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Secret
Unspecified
Unspecified
Aerospace and Aviation
Ginowan, Japan (On-Site/Office)
Duties
Requirements
Conditions of employment
Qualifications
Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.
This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: Manufacturing, repairing, and rebuilding aircraft parts and items of equipment from various metals and materials through initial planning, layout, complex set up of work, and operation of Computer Numeric Control (CNC)/conventional machines, complex machine tools and their various attachments, and precision handwork.
Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
Education
There is no education requirement for this position.
Additional Information:
Incumbent of this position must be physically and mentally able and willing to travel on short notice to whatever location is required. Personnel are required to remain at the assigned location until properly relieved by responsible authority, even if hostile conditions are encountered. A normal tour is 90 days. Irregular and extended shifts may be required. ISR team personnel working in remote areas may be required to work long hours under arduous and hostile conditions. The following describes requirements:
1. Must be physically and mentally able to pass Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAVOSH) and Chemical Biological Warfare (CBR) requirements and maintain personal grooming required in order to wear safety and emergency equipment during all hours of work.
2. May be required to fly in U.S. Navy aircraft to and from aircraft carriers. This may require arrestment recovery and catapult launching from the carrier deck. In addition must be physically capable of exiting through small overhead escape hatches, wearing full emergency survival equipment, in the event of a crash landing or ditching at sea.
3. Must be physically able to transfer between ships by helicopter or surface craft. Transferring by helicopter may require lowering individual to the deck by aircraft hoist. Transferring by surface craft requires descending and climbing rope ladders at shipside in tossing seas. Subject to pitching and rolling decks, this could result in motion sickness in some individuals.
4. May be required to perform Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR) on aircraft deployed at forward land bases under hostile conditions.
5. When deployed aboard Naval ships, incumbent must be physically capable of reacting to constant ship alerts or drills. In the event of an emergency, must be physically capable of escaping explosion or fire, and must be capable of abandoning ship, if directed, by climbing or jumping into life rafts, climbing down ship's ladders, or jumping.
6. May encounter extremely hot, cold, and/or humid conditions in shipboard or remote locations.
7. Subject to pitching and rolling decks, which could result in motion sickness in some individuals.
8. May be assigned to small, confined shipboard working and living spaces.
9. May be subjected to aircraft carrier operation noise and movements 24 hours a day.
10. May be required to bend, stoop and twist to enter small openings.
11. May work for long periods in confined spaces, such as fuel cells.
12. Shall be required to use Government designated quarters when available in accordance with applicable regulations, during TAD/TDY and transit. Quarters in an overseas environment and aboard ship are usually small and may be shared by other military and civilian personnel.
13. The location of depot facilities and ISR assets are widely dispersed in the OCONUS area. The incumbent will be required to perform ISR responsibilities on deployed OCONUS aircraft both shipboard and in the field. In order to deploy, the incumbent will be required to meet the medical standards imposed by the Combatant Commander (COCOM) and/or DoD Instruction applicable to the mission area in which they deploy.
Additional information
Employees (and their family members) who require medical or dental care in Japan may experience severe limitations accessing medical care both on the military installation and the local economy, and also could incur costly medical expenses.
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement and Alternate Placement Programs.
Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:
Tour of duty will be 24 months.
To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Foreign Overseas information, please go to:
Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily.
Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference.
Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member.
Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:
- You will manufacture complex and non-routine parts and items of equipment from raw stock of different metals, metal alloys, and other materials.
- You will work on one-of-a-kind work products that typically involve unusual trade problems and require a high degree of ingenuity and responsibility.
- You will perform machining operations on computer numerical control CNC machine tools including shop floor programming and procedures such as multiple setups, in place machining of fixtures, and making or suggesting changes to machine tool programs.
- You will make independent interpretation and translation of work orders, drawings, and specifications that are often lacking in such items as dimensions, tolerances, and types of fits and finishes.
- You will plan sequences of operations that involve original innovations in setups, attachments, techniques, and tools.
- You will make layouts; manufacture, assemble, modify special toss, broaches, hobs, jigs, fixtures; and molds required to increase efficiency in production on one of a kind aircraft repairs.
- You will make initial set-up and operates all variety of machines used in tool making and aircraft parts manufacturing.
- You will perform such finishing operations as hand stoning, scraping, lapping, reaming, tapping and filing to obtain proper fit of tooling and fixtures for final installation fit of parts on the aircraft to close tolerances.
- You will develop new procedures or methods to resolve complex machining problems or manufacture tools and fixtures to accomplish operations more efficiently and economically.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- Must be a US Citizen. Must be determined suitable for federal employment. Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- This is an overseas position. You will be subject to and must be able to satisfy the overseas requirements of the 26Jul12 DODI 1400.25 V1230: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025v1230.pdf
- This position may require travel to places within and outside the contiguous United States which could include remote or isolated sites. You may be required to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- If eligible for permanent change of station, the appointee will be required to sign a transportation agreement to establish a Government time in service requirement of 12 months.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
- May be required to obtain a VISA dependent on the overseas country's laws/regulations.
- You will be required to sign the Statement of Understanding for Overseas Employment acknowledging receipt and understanding of the statement of living and working conditions for this location.
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
- You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
- You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- This position is considered Key/Emergency-Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support to ensure the success of combat operations or the availability of combat-essential systems.
- This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
- This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
Qualifications
Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below.
This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: Manufacturing, repairing, and rebuilding aircraft parts and items of equipment from various metals and materials through initial planning, layout, complex set up of work, and operation of Computer Numeric Control (CNC)/conventional machines, complex machine tools and their various attachments, and precision handwork.
Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
Education
There is no education requirement for this position.
Additional Information:
Incumbent of this position must be physically and mentally able and willing to travel on short notice to whatever location is required. Personnel are required to remain at the assigned location until properly relieved by responsible authority, even if hostile conditions are encountered. A normal tour is 90 days. Irregular and extended shifts may be required. ISR team personnel working in remote areas may be required to work long hours under arduous and hostile conditions. The following describes requirements:
1. Must be physically and mentally able to pass Navy Occupational Safety and Health (NAVOSH) and Chemical Biological Warfare (CBR) requirements and maintain personal grooming required in order to wear safety and emergency equipment during all hours of work.
2. May be required to fly in U.S. Navy aircraft to and from aircraft carriers. This may require arrestment recovery and catapult launching from the carrier deck. In addition must be physically capable of exiting through small overhead escape hatches, wearing full emergency survival equipment, in the event of a crash landing or ditching at sea.
3. Must be physically able to transfer between ships by helicopter or surface craft. Transferring by helicopter may require lowering individual to the deck by aircraft hoist. Transferring by surface craft requires descending and climbing rope ladders at shipside in tossing seas. Subject to pitching and rolling decks, this could result in motion sickness in some individuals.
4. May be required to perform Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR) on aircraft deployed at forward land bases under hostile conditions.
5. When deployed aboard Naval ships, incumbent must be physically capable of reacting to constant ship alerts or drills. In the event of an emergency, must be physically capable of escaping explosion or fire, and must be capable of abandoning ship, if directed, by climbing or jumping into life rafts, climbing down ship's ladders, or jumping.
6. May encounter extremely hot, cold, and/or humid conditions in shipboard or remote locations.
7. Subject to pitching and rolling decks, which could result in motion sickness in some individuals.
8. May be assigned to small, confined shipboard working and living spaces.
9. May be subjected to aircraft carrier operation noise and movements 24 hours a day.
10. May be required to bend, stoop and twist to enter small openings.
11. May work for long periods in confined spaces, such as fuel cells.
12. Shall be required to use Government designated quarters when available in accordance with applicable regulations, during TAD/TDY and transit. Quarters in an overseas environment and aboard ship are usually small and may be shared by other military and civilian personnel.
13. The location of depot facilities and ISR assets are widely dispersed in the OCONUS area. The incumbent will be required to perform ISR responsibilities on deployed OCONUS aircraft both shipboard and in the field. In order to deploy, the incumbent will be required to meet the medical standards imposed by the Combatant Commander (COCOM) and/or DoD Instruction applicable to the mission area in which they deploy.
Additional information
Employees (and their family members) who require medical or dental care in Japan may experience severe limitations accessing medical care both on the military installation and the local economy, and also could incur costly medical expenses.
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement and Alternate Placement Programs.
Pay retention may be granted when certain conditions are met.
Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.
A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:
Tour of duty will be 24 months.
To learn more about the living and working conditions at this military installation and additional Foreign Overseas information, please go to:
Priority consideration will be given to military spouse preference and family member preference eligible residing in the commute area of the duty location for this position. Commute area is defined as the geographic area surrounding the duty location in which people can reasonably be expected to travel back and forth daily.
Military Spouses and Family Members may apply 30 days before their anticipated arrival date. However, they will not receive preference until arrival at the foreign location. Additional documentation may be required prior to granting preference.
Military spouses and family members who are appointed may not extend longer than 2 months following the transfer of the sponsor from the commuting area of the foreign duty station; 2 months beyond the separation of the appointee's sponsor; or any time beyond the time employee ceases to be a family member.
Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:
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