Range Operations Assistant

Summary

About the Position: Position may be filled as a time-limited promotion, reassignment or change to lower grade not to exceed (NTE) 3 years by a current permanent Army employee. Time-limited promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Time-limited reassignments and changes to lower grade may exceed five years, however return rights may be impacted. Position may be made permanent without further competition.

Duties

• •Maintain and utilize a working knowledge of established range regulations, Standard Operating Procedures, and manuals.
• •Assist in coordinating and scheduling activities and fixed range/training area schedules to avoid conflicts in training.
• •Issue detailed instructions to training units and coordinates the safe entry and exit of support personnel into active danger areas.
• •Ensure that direction of fire, safety data, and time sequences are correct and strictly adhered to.
• •Maintain records of all weapons fired on the assigned range(s) and number of personnel trained throughout the training complex.
• •Ensure all safety requirements are known and enforced.
• •Report to supervisor all major problems or requests for deviation from prescribed safety practices.
• •Contact the required safety team members to investigate weapon/ammunition related malfunctions on ranges or firing points.
• •Review and distribute a schedule of areas released for hunting fishing and other recreational use to the Fort Stewart DMWR outdoor recreation branch.
• •Advise units conducting training on all matters pertaining to safety.
• •Enforce airspace restrictions and limitations by providing advisories to MARNE Radio flight.
• •Serve as incident commander until arrival of fire department personnel or appropriate agency.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying on Time-Limited Assignments In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) operate radio and telephonic equipment; 2) perform scheduling activities; 3) advise on all matters pertaining to safety. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.