Job opening: TRAINING INSTRUCTOR
Salary: $67 743 - 106 549 per year
Published at: Sep 13 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a Training Instructor in the Nuclear Programs Training Branch, Production Resources Department at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine.
Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed. You may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
Duties
You will present courses to Production Resources personnel including apprentices, trade persons, engineers, supervisors, and technicians.
You will develop, revise, and adapt assigned courses to provide practical application of engineering and trade theories through classroom instruction, demonstrations, and mock-up simulations.
You will develop, maintain, update and review subject matter training courses, instructional materials, and references.
You will present courses to personnel and encourage good class attendance, participation and conduct.
You will evaluate instructional approach, develop student evaluation criteria and evaluate performance in training.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- Work may be performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- Occasional overtime may be required.
Qualifications
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities, as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
FOR GS-11 (one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09):
Experience with education and training principles, techniques, and practices.
Experience conducting training courses for trades, military, technical and professional personnel involved in radiological controls associated with the Shipyard's nuclear propulsion plant programs.
Experience training and instructing employees to perform assigned tasks efficiently and effectively.
Experience updating, establishing, and/or improving assigned courses related to the field of submarine overhaul and maintenance.
Experience incorporating the latest developments and integrating subjects into instruction.
FOR GS-09 (one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07):
Experience assisting with education and training principles, techniques, and practices related to the field of submarine overhaul and maintenance.
Experience assisting with updating, establishing, and/or improving assigned courses.
Experience assisting with incorporating the latest developments and integration of subjects into instruction.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1700/training-instruction-series-1712/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education
SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Applicants may substitute the following education for the required experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position:
GS-09: master's or equivalent graduate degree with major study in education or a subject area related to the position to be filled; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
GS-11: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with major study in education or a subject area related to the position to be filled; or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related.
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be used to meet the total qualification requirements.
Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned). See OPM's
General Policies for information on crediting education.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/
A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.
Contacts
- Address PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD
HRO Building 44/1
Portsmouth, NH 03804-5000
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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