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Commitment to the United States Government

The following four narrative questions provide an opportunity for you to highlight your dedication to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. Please provide a response of 200 words or less to each question. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot.

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.

2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.

3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.

4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

5. I certify I am using my own words, and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

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USAJOBS Profile

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:

Special Hiring Authorities

1. Select from among the following special hiring authorities for which you are eligible and want to be considered for:

The disability-related information requested is used solely in connection with affirmative action (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC] data collection) obligations or efforts. Identification of eligibility for any special hiring authority is entirely voluntary and information will be kept confidential in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Section 791). Your refusal to provide the information will not subject you to any adverse treatment if you decline to provide it, and the information will be used only once with the Rehabilitation Act. (For additional information about Special Hiring Authorities)

Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA)

30% or More Disabled Veteran

Persons with Disabilities (PWD)/Persons with Targeted Disabilities (PWTD)

Military Spouses

Peace Corps & Vista Alumni

Geographic Preferences

Maximum number of choices is limited to .

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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.

6. If you heard about this job through one of our recruiting events, please enter your event code.

Basic Qualifications

1. Do you hold or have you ever held an Aviation Safety Inspector (1825) position?

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

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

4. Are you fluent in the English Language?

5. Are you a high school graduate or equivalent?

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

7. Do you have experience involving the maintenance and repair of airframes, power plants, and systems of multi-engine aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated takeoff weight maintained under an airworthiness maintenance and inspection program?

8. Do you have aircraft maintenance experience in a repair station; air carrier or airline repair facility; military repair facility; or local, state, or Federal governmental agency?

9. Do you have experience involving the maintenance and repair of airframes, power plants, and aircraft systems with responsibility for certifying airworthiness?

10. Do you have aircraft maintenance work experience within the last 3 years?

11. Do you have a FAA Mechanic Certificate with airframe and power plant ratings?

Note: There may be additional aviation related "Airman Credentials" requirements for "specific" positions associated with this announcement. Make sure that the Airman Credentials, education, and work history sections fully describe your supplemental airman credentials qualifications, education and experience.

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.

Note: The level of experience you select may determine your band or grade eligibility. For more information on qualifications, visit OPM's Qualification Standards site, General Schedule Qualification Standards.
Examples of various levels of specialized experience.

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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 usually a developmental assignment. Higher level inspectors describe the purpose, scope, and critical points and anticipated results of each assignment and review the results produced. Results are reviewed closely to ensure adherence to instructions and accuracy and reasonableness of the results produced. Assignments are performed under direct supervision of higher level inspectors.
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). Assignments typically involve inspecting specific facilities, equipment, and aircraft for regulatory compliance and performing limited phases of broader assignments that are the responsibility of higher level employees. Works independently in a narrow area but receives more supervision with assignments in new areas.
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). The GS-11 typically involves making routine inspections of organizations (e.g., air carriers, air taxis executive operators, flight and ground schools, mechanic schools and repair stations) for compliance with their approved programs and procedures, Federal aviation regulations, and good safety practices. Supervisory oversight generally consists of review of completed projects 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 journeyman level. Journeyman inspectors perform a variety of technical administrative, certification and surveillance duties and report findings to higher level inspectors. Typically assignments include those associated with acquiring and applying technical expertise on less complex assignments or assisting more experienced inspectors on complex assignments. Completed work is reviewed commensurate with the nature of the assignment and 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). The GS-13 typically involves performing complex assignments as an individual contributor, team member, or as project/team leader. Assignments typically involve applying advanced technical knowledge of the aviation industry, general principles of aviation safety, Federal laws, regulations, and policies governing aviation safety as well as knowledge of FAA evaluation techniques. Work is typically reviewed from an overall standpoint for accuracy, consistency and effectiveness in meeting requirement or expected results.
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). The GS-14 typically involves highly complex and challenging activities under the minimum direction of a manager or executive. Assignments are of such breadth, diversity, and intensity that they involve numerous complex features. Managers provide administrative direction in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance that project requirements have been fulfilled.

Directly Related Technical Experience

1. Do you hold (or have you held within the last 3 years) any 14 CFR Part 183 Airworthiness Designation?

2. What is your highest level of participation on an FAA sponsored board such as a Flight Operations Evaluation Board (FOEB), Maintenance Review Board (MRB), Flight Standardization Board (FSB), Maintenance Steering Group (MSG), reliability board or military equivalent?

3. Have you been responsible for making application for and obtaining approval for a(n):

A. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA?

B. Approved process specification from the FAA?

C. Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) from the FAA?

4. What is the highest level for which you have been qualified to perform or supervise Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) methods based on industry/military standards?

5. Have you had Required Inspection Item (RII) authority?

6. Have you developed data for approval of major alterations, or methods and/or procedures for alternate means of compliance with Airworthiness Directives (AD) or military equivalent?

7. Have you developed any of the following specialized maintenance programs: Extended Operations (ETOPS), Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM), Required Navigation Performance (RNP), Continuing Analysis and Surveillance (CAS), Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP), or Lower Landing Minima Program?

8. Have you held a position as a quality assurance representative or auditor responsible for monitoring overall maintenance/inspection activities, trends and systems, and making any necessary corrections using risk management and/or safety management systems techniques to assure compliance with an air carrier's maintenance program?

9. Have you ever been responsible for analyzing data and/or recommending corrective actions based on data from a(n):

A. Voluntary reporting and/or safety analysis program (e.g. ASAP, voluntary self-disclosure program)?

B. Internal evaluation programs?

C. Digital fight data recorder (e.g. flight operational quality assurance (FOQA))?

D. Safety management systems (e.g. SMS)?

10. Do you hold (or have you held) a Repairman certificate?

11. Have you been an accountable manager with a Designated Alterations Station (DAS), Certified Repair Station, Air Carrier Maintenance Organization, or Organizational Designation Authorization (ODA)?

12. Have you held a position for at least 1 year as a technical representative for FAA type-certificated airplanes over 12,500 pounds' maximum certificated takeoff weight, FAA type-certificated rotorcraft with 10 or more passenger seats, or for related power plant manufacturer?

13. Have you approved for return to service, after maintenance (including inspection), transport category aircraft or military equivalent?

14. Have you supervised, or inspected shop level maintenance including the overhaul and repair of airframes, power plants, or components in an FAA certified repair station or military equivalent?

15. Have you been responsible for developing new or revised content for programs/manuals?

A. If yes, were one or more of these programs/manuals approved/accepted by the FAA?

16. Have you had at least 1 year of experience in a position responsible for supervising and/or inspecting the maintenance of airplanes or related powerplants or performing related engineering functions while employed by an operator operating under Part 135 maintaining airplanes with 10 or more passenger seats or an operator operating under Part 121?

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. I have included a copy of the front and back of my A&P certificate, since it is a required document.