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HELICOPTER PILOT

(Title 32) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Human Resources Office, Armed Forces Reserve Center, 375 Smith Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Summary

THIS IS A TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS POSITION DUTY LOCATION

Theer Aviion Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), Groton, CT AREA(S)

OF CONSIDERATION

Area 1: All currently employed full-time permanent and indefinite personnel of the Connecticut Army Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A TITLE 32 DUAL STATUS POSITION DUTY LOCATION

Theer Aviion Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), Groton, CT AREA(S)

OF CONSIDERATION

Area 1: All currently employed full-time permanent and indefinite personnel of the Connecticut Army Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Groton, CT 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $120,047 - $156,064 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Subject to supervisor discretion and funding availability Appointment type Term - Indefinite Occupions and job series 2181 Aircraft Operion Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CT-13108232-AR-26-220

Control number 891607700 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency See Area of Considerion Duties Help This position is loced within TASMG Projects and may be extended or termined the discretion of the TASMG Commander.

JOB SUMMARY

The primary purpose of this position is to pilot a variety of rotary wing aircraft in support of the missions and functions of the geographical area.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

This is an excepted position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the Connecticut Army Nional Guard. The major duties include, but are not limited to: Pilots a variety of on one or more of the following helicopters: Attack Helicopter (AH-64 ); Cargo Helicopter (CH-47); Utility Helicopter (UH-60 series), (LUH-72 series) and others when assigned. Performs maintenance operion checks (MOCs) and general test flights of aircraft to ensure airworthiness upon completion of extensive disassembly for maintenance, repair or replacement of components or aircraft systems. Serves as a member of a board pertaining to aviion accidents, flight evaluion, colleral investigions, standardizion, and federal recognition. Routinely operes with short takeoffs and landing capability, in all types of weher, day, and night over a variety of terrains and open bodies of wer. Performs general test flights of aircraft upon completion of extensive disassembly, reassembly, and maintenance, repair, or replacement of parts where tests cannot determine the safe and or proper functioning of aircraft components or systems; and ensures the airworthiness component or aircraft systems. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Nional Guard Membership is required. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. Must meet Compible Military Assignment within one year from placement. Wear of the military uniform is mandory. Direct Deposit is mandory. Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance. Must possess a valid ste drivers license. Qualificions

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Must possess Federal Aviion Administrion pilot certifices -OR- approprie military certificions, military rings in the main-frame military aircraft of employment, and the required competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities).

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Must have a competent understanding of the occupion's basic principles and concepts. Applicants should have a minimum of 12 months on-the-job experience in the grade (or a comparable military rank) immediely below the next higher level.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Your resume and any other supporting documention you wish to provide must clearly substantie you currently possess 24 months of specialized experience in the following: Experience in civilian aviion programs; or, military service aviion programs (active duty or reserve components); or, in the Army Nional Guard Aviion Support facilities; or, in the Air Nional Guard Operions Groups. Qualificion competencies are determined by three factors in combinion: The aircraft opered; the nure and purpose of assignments; and, the degree of hazard. Experience in piloting and instructing pilot skills in one or more of the following main-frame/military aircraft: Fixed-wing, rotary, or remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). Experience include the abilities to train and instruct others in the piloting of a main-frame military aircraft. Experience in mission tasking, intelligence reporting, and applying weher informion. Experience in supervising and/or filing of flight plans and conducting crew briefings. Experience in aircraft preflight inspections, aircraft loading, equipment assessments, and mission manning. Experience in opering aircraft controls and equipment. Experience in performing or supervising the work procedures involved in navigion, in-flight refueling; search and rescue operions; or surveillance and reconnaissance. Experience demonstring the ability to conduct or supervise the training of crew members in simple to complex mission specific tasks. Experience in developing plans and policies, monitoring operions, and advising commanders. Experience in flight theory, air navigion, meteorology, flying directives, aircraft opering procedures, and mission tactics. Experience instructing others in a specific air-frame/military aircraft. Competent to complete various piloting administrive tasks performed in support of Army Nional Guard aviion programs. Experience demonstring the skill to instruct others to pilot military aircraft on a regular and recurring basis. Experience in the aviion unit quality control management programs; plus, skilled in the unit flying, explosive, and ground safety programs in accordance with Department of the Army, Nional Guard Bureau, and Occupional Safety and Health Administrion directives. Experience in following directives, regulions, accident reports, safety da, and local opering conditions to determine unit safety program requirements. Experience in coordining with approprie agencies to ensure compliance with all applicable safety regulions and programs. Experience in one or more missions such as, air-to-air; air-to ground; mortar-to-arm escort; surveillance; reconnaissance; surface tack; killer-scout; target illuminion; or laser targeting. Experience in piloting manned or unmanned aircraft. Experience may include the traditional "stick and rudder" type controls for piloting aircraft direction, altitude, and speed. Experience in on-board aircraft instrumention and aircraft mounted video cameras. Experience in visual flight-rule type flying and aircraft instrument flying. Experience in flying simuled "real world" comb and non-comb missions and terrain. Experience in planning, scheduling, and conducting flights through Federal Aviion Administrion controlled nional airspace. Experience in applying operional directives, training directives, instructions, standard opering procedures, and special instructions of Nional Guard Bureau, United Stes Army, and gaining commands. Experience in working independently to plan and perform work assignments. Experience in completing safe and efficient missions through the use of Operional Risk Management. Experience in cancelling flying activities, diverting aircraft, dicting mission requirements, approving specific activities, coordining for airport or airspace utilizion with FAA, and/or, directing emergency actions involving unit support agencies. Experience in using applicable Army aviion regulions, policies, requirements and standards, skills and practices; and, the applying instructional techniques to the training of other pilots in the Army Nional Guard flying facilities. Experience in conducting particular comb tactics, missions, or specific main-frame aircraft; or, flying in mountainous terrain, performing tactical remote site evaluion, performing landings on remote sites, providing ground and flight training, and conducting night-vision operions and instruction. Experience in standardizion and evaluion programs, written ground examinions, emergency procedures, and aircrew performance standards in accordance with applicable directives and Federal Aviion Administrion certificion requirements. Experience in reviewing and complying with applicable service flight publicions and directives for accuracy and currency; and knowledgeable of weapons and tactics for applicable military aircraft. Experience in maintaining detailed wartime and peacetime contingency plans and supplements for unit mobility, deployment, strange field operions/ employment, and redeployment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Ability to perform functional check flights on single or twin-engine helicopters after repair or replacement of damaged or worn components, extensive maintenance has been performed, or approved modificions have been made to the aircraft systems. Ability to perform standard operional tests to determine whether the aircraft systems are functioning correctly, and to verify th predetermined flight and performance characteristics have been restored. Knowledge of the operional capabilities and limitions of the aircraft. Ability to fly aircraft during day and night, over all kinds of terrain and in any weher. Ability to serve as pilot or copilot on various missions involving training, operional and/or administrive flights. Ability to participe in tactical flights and weaponry training. Ability to develop new policies for the maintenance program. Ability to plan exercises or mission operions. Ability to coordine with various unit functions to accomplish scheduled aircraft maintenance. Ability to determine requirements for safety programs. Ability to conduct safety inspections and studies. Ability to review reports of alleged flying violions and initie corrective actions. Ability to advise commanders and staff officers on maintenance problems and stus of maintenance programs.

COMPATIBLE MILITARY ASSIGNMENT

All applicions considered regardless of Branch/AOC/FA/MOS. Incumbent required to be assigned to compible military position within 1 year of selection. The selected individual may be required to tend formal technician school training.

MILITARY GRADE

(Prior to Appointment):

Officer:

O1 through

O3 UNIT OF ASSIGNMENT

Any aviion unit within ste

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires a security clearance (secret) which the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment. For positions requiring the operion of motor vehicles, candides must have a valid ste driver's license for the ste in which they live or are principally employed. Educion No substitution of educion for specialized experience. Additional informion

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

Training the Nional Guard Professional Educion Center (NGPEC) is a mandory condition of employment, subject to availability of resources. NGB prescribed courses NGPEC must be completed within 6 months of assignment to this position. Failure to complete course(s) may result in reassignment or terminion of full-time employment unless extenuing circumstances preclude course tendance. Primary Change of Stion (PCS) relocion expenses will NOT be paid. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nionwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vaced, depending on the course of ongoing litigion, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the

COVID-19

vaccinion requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccinion for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement th applicants must be fully vaccined against

COVID-19

pursuant to E.O. 14043, th requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request informion regarding the vaccinion stus of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols reled to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Under 32 U.S.C. 709, Veterans Preference does NOT apply. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ).

MILITARY INCENTIVES - BONUSES AND STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

If you are selected for this position, you may lose your eligibility for your Nional Guard Enlistment/Reenlistment Bonus and Student Loan Repayment Program (incentives). In order to avoid losing your incentive eligibility, you should check with your serving incentive manager (CTARNG-G1 or CTANG-Retention Office) prior to accepting an offer for the position. For M-Day/Traditional personnel who are currently receiving incentives to include Bonuses and the Student Loan Repayment Program, the following terminion rule applies: Incentive Terminion without

Recoupment:

If you accept a Military Technician (Mil Tech) Permanent position where membership in the Nional Guard is a condition of employment, your bonus termined with no recoupment as long as you have served least 6 months of the bonus contract following receipt of the initial bonus payment. 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. Please ensure you follow all instructions carefully. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. Applicant must ensure resume and any other required supporting documention clearly portrays th s/he meets the required experience level for the position. Please ensure your resume accurely reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position. 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume showing relevant experience Responses to the Assessment Questionnaire Unofficial Transcripts, if used to qualify (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Current Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) pilot certificion and/or approprie aviion certificion from an accredited military aviion school. Flight Record

DA 759 DA

Form 1059 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11/18/2026 on to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. All resumes, narrive stements, and supporting documents must be the applicant's own original work and accurely represent their qualificions. Plagiarism or the submission of merials creed or substantially authored by another individual or an artificial intelligence (AI) tool may constitute merial misrepresention and may result in disqualificion from the hiring process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and c lick to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . You may also check the stus of your applicion by contacting the phone number or email address listed in the Agency Contact Informion below. Agency contact informion Staffing Office Phone 860-613-7612 NG.CT.CTARNG.LIST.HRO-STAFFING@ARMY.MIL Address CT 1109th TASMG Groton-New London Airport Groton, CT 06340 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Thank you for your interest in the Connecticut Nional Guard! 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume showing relevant experience Responses to the Assessment Questionnaire Unofficial Transcripts, if used to qualify (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Current Federal Aviion Administrion (FAA) pilot certificion and/or approprie aviion certificion from an accredited military aviion school. Flight Record

DA 759 DA

Form 1059 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11/18/2026 on to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. All resumes, narrive stements, and supporting documents must be the applicant's own original work and accurely represent their qualificions. Plagiarism or the submission of merials creed or substantially authored by another individual or an artificial intelligence (AI) tool may constitute merial misrepresention and may result in disqualificion from the hiring process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and c lick to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . You may also check the stus of your applicion by contacting the phone number or email address listed in the Agency Contact Informion below. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Staffing Office Phone 860-613-7612 NG.CT.CTARNG.LIST.HRO-STAFFING@ARMY.MIL Address CT 1109th TASMG Groton-New London Airport Groton, CT 06340 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Thank you for your interest in the Connecticut Nional Guard! 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Groton, CT 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $120,047 - $156,064 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Subject to supervisor discretion and funding availability Appointment type Term - Indefinite Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CT-13108232-AR-26-220

Control number 891607700