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SECURITY ASSISTANT (RANGE OPERATIONS)
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Seal Beach, California
Salary
$47,490 - $61,738
per year
Type
Closes
March 20, 2026More Navy jobs →
GS-4 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372
Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves supporting the operations of small arms firing ranges at a Navy installation, including scheduling maintenance, ensuring safe cleanup of waste and debris, and preparing reports on environmental and hygiene standards.
It's a good fit for someone with hands-on experience in range maintenance or safety protocols who is detail-oriented and comfortable interacting with the public and following regulations.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-04 level in small arms range operations support
- Knowledge of hazardous waste management, industrial hygiene, and environmental compliance
- Experience in small arms range maintenance, including cleaning, brass removal, and debris disposal
- Ability to document and schedule range operations to keep facilities operational
- Skill in preparing industrial hygiene and environmental reports for management
- Tactful interaction with the public to answer questions and handle non-emergency situations
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements for small arms range maintenance and cleaning
Full Job Description
You will serve as a SECURITY ASSISTANT (RANGE OPERATIONS) in the Commander, Navy Installations; Department of the Navy of WEPSTA SEAL BCH SECURITY DET.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing a variety of small arms range operations support; 2) Ensuring that hazardous waste management, industrial hygiene, small arms brass gleaning, small arms range maintenance, lead awareness or brass and debris disposal are in accordance with established policies and procedures; 3) Maintaining scheduled range cleaning, industrial hygiene and environmental reports.
NOTE: THIS INFORMATION MUST BE SUPPORTED IN YOUR RESUME.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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 that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:
- You will document small arms range operations schedules (e.g., range cleaning, brass removal and certification, facility management) to ensure the range remains operational.
- You will advise other employees on regulatory requirements for the Small Arms Range maintenance and cleaning.
- You will interact with the public tactfully to provide assistance to general questions and nonemergency situations.
- You will prepare reports (e.g., industrial hygiene, environmental) to management for status updates on small arms range operations.
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