- Position Title
- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL)
- Agency
- Air National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- MS-12675164-AF-25-010 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, January 22, 2025 to Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
US Citizens. Are you a US Citizen?
Assessment 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Please answer the following questions by selecting the appropriate response(s). NOTE: Applicants are responsible for claiming their appropriate eligibility/eligibilities. We are not responsible for erroneous eligibilities that you list or those you fail to list. You must submit proof of eligibility for veteran's preference. Ensure you thoroughly read the instructions for each section.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Have you retired from military service in the last 180 days? If so, you must attach your retirement DD 214 to your application.
2.
Do you have 12 months of documented experiences, education, or training that demonstrated the ability to follow directions and to read, understand, and retain a variety of instructions, regulations, and procedures and that otherwise demonstrates the ability to perform or learn to perform the duties of the position? The only way to prove this experience is by listing your salaries for EACH job, month and dates of experience and hours worked per week on your resume. You will be disqualified if your resume does not have these 3 things.
3.
Do you have at least 12 months experience equivalent to at least GS-9 or GS-10? Must be a graduate of a formal DoD/DOT basic air traffic control course and be able to obtain and maintain a facility-rating in a single ATC facility (Radar Final Control (RFC)/Ground Controlled Approach (GCA)/Control Tower). Under general supervision, the GS-11 terminal controller performs regular duties in terminal operations, issuing control instructions to aircraft operating under visual or instrument flight rules or combinations of both. Have some experiences in a military or civilian as an Air Traffic Controller in a single ATC facility-rated control tower air traffic facility. Initiated and issued air traffic control clearances, instructions and advisories to ensure safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic under instrument and visual flight rules. Experienced in conducting ATC facility training. Experienced in briefing shift personnel on runway utilization, airfield conditions and weather/ground activities. Prepared and updated flight following maps. Performed some shift supervision duties in a tactical or fixed tower, radar, or AIC. Experienced work as a tactical air control team (TACT) leader in a tactical terminal control system (TTCS) or have experiences on deployed teams to remote areas to secure and set- up forward area refueling and rearming points (FARPS), LZs, HLZs, DZs and PZs. Maintained current DoD and DOT/FAA publications, ATC facility logs, forms, records and situation maps. Assisted in the preparation of TERPS. If you are claiming Federal employee experience, you MUST include copies of your SF-50's to receive consideration for this experience.
4.
Please list the dates on your resume that support this response.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
5.
Do you understand that failure to provide hours worked per week along with dates of employment (month/year or month/year to present) salary and job duties performed on your resume will disqualify your application?
EXAMPLE:
ABC ENTERPRISES: $55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present........DETAILED description of your experience and qualifications
NOTE: UPDATE YOUR RESUME TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION. RESUME MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PDF DOCUMENT FORMAT.
Simply writing: ATC, April 2001-present; is not sufficient to qualify your resume. Your resume must be detailed.
EXAMPLE:
ABC ENTERPRISES: $55,000 per year; 40 hours per week, January 2001-July 2009 or January 2001-present........DETAILED description of your experience and qualifications
NOTE: UPDATE YOUR RESUME TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION. RESUME MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PDF DOCUMENT FORMAT.
Simply writing: ATC, April 2001-present; is not sufficient to qualify your resume. Your resume must be detailed.
6.
Only those personnel who possess a valid Air Traffic Control Specialist Certificate (FAA Form 7220-1)/Control Tower Operator (CTO) or Appropriate Federal Credentialing certification are authorized to perform air traffic control duties in ANG/ARNG facilities. If you do not upload your certificate with your application, you will be found ineligible. Do you understand this requirement?
7.
Applicants must possess or be able to obtain a National Agency Check, Local Agency Checks and Credit (NACLC) according to applicable DoD Instructions, Army or Air Force regulations, upon appointment. All air traffic control positions require a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) and the applicant must possess or be able to obtain the proper clearance within one year of appointment. Please acknowledge that you understand that failure to obtain the required security clearance will result in immediate termination.
8.
Do you have a valid driver's license in the state you primarily work or live in? You will be required to present your current Drivers' license if you are selected for an interview.
9.
Applicants must successfully complete a medical physical and pass a drug test prior to appointment. Do you agree to this accomplish this requirement in a timely manner?
10.
Irregular and overtime (COMPENSATORY) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies. Can you support these requirements?
INSTRUCTIONS: For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or training. Please select only one letter for each item. Your answers will be verified with your resume.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Functions as a primary watch supervisor/ senior controller/& controller independently performing tower, radar, and non-radar air traffic control duties under general supervision.
12.
Issuing control instructions to aircraft operating under visual or instrument flight rules or combinations of both.
13.
Issuing instructions to aircraft operating under visual flight rules (VFR), the controller considers such factors as position, speed, and direction of aircraft movement; and performance characteristics of the aircraft being controlled.
14.
Knowledge of these factors with information from the pilots and other air traffic facilities and determines the time and sequence of aircraft movement to maintain separation between arriving and departing aircraft and issues instructions to pilots to change altitude or course, to proceed from one radio fix to another or to land.
15.
Operates, trains, and provides preventative maintenance on a host of automated communications and display hardware and software systems that are integral and vital to the operation of the air traffic control facility. Types of systems include but are not limited to; Enhanced Terminal Voice Switch (ETVS), Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment (DBRITE), Digital Voice Recording System (DVRS), Data Transmission Network (DTN), Digital Mapper, DoD Advanced Automation System (DAAS), Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR) System, Standard Automated Replacement Radar System (STARS), Information Data Systems (IDS), Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS), Control Tower Simulator System (CTSS), Air Traffic Control Training Device (ATCTD), Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), and Automated Surface Observation Systems (ASOS).
16.
Under restrictive time and space limitations, formulates and issues ATC clearances and instructions to provide for the required separation and or sequencing of all IFR, SVFR, and VFR traffic within delegated airspace. Adjusts aircraft flight paths, assigns arrival and departure routes to various types of aircraft, arrival and departure runways, adjusts speed, and issues altitude assignments to accompany multiple types and performance level of civilian and military aircraft to affect separation and expeditious traffic flow as prescribed in FAAO 7110.65.
17.
Ensures all equipment is accurately aligned and within the required standards, while operating at peak efficiency by all controllers. Maintains communications with aircraft and adjacent facilities to transmit and receive instructions and information relative to flight. Determines when backup or alternate communications are required and places same in operation as appropriate. Investigates possible equipment outages, and issues appropriate advisories to aircraft. Ensures adjacent facilities and aircraft operators are advised of additional support requirements during equipment outages. Provides training on systems to ensure controllers understand and apply correct equipment system operations.
18.
Provides assistance to both experienced professional and inexperienced student pilots within the airspace and ensures expeditious traffic flows are maintained. Provides mandatory additional services and assistance to aircraft to include those experiencing in-flight emergencies, hijacking and unlawful seizure, pilot disorientation, and to those aircraft otherwise experiencing distress during flight. Participates in a host of Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and FAA mandated homeland security procedures and implements Federal and local guidance and direction for aircraft operations within terminal areas.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
19.
Do you certify that all of your responses to this questionnaire are true and accurate; and do you accept that if your supporting documentation does not support one or more of your responses to the questionnaire that your application may be rated lower or you may be removed from further consideration?