AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT REPAIRER

About the role

This National Guard position is for an AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT REPAIRER, Position Description Number D1992000 and is part of the OH AASF 1, Ohio Army National Guard. Provides control, inspection and certification, testing, evaluation and maintenance or overhaul of Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE).

What you will do

• (1) Inspects, tests, certifies, repairs, assembles and maintains ALSE to include aircraft/aircrew electronic communications equipment, and aircraft-oxygen related items, aircraft modular survival system, life preservers, helicopter emergency egress devices, first aid kits and microclimate cooling vests.
• Equipment also includes helmets and helmet-mounted devices such as: laser eye protection, nuclear flash-blindness goggles and night vision goggles; and heads up displays; survival kits and survival components to include radios, beacons, strobe lights, pyrotechnics and various other survival items.
• Issues, fits and adjusts ALSE.
• Schedules and maintains inspection and accountability documentation on ALSE and weapons.
• Inspects and maintains stock of medications necessary in survival vests, survival kits and first aid kits.
• Maintains documentation of all procedures conducted.
• Performs ALSE supply functions to include maintenance and records of Bench Stock/ Shop Stock, Prescribed Load Lists, Operational Load Lists, sensitive items and Class VIII supply items.
• (2) Instructs crewmembers in all categories of ALSE.
• Instructs aircrew and other personnel such as aircraft maintenance personnel, aircrew and non-aircrew members of other services and agencies in the care, use, theory of operation and capabilities of ALSE used in a variety of global environments.
• Instructs aircrew and other personnel in procedures and techniques for ground and air egress, hanging harness and personnel lowering devices, water ditching and water survival.
• Instructs survival techniques to include peacetime and combat scenarios; food and water procurement, land navigation, shelter building, fire-craft, search and rescue, escape, evasion and resistance, physiological and psychological aspects of survival; signaling devices such as radios, beacons, strobe lights, mirrors, handheld flare and gyro jet flares, time-on-target satellite signaling techniques.
• Administers practical and written evaluations.
• Develops charts, mock-ups and maintains training aids.
• May conduct passenger briefings.
• (3) Certifies initial and continuation training of aircrew and other personnel.
• Certifies ALSE requirements for all missions; ensures aircraft are properly configured with proper types and numbers of ALSE dependent on destination and mission being flown.
• Certifies by signature forms and equipment records to verify proper configuration and serviceability of aircraft installed equipment.
• Conducts FOT&E (Follow on Test and Evaluation) of ALSE to ensure flight safety and optimum performance standards.
• Makes suggestions and recommendations to change processes and procedures related to technical material governing equipment and practices.
• Forecasts, requisitions and stores life support equipment and supplies.
• (4) Complies with safety, fire, security, and housekeeping regulations.
• Ensures quarterly inspections by Commander, Aviation Safety Officer and Flight Surgeon.
• Ensures that material and equipment are properly stored, protected and maintained.
• Issues ALSE lockers to aircrew members.
• (5) Supervises, instructs, trains and certifies traditional Guard members on all facets of the aircrew life support career field; performs task evaluations and documents OJT records.
• Coordinates mobility and deployment requirements.
• Maintains publications such as regulations and other directives.
• Ensures publications are reviewed quarterly by Commander, ALSO, Standardization Pilot and Aviation Safety Officer.
• (6) Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises.
• Ensures ALSE shop is prepared for Aviation Resource Management Survey inspections.
• May be required to perform such additional duties as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operation, maintenance of facilities and equipment, or serve as a team member on boards to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.
• May serve as a voting member of the aircraft accident mishap investigation boards, and prepares related reports.
• (7) Prepares Annual Budget analysis and projections for ALSE shop operations.
• (8) Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.
• A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description (PD#:D1992000). ***

Requirements

• Ohio Army National Guard Membership is required.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership.
• If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Army National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• Military Grades: E5 through CW4.
• Other Requirements: For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license for the state in which they live or are principally employed.
• For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Ability to Inspect Ability to Instruct

Documents you must provide

• Resume showing current Military grade, current MOS, current unit of assignment, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment, and all duties performed.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

***If serving under an incentive contract, termination of that incentive(s) will occur effective one day prior to your AGR, Permanent Military Technician, or Indefinite Military Technician start date.

Temporary Military Technicians will have their incentive terminated if their tour exceeds 179 days in a continuous 12-month period.*** If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***).