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Position Title
EXPLOSIVES SAFETY SPECIALIST
Agency
Air National Guard Units
Announcement Number
AK-12718707-AF-T5-25-136-B Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, July 10, 2025 to Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Eligibility
Area 1 candidates are those individuals who are current onboard AKNG T5 Competitive or Excepted Service Employees. (limit characters)
1. Are you a current Onboard AKNG T5 Competitive or Excepted Service Employee? (limit characters)
2. If you answered Yes to Question 1, please indicate your current Pay Schedule (GS or WG), Grade and Position Title in the space provided below:
(If this is not applicable to you, please put N/A in the narrative field)
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Area 2 candidates are those individuals who are current onboard AKNG T32 Excepted Service Employees. (limit characters)
3. If you answered No to Question 1, are you a current onboard AKNG T32 Excepted Service Employee? (limit characters)
4. If you answered Yes to Question 2, please indicate your current Pay Schedule (GS or WG), Grade and Position Title in the space provided below:
(If this is not applicable to you, please put N/A in the narrative field)
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Area 3 candidates are all current or former members of the Alaska National Guard. (limit characters)
5. If you answered No to Question 2, are you a current or former member of the Alaska National Guard? (limit characters)
6. If you answered Yes to Question 3, please indicate your current/former Military Grade, Position Title, Unit of Assignment and MOS or AFSC in the space provided below:
(If this is not applicable to you, please put N/A in the narrative field)
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Area 4 candidates are all current and former Federal Employees with Reinstatement Eligibility. (limit characters)
7. If you answered No to Question 3, are you a current or former Federal Employee with Reinstatement Eligibility? (limit characters)
8. If you answered Yes to Question 4, please indicate your current or former Pay Schedule (GS or WG), Grade and Position Title in the space provided below:
(if this is not applicable to you, please put N/A in the narrative field)
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Assessment 1
Please answer the questionnaire below. (limit characters)
GS-12 - Specialized Experience - 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level experience, education, or training leading to the ability to perform reviews of industrial construction standards, methods, practices, techniques, materials, equipment, and utility systems sufficient to determine compliance with building safety standards and devise hazard control measures applicable to airport ground facilities and supporting industrial shops. Knowledge of psychological and physiological factors sufficient to develop a ground aviation safety education activity for supervisors and employees, to motivate maintenance personnel to apply safe working practices and to persuade supervisors to accept changes or modifications where required to achieve a safe working environment. Performed safety and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and standards applicable to a full range of complex safety and occupational health management responsibilities at a military aviation installation and requiring the planning, organizing, directing, operating and evaluation of a safety and occupational health program related to ground aviation, industrial and marine operations. Performed aviation maintenance work processes and support equipment, airport ground operations, facilities and runway maintenance techniques, and industrial work processes. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Do you possess the Specialized Experience as described above? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
2. Planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating activities necessary to manage a diverse weapons/explosives safety program. (limit characters)
3. Planning, directing, conducting investigations, and analyzing mishaps and hazardous conditions to determine the origin, causes, and contributing elements. Prepared written evaluation reports concerning findings. (limit characters)
4. Develops and provides technical safety training/instruction to supervisors, employees, and/or unit explosives safety representatives on a wide range of work operations areas, such as risk assessment, transportation, handling, proper storage of hazardous materials, and evacuation procedures. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
5. 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 or 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. (limit characters)