TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (RADIO TECH) (D2582000)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This position requires military membership in the Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG). If you are not a military member of the PRARNG (i.e., Airman, civilian, active-duty Soldier, prior service, guard member from another state, reservist, IRR, State Guard, etc.), you must contact the Recruiting and Retention (R&R) Office at (787) 289-1400 extension 2015 or 2008 and request the PRARNG Military Basic Requirements (MBR) Certification. If the MBR certification is not submitted, or you do not meet the requirements to be a member of the PRARNG, your application will not be screened. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: HRO MUST process and clear the Department of Defense (DoD), Priority Placement Program (PPP), prior to advertising all internal and external job vacancies and promotion announcements. Area 1 = All permanent Technician Warrant Officers and Enlisted employee’s members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 2 = All indefinite Technician Warrant Officers and Enlisted employee’s members (NG T32/NG T5) within Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 3 = Warrant Officers and Enlisted currently serving members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 4 = Warrant Officers and Enlisted Prior (former) members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Area 6 = Applicants who meet all requirements to become Warrant Officers and Enlisted members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. (If the MBR certification is not submitted, your application will not be screened). First round consideration will be given to Area 1 Candidates. (All other Areas will be screened only in the event that there are no qualified or recommended Candidates). To prevent a grade inversion, military rank allowed for this position will be determined at the final evaluation of the vacancy announcement considering the military rank of the supervisor. Acceptance of any military technician position may cause the termination of entitlements and eligibility for all military bonuses and student loan repayments. For further information you must contact the appropriate military Education Office. DUTIES: As a TELECOMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST (RADIO TECH) (D2582000), GS-0391-11, you will support tactical and emergency communications for the State and territory National Guard and serve as a subject matter expert for all government and commercial off the shelf (COTS) radio systems utilized by the National Guard, providing train the trainer level classes on those systems, guiding procurement of commercial off the shelf systems, and strengthening the state’s radio maintenance program. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is mostly sedentary, requires some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light objects. WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Work is predominately performed in an office or similar setting. May occasionally visit construction or work sites to ensure proper placement of equipment. QUALIFICATIONS: You will lose consideration for the position if your application does not include all the information/documents requested on the vacancy announcement. The USAJOBS Resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you met the required GENERAL and SPECIALIZED experience. Experiences copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and will disqualify you from the position. National Guard military (part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evaluated against the qualification requirements. The applicant is credited with actual number of months the member has been in the National Guard provided such service is related to the position to be filled. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Work primarily concerned with the movement of information between locations. Information moved in the form of voice communications, such as radio or telephone (including cellular), data communications involving digital transmission between computers, computer terminals, facsimile stations, or video communications such as that used in teleconferencing. Technical work of gathering materials; coordinating schedules; developing specifications and planning telecommunications programs and projects; testing equipment; providing services and software for performance acceptability; and related work connected with the acquisition, technical acceptance, installation, testing, modification, and replacement of telecommunication equipment, services, and systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicant must possess at least ONE (1) year at the next lower (GS-09) level or the equivalent THIRTY-SIX (36) months of specialized experience performing or supervising duties such as running the preventative maintenance program for all tactical and commercial off the shelf radio equipment; maintaining emergency communications response equipment; performing routine maintenance on commercial off the shelf radio equipment; monitoring national preventative maintenance bulletins and electronics maintenance shops; maintain communications towers and commercial off the shelf (COTS) repeater systems; ensuring radio-based emergency communications systems are regularly tested and personnel are trained in radio operations; managing nets frequency and trunked systems; providing guidance and assistance in activities operating radio nets and ensuring the successful application of communications plan as it applies; serving as a subject matter expert for radio crossbanding involving National Guard systems. NOTE: As a condition of employment selectee must complete the following Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Incident Command System (ICS) classes within 6 months of employment: a. Introduction to Incident Command System, IS-00100 b. Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, IS-00200 c. Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300 d. An Introduction to the National Incident Management System, IS-00700 e. National Response Framework, An Introduction, IS-00800f. All-Hazards Communications Unit Technician (COMT) Course
PUERTO RICO NATIONAL GUARD ARMY TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT COLA: 2.63% Duty Location: JFHQ-PR, G6, Camp Santiago Joint Training Center (CSJTC0, Salinas, PR