Clarification from the agency

WHO MAY APPLY: All qualified permanent and indefinite Title 32 National Guard employees who are currently working for the TASMG Shop in Springfield, Missouri.

• Performs a variety of machine operations to manufacture, modify, and repair aircraft parts, support equipment, tools, and assemblies.
• Fabricates local manufactured items required for aircraft components.
• Works to close tolerances to prevent cumulative error or the affecting of optical or other properties or characteristics.
• Performs incidental precision bench and assembly work.
• Grinds and sharpens tools.
• Selects tools, jigs, and fixtures required to achieve specific dimensions, tolerances, and surface finishes.
• Performs precision handwork to finish, fit and assemble machined parts.
• Plans and lays out work.
• Makes special tools and fixtures, and performs production work of aircraft parts, and works to tolerances that are difficult to attain or hold.
• Fabricates special items that require nonstandard application of standard equipment.
• Performs machine setup requiring advanced shop mathematics.
• Determines procedures, tools, machines, equipment, and attachments to be used.
• Conducts training for lower graded machinists, and traditional drilling service members assigned to the shop.
• Assists lower graded machinists in laying out work, and reviews work completed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• In the event a permanent (Tenure 1 or 2) employee is selected, and is willing to accept the indefinite appointment, that employee will relinquish permanent status.
• This position is authorized to be filled if the reimbursable funds are available.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• The work may require the employee to drive a motor vehicle. An appropriate, valid driver’s license may be required for the position.
• Indefinite employment can be terminated with a 30 day notice.
• Advanced in hire rate may be granted to set pay above the minimum rate of the grade for a new employee if he/she possesses superior qualifications relevant to the positions' requirements and is essential to accomplish the agency's mission.
• Creditable Service for Annual Leave accrual may be granted to new employees if he/she possesses superior qualifications essential to the position; and which were acquired through performance in a non-federal or active duty uniformed service position.
• The duties performed in a non-federal or active duty uniformed service position must directly relate to the position to which appointed and such qualifications are necessary to achieve an important agency mission or performance goal to be eligible.
• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• This is an Excepted Service position that requires membership in the Missouri National Guard prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Pre-placement or baseline physical are required for newly hired or appointed Wage Grade personnel who may be potentially exposed to health hazards in the work environment.
• Failure to complete management prescribed courses for full-time support personnel within the first year of employment or assignment, may be cause for reassignment or termination.

Qualifications

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidate must currently be assigned to a military unit in the Missouri Army National Guard. Title 32 employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion).

Maximum Military Grade - SSG (E-6) with date of rank after 10 July 2007

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possessexperience or training that has provided you with a basic knowledge of machining processes. Must have the ability to use drill presses, shapers, planers and other types of associated machine tools.

WG-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience or training performing the full range of machining operations on most types of conventional or CNC machine tools and their various attachments; experience or training in planning and lay out work from blueprints, worksheets and other drawings that may have missing or incorrect information; skill in applying shop mathematics in establishing needed dimensions, such as those required for chasing threads or machining angular surfaces; locating and marking surfaces and angles to be machined; skill programming machining operations, setting up and operating CNC machine tools; ability to apply advanced shop mathematics such as geometric and trigonometric formulas to make computation for laying out work, machining pieces at unusual or compound angles, determining gear ratios pitch, angles and other similar exact or precision dimension; and skill performing work that require accomplishing untried tasks or procedures? Must also possess knowledge of the effect and relationship of heat-treating, annealing, plating, welding and other related work processes on various machining operations in completing assignments.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.