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Position Title
FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATOR (TITLE 32)
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
IL-12208569-AF--23-344 Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 to Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. US Citizens.  Are you a US Citizen? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised? (limit characters)
3. Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
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4. Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. Would you accept a temporary appointment? (limit characters)
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions. (limit characters)
1. I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
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2. This position requires membership in the IL Air National Guard (IL ANG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ANG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ANG.

Do you possess an IL ANG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ANG?
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3. Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.

If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.

Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.

Civilians should type "N/A".
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Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. General Experience: Do you possess experience or training which demonstrates the ability to follow instructions and to safely operate the type of equipment required to accomplish the duties of the position?
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2. Specialized Experience: Do you possess specialized experience for the WG-5 Level which includes experience or training which demonstrates the ability to use common hand tools and makes repetitive repairs; must have basic knowledge of the type of work performed by the occupational series; provide assistance to the journeyman by performing the simpler and routine duties of the trade? (limit characters)
3. Specialized Experience: Do you possess specialized experience for the WG-8 Level which includes experience or training working in activities such as large fuel depots or fuel farms with complex, interconnecting line and pipe arrangements, and frequent requirements for large scale movement and transfer of a variety of liquid fuels? (limit characters)
4. Specialized Experience: Do you possess specialized experience for the WG-10 Level which includes experience or training operating, maintaining, repairing, troubleshooting and overhauling fuel systems and components.; experience or training initiating and controlling the movement and storage of fuel supplies by operating high pressure systems with a series of terminals connected by cross-country pipelines or multi-fuel storage and distribution facilities connected by a network of internal pipelines? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
5. Organizes, administers and evaluates a segment of the fuels quality assurance program for the organization.
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6. Determine status and adequacy of actions taken on prior inspection items and prepare accurate reports for management use.
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7. Conduct statistical surveys of petroleum products in areas where trouble had been encountered.
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8. Direct, inspect, operate and maintain a complete fuel distribution system(s) to receive, store, transfer and issue both aviation and ground fuels in a Type III hydrant system.
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9. Operate, inspect and perform all required maintenance and repair on 400-5,000 gallon storage tanks.
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10. Verify quality through the application of audit and investigative methods to ensure compliance with established guidelines.
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11. Inspect systems for leakage, corrosion, faulty fittings, and inoperative components such as distribution lines, storage tanks, hydrant pits/outlets, oil/water separator, pumps, automatic/manual valves, meters, and system control rooms.
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12. Extract samples from selected source throughout the base and submit to area laboratory for pollution control and correlation testing.
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13. Must conduct surveillance inspections during operations of components in pump house and tank farms during receipt, transfer, sampling and issue of petroleum products.
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14. Operate petroleum products distribution equipment by initiating and controlling the movement and storage of supplies throughout complete pipeline or tank farm systems, using telephone communications, signal systems, a central control board, or similar facilities.
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15. Responsible for maintaining the Quality Control module in the Fuels Automated System Fuels Manager Defense (FMD) database.
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16. Provide technical assistance to personnel in assigned organization in order to improve quality and enhance safety of equipment and workers using products.
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17. Prepare local operating procedures based on supplements, regulations, and manuals of higher echelons in the area of quality assurance.
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18. Perform operator maintenance to include checking components for operation, adjustment, pressures, and external leakage under pressure, removing/cleaning/inspecting receipt and dispensing strainers, calibrating additive injectors, draining water from lines, tanks, filter separator vessels and dike/containment areas.
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19. Maintain hazardous waste management program, to include initial accumulation points maintenance & inspections.
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20. Operate one or more types of special purpose design aviation and ground fuel tank truck vehicles having a capacity of up to 6,000 gallons and gross vehicle weight of 70,000 pounds used for fueling/defueling various types of aircraft and ground fuels applications such as AGE, power production, heating and engine test cells.
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21. Transport fuel from the bulk storage area to the flightline issue point, positions the vehicle for the refueling/defueling task as required.
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22. Troubleshoot, test, and repair all aspects of mechanical & electrical systems and their subcomponents to include AC generators, complex wiring harnesses, regulators, automatic relays, AC and DC power generation circuitry, electrically controlled solenoids.
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23. Inspect, maintain, perform operator maintenance, and minor repairs to support equipment and cryogenic samplers to include the following: air purging units, vacuum gauges, vacuum pumps, portable efficiency meters, portable samplers and other support equipment that is required to maintain the cryogenic storage tank in a ready condition to receive, store and transfer LOX or LIN.
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24. Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be canceled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.
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