This position is located with the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Force Readiness Command, Training Division, Aviation Training Center Mobile in Mobile, AL.

Duties

This position serves as a Civilian Training Instructor responsible for training and evaluating students, re-qualification and proficiency course pilots, in advanced technical systems and procedures for Coast Guard Rotary Wing Transition through the use of Ground School instruction, Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT) instruction, and Simulator instruction.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).

Qualifications

To Qualify for the GS-11 Grade Level:  Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include:  Teaching subject areas in aircraft component familiarization, checklist protocol, aircraft systems, weight and balance, night vision goggles, aircraft operating limitations, aerodynamics, adverse weather operations, using of performance charts, preflight Inspections, instrument procedures, and normal and emergency procedures. Evaluating student progress and providing remedial training as necessary. Instructional proficiency in all simulator-supported models rotary wing aircraft, in addition to being a simulator trainer and mentor for newly assigned instructor pilots. Maintaining a current pulse of aviation-wide trends and issues, aviation mishap causal and contributory factors, as well as platform-­specific dynamics. Developing simulator scenarios such as route planning, internal and external communications and generating simulation IT support and validating the scenario for realism and the appropriate level of challenge and instruction. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement.  If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]