Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI)/Manufacturing (1825) Specialized Experience
Examples of GS-7/FG-7 (Equivalent G Band) Specialized Experience
Work is typical of a junior level employee or advanced entry-level trainee and is subject to close review and specific guidelines, for example:
- Assists in review of quality management systems related to the production of aeronautical products and identifies potential deficiencies for review by supervisor or higher level inspectors.
- Assists with routine tasks relating to the investigation of malfunctions or defects in aeronautical products.
- Compares new or revised regulations and standards to existing ones to identify differences.
- Compares aircraft and related components to approved type design to identify differences.
Examples of GS-9/FG-9 (Equivalent G Band) Specialized Experience
Working independently with self direction requiring a limited amount of supervisory guidance, for example:
- Assists in determining whether quality management systems are adequate for production of aeronautical products.
- Drafts proposals for new or revised manufacturing processes and techniques.
- Assists in the investigation of malfunctions or defects in aeronautical products.
- Assists in analyzing new or revised regulations and standards.
- Assists in the analyses of aircraft and related components as it relates to approved type design.
Examples of GS-11/FG-11 (Equivalent H Band) Specialized Experience
Working independently with a broad scope of responsibility, more variety, and less
clear guidelines. Supervisory oversight generally consists of review of completed
projects to assure compliance with organization policies or regulations, for example:
- Determines whether quality management systems are adequate to assure the continual production of aeronautical products.
- Submits proposals for new or revised manufacturing processes and techniques.
- Investigates malfunctions and defects in aeronautical products.
- Meets with aerospace representatives to resolve problems occurring in the manufacturing process.
- Analyzes and reviews new or revised regulations and standards.
- Assures that aircraft and related components conform to approved type design.
- Serves as a member of an evaluation team during review of prototype and airworthy aeronautical products.
Examples of GS-12/FG-12 (Equivalent H Band) Specialized Experience
Work involving a wide range of assignments or a few highly complex assignments,
requiring planning and organization, setting priorities, and working without clear
or specific guidelines. Work at this level is typically reviewed only to assess
impact on overall organizational objectives. Examples of such work include:
- Assures that quality management systems are in compliance with the Agency's requirement and Federal Aviation Regulations.
- Conducts or directs inspections and evaluations of assigned aerospace organizations.
- Verifies the organization's control, identification, processing and inspection of critical characteristics.
- Serves as team leader or team member on scheduled or special evaluations.
- Verifies that corrective actions are implemented.
- Monitors data sources for evidence of adverse trends developing in aeronautical products.
- Makes important and frequent contacts with senior officials in aerospace.
- Provides technical guidance, advice, and counsel on compliance and regulatory requirements on quality management systems, production, airworthiness approvals, and certification.
- Serves as an expert in investigating accidents, incidents, and malfunction/defects that may be attributable to manufacturing.
- Develops proposals for new or revised processes and techniques in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).
Examples of GS-13/FG-13 (Equivalent I Band) Specialized Experience
Work involves performing multiple, varying, and complex assignments requiring advanced
knowledge of aviation safety principles and limited direction. 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 derived from changes in legislation or changes in demands for program
services. Work is typically reviewed only to assess impact on overall organizational
objectives. Examples of such work include:
- Serves as a Principal Inspector with certificate management responsibility for a group of aerospace organizations. Provides technical expertise to assigned facilities.
- Verifies that assigned aerospace organizations comply with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) with respect to production, original airworthiness, and certification programs.
- Determines certificate management actions for inspection and evaluation of assigned aerospace organizations within personnel and budget limitations and considers kind and areas of evaluation, location, and frequency that will be most productive to assure adherence of the aerospace organization's quality management system.
- Conducts evaluations/inspections. Responsible for programs and actions in continued operational safety, appointment and surveillance of designees, regulatory development, certification (production, airworthiness, and type) and directing the work of lower graded inspectors.
Examples of GS-14/FG-14 (Equivalent J Band) Specialized Experience
Work 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. Examples of such work include:
- Originates, directs, and conducts Agency-wide studies resulting in the development of new rules, regulations, and standards. Serves as a technical expert. Proposes, justifies, and defends new or revised standards representing the necessary level of safety.
- Provides authoritative information on certification policy and technical concerns to other experts in the aviation industry, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), civil airworthiness authorities (CAA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and other interested groups. Represents the Agency in coordinating activities, including presenting technical papers at industry and technical society conferences, symposia, and meetings and negotiating the inclusion of the Agency's requirements in committee reports and documents.
- Conducts evaluations/inspections. Deals with unusual and diverse planning, scheduling, and coordination problems involving widely varied complex technical issues. Serves on multi-discipline certification teams consisting of agency personnel who represent all specialty areas.