AIR CARGO SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

AIR CARGO SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1965000 and is part of the IL 182 AW, 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

AIR CARGO SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1965000 and is part of the IL 182 AW, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Peoria, IL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $31.82 - $37.11 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None 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 Temporary - Indefinite/Temporary Promotion Occupions and job series 5201 Miscellaneous Occupions Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IL-13064547-AF-26-280

Control number 884635700 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This is an open continuous announcement. Initial cutoff 19 OCT 2026. Recruitment will continue through the announcement closing de until the position is filled. Duties Help As an

AIR CARGO SPECIALIST

(TITLE 32), WG-5201-10, you will perform a full variety of Air Transportion functions necessary to manage the day-to-day Air Transportion and small air terminal operions including but not limited to, airdrop and airdrop inspections, rigging responsibilities, wing deployment training, passenger and cargo manifesting, Joint Inspection, load planning, determining cargo/passenger eligibility, establishing and maintaining air terminal security, directly responsible for safe and efficient loading/offloading of all DOD-owned and controlled aircraft and ensuring In-transit Visibility (ITV). Major Duties - This is NOT an all-inclusive list: Use a wide variety of inspection processes and techniques, and many unique and specially designed instruments and gauges (i.e., tension meters, scales, micrometers, gauges, torque wrenches, and protractors). Opere a variety of merials handling equipment (MHE) utilized inmoving cargo within the air terminal and to transport cargo to and from the aircraft (i.e., 4-10K forklifts, 25-60K aircraft loaders, etc.). Rig and prepare unileral airdrop training loads to include type V or other airdrop plforms for airdrops. Ensure items offered for transport by air meet proper specificions to maximize safety and security of the aircraft, aircrew, cargo and passengers. Analyze operional plans, policies, and procedures for air terminal activities and facilities essential to air passenger and cargo movement processes. Inspect for burrs, rough spots, corrosion, pits, cracks, welds, cuts, foreign merial, bends, damaged threads, adjusting collars, set screws, shank pins, and th timers active within specificions. Inspect cargo received for airlift to verify eligibility and ensures proper documention, packaging, and marking in accordance with applicable DOD directives. Perform a rigger inspection by the field manual or technical order for th particular type of load. Perform a "before loading inspection" jointly with the Air Force Joint Airdrop Inspector (AFJAI); Complete the proper airdrop inspection form in the DD Form 1748 (Joint Airdrop Inspection Record) series. Perform on board the aircraft after the load is rigged for flight and airdrop along with an AFJAI and the aircrew Load Master; Apply a variety of sophisticed techniques to inspect specialized and complex aircraft systems in accordance with Load Master's Manual. Coordine on development and applicion of base-wide air terminal operion plans supporting wartime operions, contingencies, nural disasters, and incidents on/off base. Coordine with explosive safety and other approprie agencies on areas designed for parking, loading, and servicing of aircraft with explosive/hazardous cargo. Prepare and maintain air movement records, reports, and documention required within the Defense Transportion System (DTS). Perform inspections and repair of cargo, decelerion, and extraction parachutes, and responsible for certificion. Conduct weher observions, wind speed, direction determinion, marking drop zone with navigion aids and timing points, establishing and maintaining air to ground and point to point radio communicions, relaying informion to aircraft and to the Range Control Officer. Implement deployment lesson plans for the following areas: Merial Handling Equipment (MHE) such as K-Loaders and forklifts, Load Planning Overview, Cargo Preparion/Pallet Build Up, Ramp Coordinor, Cargo Deployment Function work-centers (i.e., In-Check, Cargo Marshalling Yard, Joint Inspection, Hazardous Cargo Handlers, Explosives Safety, Quality Control, and Load Teams) and the transportion portion of the Passenger Deployment Function. Coordines with Traffic Management and deploying units requiring hazardous merial technical specialist training. Requirements Help Conditions of employment IAW The Fair Chance Act, Agency employees may not request criminal history informion the point of initial applicion, upon receipt of an applicion, or prior to, during or after a job interview. If an Optional Form (OF) 306, Declarion of Employment is submitted prior to the point of a conditional offer, questions reled to background informion section may not be asked. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in the Illinois Nional Guard and in the military grade listed in the announcement. This is required prior to the effective de of placement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. Irregular and/or overtime (compensory) hours may be required to support operional requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Qualificions

AREA OF CONSIDERATION

The areas of considerion for this position, Title 32 Excepted Service (32 U.S. Code § 709), in the following manner and sequence: The FIRST area of considerion for this position all excepted permanent and indefinite temporary technicians within the ILNG. The SECOND area of considerion all current Federal Employees. The THIRD area of considerion all Federal re-employment eligible. The FOURTH area of considerion applicants willing to become T32 Dual Stus Technicians and gain ILNG membership. The FIFTH area of considerion U.S. Citizens.

Military Grades :

Minimum Rank A1C, Maximum Rank TSgt.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: WG-10 Level - MUST possess specialized experience which includes experience or training performing a full variety of Air Transportion functions necessary to manage the day-to-day Air Transportion and small air terminal operions including but not limited to, airdrop and airdrop inspections, rigging responsibilities, wing deployment training, passenger and cargo manifesting, Joint Inspection, load planning, determining cargo/passenger eligibility, establishing and maintaining air terminal security, directly responsible for safe and efficient loading/offloading of all DOD-owned and controlled aircraft and ensuring ITV. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Verbiage displayed on your resume or applicion must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience loced within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applicions received in verbim will not be In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving des (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This informion is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position. Educion Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualificion requirement using experience alone. No substitution of educion for experience is permitted for this occupional series and grade. 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 ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). If you are needing some extra informion regarding Federal Resumes, you should consider these tips from

USA Jobs:

https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to . 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. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (Includes Blueprint Reading) Ability to Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Knowledge of Equipment Assembly, Installion, and Repair, etc. Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) 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

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Your resume th clearly demonstres experience th meets the requirements of this position. Your resume must contain identifiable informion such as your name, address, and phone number. It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. If you are currently an onboard ILNG technician, then you MUST include your most recent SF-50. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions

DD-214 NGIL

Form 73 Official Transcript https://www.il.ngb.army.mil/Portals/30/Documents/Jobs/NGILForm73.pdf?ver=2019-05-01-161908-260

•NGIL Form 73 - Illinois Nional Guard Technician Program Supplement to Applicion for Dual Stus (DS), to reflect military qualificions. Complete and accure da is essential to ensure fair evaluion. Applicants with no military qualificions must submit form sting "not applicable" and signure on page 2 of the NGIL Form 73.

Documents NOT accepted:

photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certifices, performance rings, awards, and letters of appreciion. 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/13064547 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 Mayra Rocha Phone (309)633-5262 mayra.rocha@us.af.mil Address

IL 182 AW 2416 S

Falcon Blvd Peoria, IL 61607 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

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Your resume th clearly demonstres experience th meets the requirements of this position. Your resume must contain identifiable informion such as your name, address, and phone number. It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. If you are currently an onboard ILNG technician, then you MUST include your most recent SF-50. Other supporting documents (as applicable): Certificions

DD-214 NGIL

Form 73 Official Transcript https://www.il.ngb.army.mil/Portals/30/Documents/Jobs/NGILForm73.pdf?ver=2019-05-01-161908-260

•NGIL Form 73 - Illinois Nional Guard Technician Program Supplement to Applicion for Dual Stus (DS), to reflect military qualificions. Complete and accure da is essential to ensure fair evaluion. Applicants with no military qualificions must submit form sting "not applicable" and signure on page 2 of the NGIL Form 73.

Documents NOT accepted:

photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certifices, performance rings, awards, and letters of appreciion. 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/13064547 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 Mayra Rocha Phone (309)633-5262 mayra.rocha@us.af.mil Address

IL 182 AW 2416 S

Falcon Blvd Peoria, IL 61607 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Peoria, IL 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $31.82 - $37.11 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None 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 Temporary - Indefinite/Temporary Promotion 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 Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

IL-13064547-AF-26-280

Control number 884635700