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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL)
Air National Guard Units · Posted 61 days ago
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP. This National Guard position is for a AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL), Position Description Number D1799000 and is part of the Mississippi Air National Guard. This position is located in Air National Guard (ANG) Aviation Wing, Air Traffic Control (ATC)Squadrons.
What You'll Do
- →As a AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL), GS-2152-11, you will provide tower, radar, and non-radar air traffic control (ATC) services to military and civilian aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR), or Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
- →Provides terminal ATC services to aircraft operating from primary and/or secondary airports within delegated airspace.
- →Manages and directs controller actions and functions in Tower and Radar facilities as the primary watch supervisor and/or senior controller.
- →(1) Performs air traffic control duties in the control tower and radar facility.
- →Directs movement of aircraft in flight and on the ground by utilizing pilot and controller reports, visual observation, and/or tower and radar facility radar displays, or a combination of methods and in close coordination with other controllers.
- →Under restrictive time and space limitations, formulates and issues ATC clearances and instructions to provide for the required separation and or sequencing of all IFR, SVFR, and VFR traffic within delegated airspace.
- →Adjusts aircraft flight paths, assigns arrival and departure routes to various types of aircraft, arrival and departure runways, adjusts speed, and issues altitude assignments to accompany multiple types and performance level of civilian and military aircraft to affect separation and expeditious traffic flow as prescribed in FAAO 7110.65.
- →(2) Provides assistance to both experienced professional and inexperienced student pilots within the airspace and ensures expeditious traffic flows are maintained.
- →Provides mandatory additional services and assistance to aircraft to include those experiencing in-flight emergencies, hijacking and unlawful seizure, pilot disorientation, and to those aircraft otherwise experiencing distress during flight.
- →Participates in a host of Transportation Security Agency (TSA) and FAA mandated homeland security procedures and implements Federal and local guidance and direction for aircraft operations within terminal areas.
- →Formulates and issues IFR and SVFR clearances and VFR advisory information.
- →Formulates and issue all ground movement clearances to aircraft on the ground, vehicular, and personnel operating on the movement areas and runways.
- →(3) Operates, trains, and provides preventative maintenance on a host of automated communications and display hardware and software systems that are integral and vital to the operation of the air traffic control facility.
- →Ensures all equipment is accurately aligned and within the required standards, while operating at peak efficiency by all controllers.
Requirements
- ✓MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Military Grades: E5-E7 1.
- ✓Must be facility-rated in all assigned facilities and maintain proficiency. 2.
- ✓Must meet and maintain on a continuing basis, the physical and mental qualification standards established by the USAF or ANG for Air Traffic Control duty. 3.
- ✓Irregular and overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies.
- ✓May be assigned additional ATC related duties. 4.
- ✓Incumbent must exercise a high level of judgment and discretion, demonstrate verbal and written skills, and the ability to meet and deal with high-ranking military and civilian personnel. 5.
- ✓Must possess ability to make rapid and precise judgments in real-time work situations, be able to remain calm under conditions that are stressful, and to coordinate at times many different processes at once, while adjusting rapidly to changes in the traffic pattern and tempo of work activities. 6.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory. 7.
- ✓For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment. 8.
- ✓Wear of the military uniform is MANDATORY.
- ✓Army and Air National Guard Enlisted Technicians: High school or general equivalent degree is mandatory.
- ✓An undergraduate academic specialization in a technical discipline with courses in administration and management is desirable.
- ✓Must be a graduate of a formal DoD/Department of Transportation (DOT) Basic Air Traffic Control course.
- ✓A GS-11 and higher Air Traffic Control Specialist is a graduate of a formal DoD/DOT basic air traffic control course and will obtain and maintain facility-ratings in dual ATC facilities (RFC/GCA/Radar Approach Control (RAPCON)/Control Tower).
Personality Fit
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