections:
About the role: summary sentence (rotating 12 hour shiftwork within hydroelectric plant).
Responsibilities: list as above.
Requirements: education/experience/certifications (2 year technical degree, AAS in Electrical Engineering preferred).
Qualifications: maybe "Must be accepted into the Apprenticeship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement." plus physical requirements? But physical requirements could be under Requirements as well. However we already used Requirements for education; we could shift physical requirements to Requirements as well, but then we lose separation. Could create a separate section for Physical Requirements but not in allowed headings list; we could put under Requirements or Qualifications. The allowed headings include Requirements and Qualifications. We can put physical requirements under Requirements (makes sense). Or we could put under Qualifications.
Skills: "Must have strong electrical and mechanical aptitude."
Pay: as above.
Schedule: rotating 12 hour shiftwork.
But schedule duplicates info already in About the role and Physical requirements. However we need to include schedule only if posting has real specific content for it. It does: rotating 12 hour shiftwork. We can include Schedule section with that detail, even if mentioned elsewhere; but we should avoid duplication? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary repetition? It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Duplication may be okay but we can try to avoid repeating same sentence. However schedule is a distinct aspect; we can mention schedule in Schedule section and not repeat in About the role? But About the role already mentions rotating 12 hour shiftwork. If we remove it from About the role, we lose that info. But we could keep About the role as a brief description of the role (maybe just "This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant.") but we would lose shiftwork detail. Better to keep About the role generic and put schedule details in Schedule section. However About the role currently says "This position involves rotating 12 hour shiftwork within a hydroelectric power plant." That's both role and schedule. We could split: About the role: "This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant." Schedule: "Rotating 12 hour shiftwork." But we would be altering the wording (removing shiftwork from About the role). Is that allowed? We must preserve ALL substantive information; we can rephrase as long as we keep the info. So we could keep About the role as "This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant." and then Schedule: "Rotating 12 hour shiftwork." That preserves both pieces. However the original sentence combined them; splitting is okay as long as we don't lose info. It's not inventing or summarizing away detail. It's just rephrasing.
Thus we can have:
About the role: for each section, and
This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant.
Schedule:Rotating 12 hour shiftwork.
But we also have physical requirements about performing work throughout campus and rotating 12 hour shift work. That duplicates schedule. We could keep physical requirements under Requirements or Qualifications. Let's think. We have physical requirements: must be able to perform work throughout the campus of a hydroelectric power plant; must be able to perform rotating 12- hour shift work. We already have schedule for rotating 12 hour shiftwork. The "work throughout campus" is a physical requirement. We could put that under Requirements (or Qualifications). Let's put under Requirements: "Must be able to perform work throughout the campus of a hydroelectric power plant." plus education details. But we already have education details under Requirements. Could combine. Thus Requirements section could include: - Must have a 2 year technical degree within a related technical discipline. - AAS in Electrical Engineering preferred. - Must be able to perform work throughout the campus of a hydroelectric power plant. Schedule section: Rotating 12 hour shiftwork. Now we still have the physical requirement about rotating 12 hour shift work; we moved that to Schedule, so we covered it. Now we have: About the role: working within hydroelectric plant. Responsibilities: list. Requirements: education + campus work. Qualifications: maybe "Must be accepted into the Apprenticeship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement." Skills: strong electrical and mechanical aptitude. Pay: details. Schedule: rotating 12 hour shiftwork. Check for any missing info: The "Must be accepted into the Apprenticeship Program in accordance with the Apprenticeship Agreement." is under Knowledge, Skills And Abilities originally. We placed it under Qualifications. That's fine. Also "Must have strong electrical and mechanical aptitude." under Skills. Now we need to ensure we didn't miss any other info: The "Ho urly rates for union-represented employees are collectively bargained by the New York Power Authority and IBEW." That's part of Pay. Also "A new Apprentice Operator may expect to earn between $85,000 - $100,000 in the 1st year inclusive of overtime and step increases." That's Pay. Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings for each section, and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to decide which sections get lists.
Responsibilities: list of 5 items ->
- ...
Requirements: could be list of 3 items (education, preferred, campus work) ->
- ...
Qualifications: single item -> could be
or
- ... but we can use
if only one.
Skills: single item ->
.
Pay: could be
with two sentences.
Schedule:
.
About the role:
.
Now ensure we don't include empty sections.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll output:
About the role
This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant.
Responsibilities
- Under direct supervision perform all required tasks related to the trade associated with the respective project.
- Work with and assist Operator of a higher grade.
- Under general supervision, perform tasks which the Apprentice has completed and signed off in the Apprenticeship Program.
- Maintain the cleanliness and housekeeping of workshops and equipment in current work areas.
- Complete training in the Apprenticeship Program at the pace and knowledge level prescribed in the Appr
for prose. We need to decide which sections get lists. Responsibilities: list of 5 items ->
- ...
Requirements: could be list of 3 items (education, preferred, campus work) ->
- ...
Qualifications: single item -> could be
or
- ... but we can use
if only one. Skills: single item ->
. Pay: could be
with two sentences. Schedule:
. About the role:
. Now ensure we don't include empty sections. Let's craft HTML. We'll output:
About the role
This position involves working within a hydroelectric power plant.
Responsibilities
- Under direct supervision perform all required tasks related to the trade associated with the respective project.
- Work with and assist Operator of a higher grade.
- Under general supervision, perform tasks which the Apprentice has completed and signed off in the Apprenticeship Program.
- Maintain the cleanliness and housekeeping of workshops and equipment in current work areas.
- Complete training in the Apprenticeship Program at the pace and knowledge level prescribed in the Appr
- ... but we can use
- ...
Qualifications: single item -> could be