Description:
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a SUPERVISORY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECL (TERMINAL), Position Description Number D2251000 and is part of the HI 297 ATCS, National Guard.
LOCATION: 297 th Air Traffic Control Squadron. Hawaii Air National Guard, Kapolei, Hawaii
Requirements:
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience in a military or civilian air traffic facility that demonstrated possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the level of work of the specialization for which application is made. This experience must have provided a comprehensive knowledge of appropriate air traffic control laws, rules, and regulations. Issuing control instructions and advice to pilots in the vicinity of airports to assure proper separation of aircraft and to expedite their safe and efficient movement. This specialization also requires:- Ability to act decisively under stressful situations and to maintain alertness over sustained periods of pressure;
- Skill to coordinate plans and actions with pilots and other controllers; and
- Judgment to select and take the safest and most effective course of action from among several available choices. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience in a military or civilian air traffic facility that demonstrated possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the level of work of the specialization for which application is made. This experience must have provided a comprehensive knowledge of appropriate air traffic control laws, rules, and regulations. Issuing control instructions and advice to pilots in the vicinity of airports to assure proper separation of aircraft and to expedite their safe and efficient movement. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. This specialization also requires:
- Arrive quickly at well-reasoned solutions to complex problems;
- Adjust quickly to different assignments, changing conditions, and workload fluctuations;
- Remain calm and controlled during and after long periods of tension and fatigue; and
- Speak rapidly, clearly, and distinctly Creditable experience must have equipped applicants with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the full range of duties of the position for which application is being made. Such experience is typically demonstrated by accomplishment of assignments of the difficulty and responsibility described in the position classification standard used to evaluate positions at the next lower grade level in the normal line of promotion to the position being filled.
Eye: - Visual Acuity
- Terminal and Center Positions -- Applicants must demonstrate distant and near vision of 20/20 or better (Snellen or equivalent) in each eye separately. If glasses or contact lenses are required, refractive error that exceeds plus or minus 5.50 diopters of spherical equivalent or plus or minus 3.00 diopters of cylinder is disqualifying. The use of orthokeratology or radial keratotomy methods is not acceptable for purposes of meeting this requirement. The use of contact lenses for the correction of near vision only or the use of bifocal contact lenses for the correction of near vision is unacceptable.
- Flight Service Station Positions-- Applicants must demonstrate distant and near vision of 20/20 or better (Snellen or equivalent) in at least one eye. If glasses or contact lenses are required, a refractive error in at least one eye that exceeds plus or minus 8.00 diopters of spherical equivalent will necessitate an ophthalmological consultation to establish absence of ocular pathology that could interfere with visual function. The use of contact lenses for the correction of near vision only or the use of bifocal contact lenses for the correction of near vision is unacceptable. Equivalents in Near Visual Acuity Notations
Standard Test Chart: 14/14
Snellen Metric: 0.50M
Jaeger: J-1
Metric: 6/6 - Color Vision -- For all specializations, applicants must demonstrate normal color vision.
Neurological:
No medical history or clinical diagnosis of a convulsive disorder. No medical history or clinical diagnosis of a disturbance of consciousness without satisfactory medical explanation of the cause. No other disease of the nervous system that would constitute a hazard to safety in the air traffic control system. An applicant under any form of treatment, including preventive treatment, of any disease of the nervous system, is disqualified.
Jan 29, 2024;
from:
usajobs.gov