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Are you a U.S. Citizen or national?

Have you accepted a buyout from a Federal agency within the past 5 years?

Have you served in the U.S. Armed Forces?

Veterans' Preference:

Military Service Period Dates:

Geographic Preferences

Are you willing to work at the following duty location:

District of Columbia - Washington
Massachusetts - Burlington
Missouri - Kansas City
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Texas - Fort Worth
Washington - Des Moines

Applicant-Preferred Conditions of Employment and Federal Service

1. What is the lowest grade or payband that you wish to be considered for:

2a. Are you currently a permanent FAA employee?

2b. Are you currently a temporary FAA employee?

2c. Are you currently a temporary FAA employee serving under the Retired Military Air Traffic Controllers Program?

2d. Are you a DOT employee working in an agency other than the FAA and have completed a one year probationary period or trial period?

3. Are you a:

Former permanent employee of the FAA who had successfully completed a one-year probationary period OR
Current or former permanent civilian employee from other competitive or excepted service agencies who have completed a one-year probationary period or trial period in the competitive or excepted service.

4. Are you a preference eligible and/or veteran who was honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service?
Definitions of Preference Eligible and Active Service.

5. Do any of your relatives work for the agency or government organization to which you are submitting this application? (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister.)

5a. If question #5 is yes, please provide the relative(s)' name, relationship, and department, agency, or branch of the Armed Forces for which your relative(s) works in the space below.

Basic Qualifications

1. How many separate incidents involving Federal Aviation Regulations violations do you have within the last five years?

2. Do you have a valid State driver's license?

3. Are you fluent in the English Language?

4. Are you a high school graduate or equivalent?

5. Do you have a chemical dependency or drug abuse that could interfere with job performance?

6. Do you have experience in the area of quality control/quality assurance systems, methods, and techniques in the manufacture of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or class II products that demonstrates the ability to determine that aircraft and related products meet the approved design criteria, or the design criteria on which approval is being sought, and are in condition for safe operation?

7. Do you have experience involving either the actual issuance of airworthiness certificates or having responsibility for managing programs leading to the issuance of original airworthiness certificates or original export airworthiness approvals for aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or class II products?

8. Do you have a combination of experience of "6" and "7" above?

9. For which of the following Aeronautical products and quality management systems do you have actual experience? Check all that apply.

First article, in process, and final assembly inspection.

Quality assurance provisions of special processes, e.g., heat treating, brazing, welding, carburizing, plating, CAD-CAM, robotics, software quality control, etc.

Destructive and nondestructive inspection.

Manufacturing processes.

Airworthiness assurance.

Developing and implementing quality control systems and procedures.

Testing Procedures.

Use of improved design data.

Grade Level Determination

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the job for which you are applying. Typically, specialized experience is in or closely related to the work of the position for which you are applying.

1. Please select the one statement from the following list that best describes your level of specialized experience as it relates to this position for which you are applying.
Examples of various levels of specialized experience.

Not Answered
A. I have less than 1 year of specialized experience at any level.
B. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-7 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-7 level in the Federal service). The GS-7 level is typically a junior level employee or advanced entry-level trainee. Work is less limited in scope than the GS-5, and is done more independently, but is still subject to close review and specific guidelines.
C. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-9 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-9 level in the Federal Service). The GS-9 is generally no longer a trainee level; the scope of work is narrower, and the level of supervision is closer than for a full journeyman, but the employee has considerable latitude in planning and carrying out work.
D. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-11 level in the Federal service). Work at the GS-11 typically involves a broad scope of responsibility, more variety, and less clear guidelines. Supervisory oversight generally consists of review of completed project to assure compliance with organization policies or regulations.
E. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service). Work at the GS-12 level is typically full journey level for these administrative and managerial positions. Work at this level involves a wide range of assignments or a few highly complex assignments, and requires planning and organizing, setting priorities, and working without clear or specific guidelines. Work is typically reviewed only to assess impact on overall organizational objectives.
F. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-13 level in the Federal service). Work at the GS-13 level typically involves performing broad and comprehensive management studies that often cross functional and/or organizational lines. The work requires analysis of interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of substantive mission-related programs, which are often complicated by conflicting program goals deriving from changes in legislative or changes in demands for program services. Work is typically reviewed only to assess impact on overall organizational objectives.
G. I have at least 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-14 level (or equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service). Work at the GS-14 level is typically involves highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive. Assignments typically involve expert knowledge to develop new and innovative approaches to problems or issues that often cross organizational boundaries and impact the accomplishment of Agency strategic objectives. Guidance is in the form of broad policies and work is typically reviewed only at completion for success in achieving planned results.

Directly Related Aviation Certificates and Licenses

1. Do you have a pilot's license?

2. Do you have a repairman's certificate?

3. Do you have an airframe and/or power plant certificate?

4. Are you or have you been an FAA manufacturing designee?

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

Please select the answer for the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to indicate your possession of the KSA in terms of the position for which you are applying.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that your work experience supports your answer. Your answer and associated work experience will be evaluated further to validate whether the answer that you selected is appropriate.

1. Skill as an Aviation Safety Inspector (Manufacturing) in the design, manufacturing, testing and certification of aircraft.