Meteorological Technician with Security Clearance

Position: METEOROLOGICAL TECHNICIAN with Security Clearance
Location: March Air Force Base

Duties
* Provides complex operational weather support to Air Force, Army, Reserve, Guard, and other DOD customers.
* Identifies, evaluates, and monitors significant weather developments, especially as they present potential impacts on critical flight operations.
* Provides technical guidance and instructions to lower graded technical employees, or airmen. Solves a variety of meteorological problems with other production personnel.
* Provides weather briefings for local, transient, and other supported aircrews in person or by telephone or closed circuit television.
* Observes, encodes, records, disseminates, and evaluates weather observations. Observes weather phenomena, encodes and records the observation following established Air Force instructions and guides using computer-based systems in the weather station. Requirements Conditions of employment
* U.S. Citizenship Required
* Males must be registered for Selective Service, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at:  
* This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
* Disclosure of Political Appointments
* Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
* Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
* Must be able to acquire and maintain a Secret security clearance. May require access to classified Secret information
* Work may require occasional travel away from normal duty station
* Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
* May be required to work rotating shifts, irregular hours, and be subject to recall to support unscheduled weather support requirements at any time
* Eye exam-Normal color vision is required.
* This position is designated as a key position IAW AFI 36-507. Duties of this position are essential to the accomplishment of wartime/contingency operations. (CONT'D)
* Incumbents of key positions must be removed from their military recall status if alternative for filling of the position during an emergency are not available. Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Group Coverage Qualification Standards for Technical and Medical Support Positions, to include the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the GS-1341, Meteorological Technician Series.

SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-08, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes Measuring meteorological phenomena with scientific equipment and instrumentation; observing and recording atmospheric characteristics, i.e., temperature, air movement, visibility, pressure, air density, cloud types; decoding, plotting, and systematically recording data related to the physical characteristics of the atmosphere, i.e., charts, diagrams, cross sections;

collecting, analyzing, interpreting, adjusting, and verifying atmospheric and other meteorological data to confirm and improve accuracy and efficacy; as well as weather observing, forecasting, communications, determining how local conditions and reports and observations from various sources affect weather forecasts, extend of change, and whether to take action to protect life and property. OR

EDUCATION:

Must have a master's degree OR two (2) full years of graduate education directly related to the work of the position. (

NOTE:

YOU MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS) OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND

EDUCATION:

COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND

EDUCATION:

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as…