Aviation Safety Technician

Aviion Safety Technician Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion AVS, Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance, Cleveland FSDO (GLSD01) Summary Incumbent serves as an Aviion Safety Technician (AST) providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASI's) and the public. Performs or assists with a wide range of certificion, surveillance, and investigion duties requiring research and evaluion in accordance with current FAA safety directives/orders. The duty locion for this position is North Olmsted, OH Learn more about this agency Summary Incumbent serves as an Aviion Safety Technician (AST) providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASI's) and the public. Performs or assists with a wide range of certificion, surveillance, and investigion duties requiring research and evaluion in accordance with current FAA safety directives/orders. The duty locion for this position is North Olmsted, OH Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $58,350

• $83,787 per year Salary range includes 22.23% locality pay. Pay scale & grade FG 8
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: North Olmsted, OH Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential FG09 Job family (Series) 1802 Compliance Inspection And Support Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes
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Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

AAL-AVS-26-AKDC-98534

Control number 868132200 This job is open to Help Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Clarificion from the agency Also open to former excepted service federal employees eligible under an interchange agreement. Current or former federal employees must have met a one year probionary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service. Applicions accepted from preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing least 3 years of continuous active duty service. Duties Help Provides expert technical knowledge and support to aviion safety inspectors, the general public, stakeholders, and airmen regarding a wide variety of aviion-reled topics. Extracts safety da and informion from FAA records to identify trends for items th affect aviion safety and enters technical findings in agency approved dabases. This individual will provide technical assistance and/or support with certificion, surveillance, investigion, and/or enforcement, examples include, but are not limited to: Certificion Support ¿ Provides technical support to ASI's during certificion of operors and air agencies. ¿ Reviews airmen certificion files, submitted by designees for accuracy. ¿ Reviews inspection authorizion files for renewal eligibility. ¿ Conducts Operional Color Vision Tests. ¿ Reviews designee management system to determine renewal eligibility. ¿ Compiles da for technical reports. Surveillance Support ¿ Assists ASI's with surveillance of aviion events. ¿ Assists in drafting and issuing waivers and authorizions. Investigion Support ¿ Drafts Enforcement Investigive Reports (EIR) for review and final approval by an ASL ¿ Acts as the Point of Contact (POC) for safety assets (PPE) reled to accident investigions. Enforcement Support Incumbent responsible for enforcement functions including conducting violions, voluntary disclosure, suspect illegal charters, incidents, navigion and altitude deviion investigions. Other ¿ Provides technical support for special inspections, including a variety of the functions described in the previous paragraphs. ¿ May conduct meetings or portions of meetings in support of technical work functions. ¿ Prepares technical correspondence in support of assigned work functions. ¿ Provides administrive support and project tracking utilizing required computer software. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Position is designed as Modere Risk; a background investigion may be required. Qualificions To qualify for this position the FG-8 grade, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG/GS-7 level.

Specialized experience is defined as:

1) demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions; 2) experience in using computerized dabase systems; 3) experience in preparing technical reports; and 4) experience in researching, analyzing and providing recommendions. To qualify for this position the FG-9, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

FV-E, GS

• FG-8 level.

Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is defined as:

1) demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions; 2) experience in using computerized dabase systems; 3) experience in preparing technical reports; and 4) experience in researching, analyzing and providing recommendions. In addition, experience must also include the following: 1) experience in ghering and compiling aviion safety da; 2) experience in assisting in aviion investigions such as complaints, occurrences, incidents, accidents and/or violions. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact ring or may result in not being considered for the job. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Educion Educion is not qualifying this grade level and may not be substituted for experience. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive, the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narrives from the applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrive response in the text box listed below each KSA in your work history, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you choose for each KSA. If the Agency decides to interview any qualified employee on the selection list, then all on the list who are qualified must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparive process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. This position may be filled the FG-8 or FG-9. Identificion of promotion in the vacancy announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligion on the part of management to promote the employee selected some future de. Promotion will depend upon the selectee meeting training, qualificion requirements, and recommendion by the supervisor. Links to

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Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

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Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing de of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO considered based on applicable documention submitted by the closing de. If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the Nional Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional informion is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf . Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for

EVHO, MUST

submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing de of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO considered based on applicable documention submitted by the closing de.

Forms:

SF-15 : Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Agency contact informion Danita Coons Phone 1 (907) 271-5427 Fax 1 (907) 271-5367 danita.l.coons@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAL Regional HR Services Division 222 West 7th Ave #14 AHF-N100 Anchorage, AK 99513 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important

• If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it.

If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your online applicion, e.g. transcripts, SF-50, or veterans' documention, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Supplemental documention can also be faxed to 907-271-5367 on or before the closing de of this announcement. Please include your name and the vacancy announcement number on each of your faxed pages and redact all Personally Identifiable Informion (PII), such as social security number and de of birth. Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing de of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO considered based on applicable documention submitted by the closing de. If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the Nional Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional informion is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf . Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for

EVHO, MUST

submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing de of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO considered based on applicable documention submitted by the closing de.

Forms:

SF-15 : Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Danita Coons Phone 1 (907) 271-5427 Fax 1 (907) 271-5367 danita.l.coons@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion AAL Regional HR Services Division 222 West 7th Ave #14 AHF-N100 Anchorage, AK 99513 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important

• If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it.

If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2026 to 05/27/2026 Salary $58,350

• $83,787 per year Salary range includes 22.23% locality pay. Pay scale & grade FG 8
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: North Olmsted, OH Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• The job may require up to 25% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential FG09 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus
• This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

AAL-AVS-26-AKDC-98534

Control number 868132200