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Aviation Safety Technician
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 33 days ago
Hybrid Riverside, CA $65K – $94K Apply by Sep 2, 2026 Compliance Inspection And Support ESTJINTJISTJISTP Trades
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Incumbent serves as developmental Aviation Safety Technician (AST) in a Flight Standards Office providing technical support to Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASl's) and the public. Performs or assists with a wide range of certification, surveillance, and investigation duties requiring research and evaluation in accordance with current FAA safety directives/orders.
What You'll Do
- →Tasks are performed following prescribed or established procedures to assist inspectors, investigators, and Flight Standards program officials in their fact-finding or program administration responsibilities and requires basic evaluative judgment.
- →The work performed falls primarily in one of the following categories: (1) Inspections where determinations are based on visual or other specific inspection techniques and are made based on relatively clear-cut considerations such as the presence or absence of required documents or the obvious physical condition of an item or premises.
- →These inspections are governed by specific procedures and serve as bases for action by compliance program officials.
- →Typically, such work includes both initial and follow-up inspections including obtaining samples and performing well-established field tests, if appropriate.
- →(2) Technical support to inspections or investigations such as searching for, gathering, screening, and providing factual information or explanations related to the subject of an inspection or investigation or to the compliance program itself.
- →These tasks are performed following prescribed or established procedures to assist compliance inspectors, investigators, and program officials in their fact finding or program administration responsibilities.
- →Work in investigating, inspecting, or advising individuals or organizations subject to Federal laws, regulations, or other mandatory guidelines to assure their understanding and compliance when such work requires considerable evaluative judgment is excluded from this position.
- →DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Administration Provides technical knowledge and support to aviation safety inspectors, the general public, stakeholders, and airmen regarding a wide variety of aviation-related topics.
- →Extracts safety data and information from FAA records to identify trends for items that affect aviation safety and enters technical findings in agency approved databases.
- →Surveillance Support - Assists ASI's with surveillance of aviation events. - Assists in drafting and issuing waivers and authorizations.
- →Investigation Support - Drafts Enforcement Investigative Reports (EIR) for review and final approval by an ASI - Acts as the Point of Contact (POC) for safety assets (PPE) related to accident investigations.
- →Enforcement Support: Incumbent will be responsible for enforcement functions including: conducting violations, voluntary disclosure, suspect illegal charters, incidents, navigation and altitude deviation investigations.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓Education may not be substituted for experience at these grade levels.
Personality Fit
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