Aviation Safety Technician, (External), Portland FSDO, NMSD64

Aviion Safety Technician, (External), Portland

FSDO, NMSD64

Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion FAA, Flight Standards Service, General Aviion Safety Assurance, Portland

FSDO, NMSD64

Summary Serves as Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASl's) and the public. Learn more about this agency Summary Serves as Aviion Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office providing technical support to Aviion Safety Inspectors (ASl's) and the public. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $60,212

• $86,461 per year The salary listed above includes 26.13% locality pay for Hillsboro, OR duty locion. Pay scale & grade FG 8
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hillsboro, OR Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Travel Required Occasional travel
• The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 9 Job family (Series) 1802 Compliance Inspection And Support Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes
• This position is represented by

PASS:

Flight Standards Services. Announcement number

ACE-FS-26-KJCNM63-98630

Control number 868841400 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 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 Help This job is also open in another announcement to: Internal to an agency Duties Help Technical Administrion Provides 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 ASl'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 ASI ¿ 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. (See Required Documents) Successful completion of a security investigion may be required. A one-year probionary period may be required. Position is designed as Modere Risk; a background investigion may be required. Selectee required to report to an FAA/AVS facility. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Qualificions FG

• 08, To qualify for this position the FG-8 level , you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FG/GS-7 level.

Specialized experience is:

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. FG

• 09, To qualify for this position the FG-9 level , you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FG/GS-8 level.

Specialized experience is:

demonstred accomplishment in practical technical aviion operions; computer skills and knowledge of common software applicions; analytical skill; interpersonal skills; and communicion skills: experience ghering and compiling aviion safety da; experience analyzing aviion safety informion for the purpose of identifying trends; experience preparing technical reports and documents; and experience 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. Refer to OPM's Opering Manual Qualificion Standard http://www.opm.gov/qualificions/standards/group-stds/gs-cler.asp . Qualificions must be met by the closing de of the announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility or considerion for employment. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. Educion Not applicable.

Interviews:

All, some or none of the candides may be interviewed. Selectee must report to the advertised facility.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS

: Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or Omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Your applicion/resume must have your official title, grade, series and employment des in your work history. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiive (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to elimining the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA)/Leadership and Management Dimension (LMD)

NARRATIVES

from the initial applicion in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a

NARRATIVE

response in the text box listed below each KSA/LMD. In lieu of providing a

KSA NARRATIVE

response in the text box listed below each KSA/LMD, in your work history on your resume/applicion, please include informion th provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA/LMD. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers evalued further to valide whether the level th you selected is approprie based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as approprie. Please also ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job); Duties (be specific in describing your duties); Employer's name and address; Supervisor name and phone number; Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008); Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week); & Salary. Determining length of Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible due to an incomplete applicion. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your ring or may result in you not being considered for the job. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evalued on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. Applicants must apply online to receive considerion for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or e-mailed applicions cannot be accepted. If you need to submit additional documents to supplement your on-line applicion, e.g. SF-50, you may upload these documents with your applicion in USAJOBS. Full promotion potential to the FG-9

Level:

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. 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 Supplemental documents (i.e. SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Action), DD-214s, SF-15 Applicion for 10pt Preference, Stus Letter from the VA, etc.) must be uploaded & received on or before the closing de of this announcement. Persons with Disabilities and Persons with

Targeted Disabilities Appointment:

You must provide proof of disability documention (i.e. Schedule A Letter) th: (1) May be a letter or other documention on official stionery or letterhead with an official signure; (2) Clearly stes th you are eligible for appointment under the

PWD/PWTD

hiring authority or a Schedule A appointment authority as outlined in 5 CFR Section 213.3102(u); and (3) Must indice th the individual is indeed a person with an intellectual disability, severe physical disability, or psychiric disability.

Note:

Please do not include specific disability, medical history, or need for accommodion informion in the letter. Please upload documents in the system applicion process on or before the closing de of this vacancy announcement. All submitted documents should reference this vacancy announcement number. No emails please.

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) .

Forms:

OF-306 : Declarion for Federal Employment 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

KARLA J CANADA

Phone 1 (816) 329-2672 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 karla.canada@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 1100 Main Street

AHF-N400

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 Supplemental documents (i.e. SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Action), DD-214s, SF-15 Applicion for 10pt Preference, Stus Letter from the VA, etc.) must be uploaded & received on or before the closing de of this announcement. Persons with Disabilities and Persons with

Targeted Disabilities Appointment:

You must provide proof of disability documention (i.e. Schedule A Letter) th: (1) May be a letter or other documention on official stionery or letterhead with an official signure; (2) Clearly stes th you are eligible for appointment under the

PWD/PWTD

hiring authority or a Schedule A appointment authority as outlined in 5 CFR Section 213.3102(u); and (3) Must indice th the individual is indeed a person with an intellectual disability, severe physical disability, or psychiric disability.

Note:

Please do not include specific disability, medical history, or need for accommodion informion in the letter. Please upload documents in the system applicion process on or before the closing de of this vacancy announcement. All submitted documents should reference this vacancy announcement number. No emails please.

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) .

Forms:

OF-306 : Declarion for Federal Employment 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

KARLA J CANADA

Phone 1 (816) 329-2672 Fax 1 (816) 329-2656 karla.canada@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACE Regional HR Services Division 1100 Main Street

AHF-N400

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 Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 06/01/2026 Salary $60,212

• $86,461 per year The salary listed above includes 26.13% locality pay for Hillsboro, OR duty locion. Pay scale & grade FG 8
• 9 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hillsboro, OR Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. This is not a 100% telework position. Situional telework may be available based on the needs of the Office. Travel Required Occasional travel
• The job may require travel from time-to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-reled duties. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 9 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

ACE-FS-26-KJCNM63-98630

Control number 868841400