Aviation Safety Technician

Aviion Safety Technician Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion Aviion Safety, Office of Flight Standards, Air Carrier Safety Assurance, A Division, UPS CMO Summary Incumbent serves as an Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office 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. Learn more about this agency Summary Incumbent serves as an Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office 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. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/11/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion Louisville, KY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100% telework or remote position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $47,738 - $68,649 per year Salary above includes base pay only. Locality added upon assigned duty stion. Pay scale & grade

FG 8 - 9

Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1802 Compliance Inspection And Support Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

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Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ACE-AFS-26-DLS-98677

Control number 870272400 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 Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Also open to those eligible for 30% or More Disabled and/or Veterans Recruitment Act Duties Help Technical Administrion 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 1101 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 investigion 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. Selectee required to report to an FAA/AVS facility.

Qualificions Specialized Experience:

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 may include but is not limited to: demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions, computer skills and knowledge of common software applicions, analytical skill, interpersonal skills, and communicion skills. Typically, preferred candides will show technical training and/or certificion experience applicable to a regulory aviion environment. To qualify for this position the FG-9 grade, you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG/GS-8 level. Specialized experience may include but not limited to: demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions; computer skills and knowledge of common software applicions; analytical skill; interpersonal skills; and communicion skills; experience in ghering and compiling aviion safety da; experience in analyzing aviion safety informion for the purpose of identifying trends; experience in preparing technical reports and documents; and experience in assisting in aviion investigions such as complaints, occurrences, incidents, accidents and/or violions. Typically, preferred candides will show technical training and/or certificion experience applicable to a regulory aviion environment. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. 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 Links to

Important Informion:

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.

IMPORTANT

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 on-line 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 (718) 995-5688 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.

All Veterans:

If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying th within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing de of the announcement. If you fail to submit documention, you assessed as a non-veteran. If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you tentively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects th you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing de of the announcement. If you fail to submit documention, you assessed as a non-veteran. Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You granted tentive preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying th within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your applicion shows th you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing th the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documention certifying authorized terminal leave. If you want considerion for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documention th must be submitted time of applicion can be found Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviion Administrion (faa.gov) . 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

DEVIN SLIMMER

Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 Kansas City, MO 64106 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 on-line 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 (718) 995-5688 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.

All Veterans:

If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit either a DD Form 214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Member 4 Copy or equivalent), or a document from the armed forces certifying th within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions. If you are claiming 10 point preference, you must also submit a completed SF-15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran's Preference, and supporting documents outlined on the SF-15. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing de of the announcement. If you fail to submit documention, you assessed as a non-veteran. If you are claiming 10 point preference but fail to submit the supporting documents outlined on the SF-15, you tentively assessed as a 5 point preference eligible provided your DD Form 214 reflects th you have the service required to qualify for preference. Documents must be uploaded or faxed to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office listed in this announcement and all documents must be received by the closing de of the announcement. If you fail to submit documention, you assessed as a non-veteran. Veterans currently on active duty claiming veterans' preference: You granted tentive preference if you submit a document from the armed forces certifying th within 120 days you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions and your applicion shows th you have the required service. Prior to being appointed, you must provide to the Servicing Human Resource Management Office a DD Form 214 documenting discharge/release and showing th the service was honorable or general. If you are on terminal leave, you must provide documention certifying authorized terminal leave. If you want considerion for one or more of the Special Hiring Authorities, documention th must be submitted time of applicion can be found Direct Hiring Authorities | Federal Aviion Administrion (faa.gov) . 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

DEVIN SLIMMER

Phone 1 (816) 329-2593 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 devin.l.slimmer@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 901 Locust Street, Room 402 AHF-C100 Kansas City, MO 64106 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 Posted today • Apply by 06/11/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion Louisville, KY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—As determined by Agency policy. This is not a 100% telework or remote position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $47,738 - $68,649 per year Salary above includes base pay only. Locality added upon assigned duty stion. Pay scale & grade

FG 8 - 9

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - The job may require up to 25% travel. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union Yes - This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Announcement number

ACE-AFS-26-DLS-98677

Control number 870272400