Training Instructor (Aircraft Maintenance)

Air Education and Training Command•Sheppard AFB, TX

About The Position

The Training Instructor serves as a Technical Training Instructor and performs classroom-related technical training activities. The instructor teaches assigned blocks of supplemental and advanced technical instruction in electrical aircraft and environmental systems. The position includes developing and maintaining course materials, planning and evaluating training, and maintaining professional and technical proficiency. It also involves special projects related to the specialty area, including staff surveillance visits to various training activities. The position encompasses resident and mobile training worldwide and may require travel by military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty. The role may also require work on special projects as directed by the supervisor. It is designated Technical Training Essential and is a faculty position with the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF), which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges. Faculty must meet the accreditor’s minimum education requirement of an associate’s degree from CCAF or a regionally or nationally accredited postsecondary institution in the discipline, or in combination with appropriate work experience in Aircraft Maintenance, specializing in electronic and environmental systems and instructional methods and techniques.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Meet the specialized experience requirements for the GS-1712 series, including at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-07 level or higher (or equivalent), demonstrating practical knowledge of the subject area and instructional methods and techniques; qualifying examples include teaching or instructing, supervising or administering training, developing or reviewing training materials and evaluating training results, or work in the subject-matter field that regularly involved training or instructing others.
Alternatively, qualify through a related master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D., with education demonstrating the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Alternatively, meet the qualification requirements through a combination of specialized experience and education.
Meet the CCAF faculty minimum educational requirement of an associate's degree from CCAF or a regionally or nationally accredited postsecondary institution in the discipline, or in combination with appropriate work experience in Aircraft Maintenance specializing in electronic and environmental systems and instructional methods and techniques.
Submit transcripts when required for education-based qualification; transcripts must be verified before appointment when education is used to qualify.
Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable federal time-in-grade requirements, including one year at GS-07 for the GS-09 level when applicable.
Complete the initial online questionnaire and additional assessment(s).
Males must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
Federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, depending on appointment type.

Responsibilities

Instruct students in assigned supplemental and advanced technical course blocks covering electrical aircraft and environmental systems.
Research, develop, revise, and update course materials in accordance with established learning objectives.
Plan, develop, execute, and evaluate a comprehensive and effective training program.
Maintain professional and technical proficiency.
Complete difficult but well-precedented special projects related to the specialty area, including staff surveillance visits to various training activities.
Conduct resident and mobile training worldwide.
Travel by military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty as required.
Work on special projects as directed by the supervisor.