Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT REPAIRER (Title 32), Position Description Number D1729000 and is part of the OK 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard. Responsibilities Ensures all life support equipment meets strict airworthiness criteria and that it will sustain combat operations/readiness by inspecting, testing, calibrating, certifying, diagnostic evaluating, troubleshooting, repairing/replacing, assembling and disassembling all aircrew life support equipment, aircrew chemical/biological defense equipment, and aircraft ejection/non-ejection systems. Certifies Aircrew Life Support equipment requirements for all missions; and ensures aircraft are properly configured with proper types and numbers of aircrew life support equipment dependent on destination and mission being flown. Makes suggestions and recommendations to change processes and procedures related to technical material governing equipment and practices Forecasts, requisitions and stores life support equipment and supplies. Follows Aircrew and Life Support Personnel Weapons (9MM & M-16) and Ammunition inspections and issue/turn-in procedures during operational contingencies/exercises. Conducts formal academic classroom and technical instruction for all pilots, aircrew, passengers (aircraft maintenance personnel, dignitaries, civilian search and rescue agencies, etc.) on: Global Survival, Combat Search and Rescue Training; Water Survival Training; Ejection/Non-ejection Seat Egress Training; Emergency Parachute Procedural Descent Training, utilizing a state of the art virtual reality trainer; Aircrew Chemical Defense Equipment, utilizing the Aircrew Eye Respiratory Protection System (AERPS), which is an aircraft-integrated, self-contained oxygen and filtration system with aircraft-integrated electronics, communications and oxygen capabilities; Aircrew Chemical/Biological Control Area Decontamination procedures; and Aircrew Chemical Defense task qualification training. This training is provided in preparation for initial and recurring sortie's for all aircrew. Certifies initial and continuation training of aircrew and other personnel.Incorporates Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) field instruction for pilots/aircrew members into all survival training. The incumbent plans, organizes, develops, directs, implements, evaluates, and conducts SERE Training activities. Utilizes curriculum, functional structure, and procedures for SERE and Code of Conduct Training (CoCT). Determines training schedules according to course control documents, directives, policies, and instructional principles. Ensures student safety. Conducts classroom, laboratory, and operational training. Uses lecture, demonstration, performance guided discussion, time and circumstance, and instructional methodology. Conducts training under realistic conditions and actual SERE episodes. Training environments and scenarios include, but are not limited to, global environmental conditions, combat situations and captivity. Utilizes SERE Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (JTTP). Supports operational tasking for theater and Joint Forces Commanders. Ensures standardization and compliance with policies, directives, course control documents, Operational Risk Management (ORM) procedures, operational guidance, and instructional methodology. During peacetime and combat missions, engages Intel and Combat Search and Rescue Forces. Also, performs field instruction in survival techniques to include peacetime and combat scenarios; food and water procurement, land navigation, shelter building, fire-craft, search and rescue, escape, evasion and resistance, physiological and psychological aspects of survival; signaling devices such as radios, beacons, strobe lights, mirrors, handheld flare and gyro jet flares, and time-on-target satellite signaling techniques. Administers practical and written evaluations. Develops charts, mock-ups and maintains training aids.Reviews Allowance Source Codes and Fedlog and initiates and sends supply documents. Coordinates with SBSS, Equipment Managers, Contracting offices, Resource Advisors, Financial Working Groups, Financial Management Board, and Depot Level Repairable (DLR) analyst. Establishes and reviews equipment documents (R-14, DO4, M30, etc). Maintains equipment management, control, accountability, supply accounts (chemical warfare, DLR, non-fly), supply tracking logs, and separate funding accounts. Prepares annual Financial Plans (FIN), manages funding for Budget Execution Review (BER) II and III. Establishes and maintains bench-stock accounts, listings, tracking logs. Inventories and puts away bench-stock items received, and prepares supply difficulty letters. Establishes, monitors, balances, and maintains IMPAC account and logbook, and procures IMPAC funding. Submits Product Quality Deficiency Reports and Material Deficiency Reports (PQDR's/MDR's), submits Operational Hazard Reports, forecasts time changes, establishes and maintains AF Form file for accountability. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Military Grades: E-3 Through E-5 GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which demonstrates the applicants knowledge of materials and equipment used in the line of work (helmets, torso harness assemblies, parachutes, survival equipment). Ability to understand written instructions and to use reference materials and manuals SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which has demonstrated knowledge of aviation life support equipment. Experience reading and interpreting military manuals. Experience in supply procedures and property accountability. Experience collecting information and presenting it to Education There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position. Additional Information If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)). This position may be eligible for Union Membership.
