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METEOROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN

Duties

• Provides complex operational weather support to Air Force, Army, Reserve, Guard, and other DoD/government/civilian users.
• Identifies, evaluates, and monitors significant weather developments, especially as they present potential impacts on critical flight operations.
• Provides technical guidance and instructions to lower graded technical employees, or airmen.
• Provides weather briefings for local, transient, and other supported aircrews in person, by telephone, or by other means.
• Observes, encodes, records, disseminates, and evaluates weather observations.
  Requirements
  Conditions of employment
  
• U.S. Citizenship Required
  
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see sss.gov
  
• Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security clearance.
  
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: afciviliancareers/regulatory/
  
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
  
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
  
• May be required to work rotating shifts, irregular hours, and be subject to recall to support unscheduled weather support requirements at any time.
  
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
  
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
  
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
  
• This is a Mission Essential position performing a Mission Critical Function (MCF) which must continue uninterrupted after the occurrence of an emergency and continued through full resumption of all functions.
  
• This position is designated as key. This position is essential to the accomplishment of wartime/contingency operations.
  
• Incumbents of key positions must be removed from their military recall status if alternatives for filling of the position during an emergency are not available.
  
• Visual acuity correctible to 20/20 is required.
  
• Work may require occasional travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft to support the mission.

Work may include travel within and outside the continental United States (CONUS).

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Technical and Medical Support Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-08, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes:

Measuring meteorological phenomena with scientific equipment and instrumentation; observing and recording atmospheric characteristics, i.e., temperature, air movement, visibility, pressure, air density, cloud types; decoding, plotting, and systematically recording data related to the physical characteristics of the atmosp, i.e., charts, diagrams, cross sections; collecting, analyzing, interpreting, adjusting, and verifying atmospheric and other meteorological data to confirm and improve accuracy and efficacy; as well as experience with utilizing meteorological methods, techniques, and practices to determine how local conditions, reports, and observations from various sources affect weather forecasts and whether action is needed to protect life and property; developing and operating data collection, verification, observation, and forecasting services and systems; and providing effective weather briefings for local, transient, and other supported systems.

OR

EDUCATION:

Successful completion of two full years of graduate education or a master's degree in meteorology, mathematics, engineering, or physical science.

OR

COMBINATION

OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE

(TIG)

REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE

(GS)

POSITIONS

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