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Psychology Technician
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 2 days ago
HybridOklahoma City, OK$55K – $82KApply by May 28, 2026Psychology Aid And TechnicianESFJINFJISFJISTJHealthcareTrades
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The position is within the FAA, Aviation Safety (AVS), Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM), NAS Human Factors Safety Research Lab. This organization develops and manages medical programs in support of Aviation Safety.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a Psychology Technician in support of Human Factors research with special emphasis on measuring impacts of human factors on performance in aviation environments.
- →Performs a combination of routine, multiple, and varying assignments under the general direction of a manager.
- →Receives moderate supervision from the branch manager and moderate technical guidance from a Principal Investigator.
- →Applies experience and detailed knowledge to plan and accomplish routine assignments.
- →Assists in planning, preparing, and conducting research projects to quantify and assess human performance data in a variety of laboratory or field conditions or collected from existing data files.
- →Contacts are primarily internal, but may also be external, depending on the project supported.
- →Coordinates with other offices/agencies, when required, for purposes of gathering, scoring, analyzing, and reporting research data.
- →Completes all aspects of literature reviews: defines appropriate search strategies, compiles pertinent information and findings, provides guidance for developing relevant research strategies.
- →Develops a bibliography or list of references and communicates findings to the Lab Manager or Principal Investigator (PI).
- →In collaboration with research task lead, modifies and supports the development of specialized measurement instruments, experimental protocols, computer databases, and analytic programs required for various research projects, in accordance with AAM-500-001, Aerospace Human Factors Research QMS Procedure, Research Knowledge Process.
- →Organizes aspects of processing research participants prior to, during, and after the course of experimental testing sessions to ensure optimal utilization of personnel and resources.
- →Work is reviewed frequently, during different stages of task activity, and at completion to ensure timeliness and alignment with the requirements of the project.
- →Establishes data file structures appropriate for specific statistical analyses.
- →Assembles, collates, and enters research data into computer data files with very low error rates.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓See Qualifications As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.
- ✓Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
- ✓In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.
- ✓Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability.
- ✓Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided.
- ✓Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
- ✓Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) and Other Factors listed in the announcement.
- ✓Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1402f560-efb3-4939-8c12-a101cbbc3b40
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