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Air Traffic Control Specialist (Barrier Analysis Review Specialist)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Air Traffic Organization, Safety Service Unit, Safety Directorate, Eastern, Central or Western Service Area Safety Group. These Groups are responsible for reviewing, processing, and categorizing safety data through several different manual and automated sources and programs to capture systemic trends across their respective Service Areas and the National Airspace System (NAS).
What You'll Do
- →The Air Traffic Control Specialist (ATCS) performs complex, specialized air traffic control assignments, such as identifying and evaluating air traffic occurrences, encounters, and incidents, to assess compliance with operational procedures, assess latent risk, and to categorize them according to safety issue.
- →Applies knowledge of the Barrier Analysis Review (BAR) process, to serve as a part of the BAR Team, and perform analysis, evaluations, and compilation of safety data to be utilized by the team and air traffic facilities.
- →This work is critical to assisting in the identification of safety issues within the National Airspace System (NAS) and contributes to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Safety Culture and Risk Based Safety Management (RBSM) efforts.
- →The ATCS applies experience and comprehensive knowledge of air traffic control procedures and operations and of staff programs, such as procedures and quality assurance, to carry out regional or national programs.
- →Uses barrier analysis to determine the root cause of an occurrence, incident, or encounter, identifies the role missing or inadequate barriers may have played.
- →Compiles data and works with management in creating more effective strategies to eliminate barriers and improve air traffic safety and operations.
- →Participates in the development of new safety measures or procedures.
- →The ATCS uses experience separating and controlling air traffic in a terminal or en route air traffic facility to evaluate and investigate different incidents and interactions in air traffic, and collects and organizes data using standardized terms and identifying safety measures.
- →Analyzes data to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern, and develop recommendations based on the analysis to improve safety and operations.
- →Identifies latent risk and compliance related issues within facilities.
- →Uses analytical data to support the development of BAR reports, which aid in facilitating outcome discussions with facility personnel.
- →Participates in on-site assessments to review data-driven indicators and ensure compliance with established standards.
- →As an authority on air traffic and airspace procedures and operations, to evaluates the effectiveness of safety measures and identifies factors that can aggravate or worsen situations.
- →Aggregates data to detect hidden risks, which are then mitigated through corrective actions.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: f10e6c69-28f9-477f-b74f-151ec59b0423
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