Supervisory Training Instructor Aircraft Maintenance

Air Education and Training Command•Sheppard AFB, TX

About The Position

Serves as a first-level supervisor responsible for planning, directing, organizing, and controlling nonsupervisory employees assigned to the Flightline Avionics Flight. The position oversees A-10/F-15 Flightline Avionics courses and ensures the flight complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. It exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities, advises employees on management policies and directives, and represents the 365th Training Squadron, Flightline Avionics Flight with installation and functional-area organizations. The incumbent develops and maintains relationships with personnel and organizations that support instructors and students. The role also maintains classroom decorum, ensures training supplies, equipment, and classrooms are available, develops or revises lesson plans and training materials for the A-10/F-15 avionics curriculum, and maintains professional and technical expertise. This is a Community College of the Air Force faculty position requiring at least an associate’s degree from CCAF or a regionally or nationally accredited postsecondary institution in the discipline or in combination with appropriate work experience. The position requires a pre-employment physical examination, a SECRET security clearance, and participation in random drug testing. Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft. It is designated Technical Training Essential.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Males must be registered for Selective Service.
Must obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
Must complete a pre-employment physical examination.
Subject to random drug testing as a drug-testing-designated position.
Must meet GS-1712 qualification standards and specialized experience, education, or an approved combination of both.
Specialized-experience route: at least one year of specialized experience at GS-09 or equivalent, including relevant aircraft maintenance, aircraft systems, test equipment, tools, technical orders, maintenance systems, safety and security, instructional methods, instructional design, and tests and measurement principles.
Education route: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M.
A combination of education and experience may qualify if the combined percentage of requirements is at least 100%.
For merit-promotion applicants, one year at GS-09 is required for GS-11 time-in-grade eligibility when applicable.
Must submit transcripts when qualifying based on education; foreign education must be shown equivalent to U.S. education.
Knowledge of instructional principles, practices, techniques, and training aids and devices.
Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures; instructional design and materials development; and testing and measurement principles and techniques.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Knowledge of basic electronics associated with line replacement units, aircraft maintenance procedures, aircraft system theory, common test equipment, aerospace ground equipment, wiring maintenance, common tool usage, Air Force technical orders, Core Automated Maintenance System (CAMS), and safety, security, management, and maintenance directives.
Ability to analyze problems and develop appropriate solutions, and to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small- to medium-sized organization.
Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and direct A-10/F-15 Flightline Avionics course activities, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and meeting customer needs.
Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities over assigned nonsupervisory employees.
Advise and counsel employees regarding management policies, procedures, and directives.
Represent the 365th Training Squadron, Flightline Avionics Flight with installation and functional-area organizations.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Registrar, Instructional System Specialist, Training Manager, Military Training Leader, Faculty Development, Evaluation personnel, and supporting organizations.
Maintain classroom decorum and ensure training supplies, equipment, and classrooms are available.
Develop or revise lesson plans and training materials for the A-10/F-15 avionics curriculum.
Maintain professional and technical expertise.