This position is located in Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Training Center Yorktown, Training Division, Engineering & Weapons Branch, in Yorktown, VA.

Duties

The incumbent will serve as an instructor at the Engineering and Weapons Branch, Training Division, USCG Training Center Yorktown, Virginia.  Incumbent serves as a professional instructor in maintaining/troubleshooting USCG weapons systems, small arms, DC electricity and symbols, ordnance administration, current magazine sprinkler systems, and identification/usage of ammunition/pyrotechnics.   

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• This position may require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

AT THE GS-11 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in the Federal sector. 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 includes serving as an instructor and subject matter expert for Gunner's Mate courses; providing instruction and maintaining technical expertise in firearms/weapons; providing expertise in maintaining/troubleshooting the systems; designing, developing, and updating weapons technology to meet future needs.  OR A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related OR A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. This can be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for this grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-11. 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.

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]