PTAC Instructor; Lead

This position is intended to provide resident and Mobile Training Team (MTTs) JFOC instruction to multi-service and coalition students attending Field Artillery Basic Officer Leader Course (FABOLC), and 2E-F233/250-ASIL7 as the on-site lead instructor. Serve as the on-site contractor leader and qualified Joint Fires Observer Course instructor. Direct day-to-day performance of the twelve-member PTAC workforce, act as the contractor’s principal liaison to the Contracting Officer (KO) and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and personally perform resident and Mobile Training Team (MTT) academic and simulator instruction.

The location for this work is Fort Sill, Oklahoma with possible travel to various other Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) sites.

• Coordinate with the COR for review and approval of all training sessions
• Conduct academic and simulator instruction
• Provide recommendations for academic deficiency panels on changes and student status
• Operate and maintain the Call for Fire Trainers simulators and Deployable Virtual Training Environment
• Provide input to Government training developers for the Joint Fires Observer (JFO) Program of Instruction
• Maintain and update lesson plans
• Provide recommendations for improvement to the COR concerning course materials, methods of instruction, and performance evaluation when requested
• Provide classroom, hands-on, simulation/virtual, field environment and exercises in a safe environment
• Participate in developing revisions of the POIs, Lesson Plans and Training Support Packages to remedy any deficiencies or shortcomings identified during the preparation for and conduct of instruction
• Recommend specific software and hardware upgrades to current scenarios and development of new scenarios based on research
• Ensure all required resources are on hand and in good working condition NLT 30 minutes prior to beginning scheduled training
• Ensure at the end of each class that all students complete a Course Evaluation Assessment (critique)
• Coordinate with the COR the development and implementation of all upgrades and new scenarios to maintain relevancy of simulator training for both Close Air Support (CAS) and ground based fire support modules
• Evaluate students on JFO Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) under field, simulated, and classroom conditions
• Coordination with and after approval from the COR prepare lesson plans for each period of instruction for which he/she is assigned instructional responsibility
• Maintain currency through continued simulated evaluations
• Serve as primary instructors for Close Air Support
• Serve as primary instructors for Observed Fire Procedures
• Administer examinations, evaluate test results, correlate test results of the students’ ability
• Analyze individual and class academic duty performance
• Monitor, set-up, tear down, stage for shipment, and operate a Call for Fire Trainer (CFFT) simulator (or future simulator replacement) as part of the POI on JFO procedures in resident and as a part of a mobile training team
• Stay familiar with TTPs, lessons learned, and evolving JFO doctrine and procedures
• Apply for and maintain accounts on the Army Center for Lessons Learned (ACCL) and the Marine Corps Center for Lesson Learned (MCCLL) websites
• Conduct course material research, development, and updates
• Participate in Student Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of courses

• Three (3) years of verifiable JTAC experience
• JTAC experience starts after successfully graduating from an accredited JTAC Qualification Course and being subsequently certified as a JTAC. Verifiable is defined by providing a copy of the JTAC…