Job Description
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER
(Title 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units 138th MAI Squadron, Tulsa, Oklahoma Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER
(Title 32), Position Description Number D2320000 and is part of the OK 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER
(Title 32), Position Description Number D2320000 and is part of the OK 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tulsa, OK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $30.79 - $35.94 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential 10 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 - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 3705 Non-Destructive Testing 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 OK-12972931-AF-26-056
Control number 871011000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. 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 Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to current members of the Oklahoma Air Nional Guard within the military grades of E-1 through E-6 or willing/eligible to become a member of the OK Air Nional Guard.
NOT a current member, you must submit documents showing current/previous military service (DD214, NGB22, copy of award/order, stement of service) etc. with applicion to receive considerion. Failure to submit prevents further considerion. Questions about this requirement, contact us (572) 247-5581. Duties Help This position is loced in the Nondestructive inspection section of an Air Nional Guard aircraft Maintenance Group, Maintenance Squadron, Fabricion Flight. This is an Air Nional Guard (ANG) Dual Stus Technician position requiring military membership, compible military skill assignment, and classificion. The primary purpose of this position is to inspect aerospace weapon systems components and support equipment for structural integrity using nondestructive inspection methods and performs fluid analysis. MAJOR DUTIES
Determines test method, and prepares fluids and parts for nondestructive inspection. Interprets nondestructive inspection test results, and provides informion about defects to repair center. Performs Oil Spectrometry process and analyzes wear metal content on engine lubricing oil and other fluids, and recommends corrective action. Establishes radiion areas for radiographic operions. Computes and monitors personal exposure areas for radiographic operions, and monitors personnel exposure da. Performs nondestructive inspection on structures, components, and systems. Detects flaws such as cracks, delaminion, voids, processing defects, and he damage using penetrant, eddy current, magnetic particle, radiographic, optical, Thermography, Shearography and ultrasonic test equipment. Determines metallurgical informion of components according to alloy, temper, conductivity, and associed factors. May also serve as Alterne TMDE Monitor, PCAMS, Alterne Equipment Custodian, Alterne Supplies Manager, Alterne Hazardous Waste Monitor, Alterne Hazardous Communicion Monitor, Alterne Spill Prevention Monitor, Alterne FOD Monitor, Alterne Radiion Monitor, Alterne Technical Order Monitor, Alterne Precious Metals Monitor, and Training Monitor. Applies magnetic particle and/or liquid penetrant inspection to detect and interpret the relevancy of flaws in a variety of parts. Parts are numerous and varied, and are of ferrous and/or nonferrous metals, and consist of surface or near surface discontinuities in the metal; e.g., figue cracks, welding overlap, cold shut, or surface cracks th may stem from internal flaws, such as pipes, inclusions, or forging lap. Sets up each different liquid penetrant or magnetic particle method following Technical Orders (TOs), Time Change Technical Orders (TCTOs), or Work Control Documents (WCDs), or Nondestructive Testing Instructions (NDIs). Ensures the equipment and solutions are in compliance with technical guides and quality standards before performing tests and must submit an AFTO 22 if defects in TO's exist or an AF 107 if there is no technical da to accompany the task. Performs all processing tasks; i.e., dipping items in penetrant or magnetic particle bhs, washing and drying, magnetizing and demagnetizing ferrous items, and subjecting them to Ultra Violet Black light to detect and evalue flaws, their nure, size, scope, and exact locion. If items are repairable, records test results, and marks defect areas and dimensions. Inities WCDs th specify the needed repairs. Re-inspects all repairs performed on each component upon their return to the shop. Uses and maintains tools. Maintains bench stock levels of parts, merials, tools, and equipment prescribed levels. Uses tools and equipment associed with testing being conducted in the shop, as well as hand and power tools to do the work. Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulions to maintain a safe and clean work environment. Uses and assures proper fit of required Personal Protective Equipment and clothing. Follows federal and ste rules when storing, using, handling, labeling, and disposing of hazardous merials and waste in accordance with environmental standards. Performs clean-up duties, such as cleaning equipment, sweeping, straightening, and lining up tools and other property in the assigned area. Maintains records and documents actions. Manually documents actions taken or enters informion into an automed system. Obtains required coordinion and signures. Requirements Help Conditions of employment NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. May be required to possess a valid operor's license to drive a motor vehicle to and from work sites. May be required to obtain an approprie clearance to perform the work in sensitive areas. Technicians are required to perform annual task evaluions on each inspection duty in order to maintain certificion. Upon accepting this position, the employee may be required to serve up to a two-year probionary period. Qualificions MILITARY GRADES
: E-1 through E-6 GENERAL EXPERIENCE
: Experience or training which demonstres the ability to set up and opere test equipment, use test apparus to apply tests to merial or products, record readings, observe and record established reactions, and classify according to defined cegories. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Experience or training in using ultrasonic and/or eddy current inspection techniques to observe, measure, and detect discontinuities and flaws. Experience classifying test results, identifying merial deficiencies and recommending courses of action for items of equipment. Experience recommending engine components to be inspected and forwarding results to the approprie authority. Experience performing scheduled inspections of testing equipment ensuring compliance with established technical regulions and procedures. Knowledge of the full range of characteristics of metals identificion; wear metals identificion and content; metal discontinuity and flaw detection; operion and maintenance of nondestructive test and oil analysis equipment; radiological safety and radiion monitoring procedures; technical orders and directives; and proper handling, use, and disposal of hazardous waste and merials. Knowledge of the various shapes, sizes, and density of flaw indicions in parts, components, and merials being tested. Knowledge of safety regulions and procedures. Ability to identify, loce, and measure hidden and subsurface flaws, corrosion, and separion in bonded and honeycomb structures; integrity of welds; precision dimensional and volume measurements; and hardness of merials. Ability to follow technical orders engineering drawings, technical da, workbooks, and NDI literure to determine inspection requirements and area(s) to be examined. Ability to make independent determinions during the inspection process to select the inspection technique required and the calibrion procedure; and evalue defects, their nure, size, scope, and exact locions, and independently determine if the article should be accepted or rejected. Ability to plan and lay out work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specificions and work orders. In addition to the knowledge and skills found the journeyman level, the ability to plan and accomplish a functional shop maintenance program is essential. Requires skill in surveillance and troubleshooting techniques and has the ability to correctly analyze findings given the equipment and Technical orders hand. Technician may be required to pass higher level educion for follow-on training for new processes or inspection techniques. Ability to specify needed repair processes and/or modificion of repairable products. May require addition certificion based on the new advanced processes with the Generion four and five Aircraft (i.e. Laser Shearography, Thermography, and specialized ultrasonic methods). Educion There is no substitution of educion for specialized experience for this position. Additional informion 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 ( Register | Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). This position may be eligible for Union Membership. 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. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. 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: 1. Your resume:
Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. For additional informion see:
Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or NGB 22 SF-50
Official Transcripts PAA If you are NOT a current member of the Oklahoma Nional Guard, you must submit documention showing your current/ previous military affiliion (DD 214, NGB 22, copy of an award/order, stement of service) etc. with your applicion to receive considerion for this position. Failure on your part to submit the requested documents will prevent further considerion for this position. If you have any questions concerning this requirement, contact our office (572) 247-5581. 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12972931 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement 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. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click 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/ . Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 138th Fighter Wing 9100 East 46th Street North Tulsa, OK 74115-1699 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. 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: 1. Your resume:
Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph, other PII (Personally Identifiable informion) or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For qualificions determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week and the des of employment (i.e., Hours per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present ex. 03/2020-06/2022 or 03/2020-Present). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. For additional informion see:
Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions DD-214 or NGB 22 SF-50
Official Transcripts PAA If you are NOT a current member of the Oklahoma Nional Guard, you must submit documention showing your current/ previous military affiliion (DD 214, NGB 22, copy of an award/order, stement of service) etc. with your applicion to receive considerion for this position. Failure on your part to submit the requested documents will prevent further considerion for this position. If you have any questions concerning this requirement, contact our office (572) 247-5581. 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12972931 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement 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. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click 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/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Virginia Salazar Phone 572-247-5325 virginia.p.salazar.civ@army.mil Address OK 138th Fighter Wing 9100 East 46th Street North Tulsa, OK 74115-1699 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. 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 Posted today • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tulsa, OK No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $30.79 - $35.94 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential 10 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent 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 OK-12972931-AF-26-056
Control number 871011000
