SUPERVISORY EXPLOSIVES SAFETY SPECIALIST

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The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a first level supervisor, as the Chief, Weapons Safety and Nuclear Surety Division for the MAJCOM of AFRC.

Responsible for planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to AFRC and evaluating programs.

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.

is period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes appying principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations and current legislative issues which provide the capability to recommend substantive program changes or alternative new courses of managerial action requiring the extension and modification of existing weapons and explosives safety techniques.

Applying weapons safety requirements, methods, techniques, and procedures, which includes munitions maintenance, loading/unloading nuclear, explosives, missile handling, weapon's firing ranges, combat training, sited nuclear and explosives storage areas.

Identifying problems and developing innovative solutions. Providing research, analyzing, interpreting and applying rules, regulations, and procedures, planning and organizing work.

Working knowledge of construction standards, methods, practices and techniques, materials, and equipment to determine compliance with regulations and standards.

Coordinating and integrating the work activities of organizational segments or several different projects and adjust work operations to meet emergency, changing program, or production requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quantity or quality of work.

NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible.

One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1.

Expert knowledge of Federal, DoD, DoE, DoT, NATO, Host Nation, and Air Force safety principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and current legislative issues which provide the capability to recommend substantive program changes or alternative new courses of managerial action requiring the extension and modification of existing weapons and explosives safety techniques critical to the resolution of weapons safety management problems as well as plan, develop, implement, and coordinate a MAJCOM weapons safety program.

2.

Knowledge of Federal, DoD, DoE, DoT, NATO, Host Nation, and Air Force weapons safety requirements, methods, techniques, and procedures which includes: munitions maintenance, loading/unloading nuclear, explosives, missile handling, weapon's firing ranges, combat training, sited nuclear and explosives storage areas, transportation/handling of hazardous materials for operational explosives storage locations, safety awards, and weapons safety education, and risk assessment, accident and mishap investigation and reporting; etc.

3.

Knowledge of organizational and functional responsibilities and operations of the employing organization to identify problems and develop innovative solutions and the ability to research, analyze, interpret and apply rules, regulations, and procedures, plan and organize work.

4. Knowledge of construction standards, methods, practices and techniques, materials, and equipment to determine compliance with regulations and standards. 5.

Ability to coordinate and integrate the work activities of several organizational segments or several different projects and to adjust work operations to meet emergency, changing program, or production requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quantity or quality of work.

6.

Ability to deal with widely diverse individuals and groups in gaining support for program goals and working out solutions to problems as well as gaining cooperation from others through tact, courtesy, diplomacy, and consensus and to communicate effectively both orally and in writing as well as to use computer software programs.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

DUTY 1: Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of AFRC Weapons Safety Division, ensuring that AFRC Weapons Safety policies and programs comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs.

DUTY 2: Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. DUTY 3: Represents AFRC with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.

DUTY 4: Performs supervisory personnel management responsibilities for the Division. DUTY 5: Establishes mishap response and training requirements.