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STANDARDIZED RANKING FACTORS FOR AIRWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST, GS-2101-5/7/9 #AF-SRG-005 There are seven service areas associated with the GS-2101 series: Communications Automation Environmental Surveillance Navigation Weather Aeronautical Spectrum The position announcement shall identify the service areas in which knowledge is required. It shall also identify the specific systems for which certification/experience is required. The service areas will be consistent with areas and related systems as shown in the addendum at the end of these ranking factors. It shall also identify the specific systems for which certification/experience is required. FACTOR 1. TRAINING/EDUCATION . a. Prerequisite training. (1) Basic prerequisite training The following courses are basic prerequisite training . requirements. Credit will be given only if the applicant has completed all of these courses, or their equivalents: Course 47002 Course 47003 Course 40150 Course 40151 Course 40152 Course 40153 Mathematics for FAA Technical Personnel Electronics for FAA Technical Personnel AC/DC and Transient Fundamen tals Digital Electronics Antennas and Transmission Lines Solid State Electronics

Note: Course 44504, Electronics Fundamentals and Engineering Mathematics, is the equivalent of Courses 47002 and 47003; Course 40509, Common Principles for Electronics Technicians, is the equivalent of Courses 40150 through 40153. Successful completion of all courses (10 points)_________

(2) Career specialty prerequisite training The following are several concepts courses which . are prerequisites for further equipment/systems training: Course 40233 Course 40276 Course 40392 Course 40406 Course 44415 Course 47502 Course 47600 ILS Concepts Common Principles for VOR/TACAN Tech. Common Principles for Radar Tech. Computer Hardware Fundamentals Microprocessors Communications Equipment Electrical Principles

5 points credit will be given for the successful completion of each concepts course, with a maximum score of 10 points. 5 points for each conceptscourse (Max 10 points)_________ Subtotal (Max 20 points) __________ b. Technical knowledge Points will be awarded for the successful completion of facility equipment . theory of operations requirements as evidenced by successful completion of either FAA Academy/CBI training or the appropriate examination as identified in the latest edition of Airway Facilities Maintenance Personnel Certification Program Handbook, Order 3400.3. Six points are given for each equipment type for which training or certification requirements are met. Example: If the applicant has successfully completed the FAA CBI training on MALSR, and has successfully completed FAA Academy training on Air Conditioning, they would be given 6 points credit for each, or 12 points.

Example: If the applicant has successfully completed the performance examination on RTR, and has successfully completed CBI training and FAA Academy lab on Mark 1F ILS, they would be given 6 points credit for each, or 12 points. 6 points for each equipment theory requirement met. COURSE COMPLETED POINTS Number of facility equipment theory of operations requirements met: _____________ _________ _____________ _________ _____________ _________

Subtotal (Max 18 points)__________ c. Correspondence Study Credit will be given for FAA technical correspondence study courses or . equivalent validation exams successfully completed as follows: COURSE/EXAM NUMBERS ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ LENGTH IN HOURS ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Number of Courses Less than 99 hours in length = 1 point 100 to 199 hours in length = 2 points x x x _______ _______ ______ _ = = = Total _____ _____ _____

200 hours and longer in length= 3 points

Subtotal (Max 6 points)__________

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d. Training Grades-FAA Academy/CBI Courses Points are awarded as follows for average grades of the . five most recent FAA Academy/CBI courses of hours or more in length (average of less than five courses 120 may be used if employee has completed less than five courses). Round off average to the nearest whole number. List courses claimed below: COURSE NUMBER _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ Average Grade of Courses: GRADE ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Range of Average 90 - 100 80 - 89 70 - 79 Less than 70 Point Value 3 2 1 0

Points Claimed:__________

Subtotal (Max 3 points)___________ e. Bypass Examinations of Academy/CBI CoursesPoints are awarded for completion of bypasses . taken in lieu of FAA Academy/CBI courses of hours or more in length. Points are awarded as follows: 120 1 point for each bypass exam successfully completed. BYPASS EXAM NUMBER ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ IN LIEU OF COURSE NUMBER _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Total bypass exams successfully completed______

Subtotal (Max 2 points)__________ f. College/University Education Listing of college or technical institute courses must be submitted . with bid. To receive full point credit, 25 percent of semester hours must involve engineering, physical sciences, technology, or mathematics; otherwise, one-half credit is allowed. One year of full-time undergraduate study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a technical school. Each 15 semester hours (1/2 years) = 1/2 point (Max 4) BS degree or higher in engineering, mathematics, or related physical science = 5 points Engineering status in Federal service when status was obtained through other than college degree = 4 points ________

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Subtotal (Max 5 points)__________ FACTOR 1 TOTAL (Max 50 points)______________

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FACTOR 2. EXPERIENCE. a. Technical Experience. (1) FAA experience in maintenance or installation on systems identified in the position announcement will be awarded points as follows. A minimum of 1 year experience is awarded full credit. One-half credit is awarded for at least 6 months but less than 1 year experience. Point values are based on the number of systems identified in the position announcement . Example: If the announcement identifies two systems, and the applicant has 1 year experience in maintaining one of those systems, the applicant will be awarded 10 points. SYSTEMS ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ NUMBER OF YEARS ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ # of Systems Identified in Announcement 1 system 2 systems 3 systems 4 systems = 20 points per system = 10 points per system = 7 points per system = 5 points per system (Max 20 points) __________

(2) Services/systems certification or experience Four points credit will be awarded for . possessing certification, or 1 year of experience within the last 5 years, in any of the seven service areas, up to a maximum of 20 points. Credit may be awarded only once in each service area. Experience in more than one service area can be gained during the 1 year period. SERVICE AREA Communications Automation Surveillance Environmental Navigation Weather Aeronautical Spectrum SVC./SYS. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ CERT. DATE _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ DATES OF EXP. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

(Max 20 points) __________ FACTOR 2 TOTAL (Max 40 points)______________ FACTOR 3. PERFORMANCE AND AWARDS : Credit will be given for performance ratings and awards earned while in the FAA. Per Award 5 Points 5 Points 4 Points 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1 Point

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Outstanding performance rating Quality Step Increase (QSI) Exceptional performance rating Superior Achievement Award (SAA) Individual Suggestion/On-the-Spot/Time Off Award Group Special Achievement Award Group Suggestion or Official Commendation FACTOR 3 TOTAL (Max 10 Points)

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(2101-ADDENDUM) GS-2101 ATSS SERVICE AREAS/SYSTEMS

SERVICE AREA AUTOMATION AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO

SYSTEM ACRONYM

SYSTEM NAME

ACCC ADAS AFSS ARTS ARTSA ATCC CCCH CD CDC CNS DARC DCC DOTS DRG DTE VSDATA EARTS FDIO FDRS FSDPS ISSS MCC MPS NADIN OARTS ODAPS OFDPS RBDPE RMCC

AREA CONTROL COMPUTER COMPLEX AUTOMATED DATA ACQUITION SYSTEM AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (MODEL 1FC) AUTOMATED RADAR TERMINAL SYSTEM AUTOMATED RADAR TERMINAL SYSTEM ASSY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPUTER CENTRAL COMPUTER COMPLEX HOST COMMON DIGITIZER COMPUTER DISPLAY CHANNEL CONSOLIDATED NOTAM SYSTEM DIRECT ACCESS RADAR CHANNEL DISPLAY CHANNEL COMPLEX DYNAMIC OCEAN TRACKING SYSTEM DATA RECEIVER GROUP DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT VISION SYSTEM ENROUTE AUTOMATED RADAR TRACKING SYSTEM FLIGHT DATA INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM FLIGHT DATA REMOTING SYSTEM FLIGHT SERVICE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM INITIAL SECTOR SUITE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE CONTROL CENTER MAINTENANCE PROCESSOR SYSTEM NATIONAL AIRSPACE DATA INTERCHANGE NETWORK OCEANIC AIR ROUTE TRACKING SYSTEM OCEANIC DISPLAY AND PLANNING SYSTEM OFFSHORE FLIGHT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM RADAR BEACON DATA PROCESSOR EQUIPMENT REMOTE MONITOR CONTROL CENTER

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SERVICE SYSTEM AREA ACRONYM AUTOMATION(Continued) AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO RMCF RTCCS SCIP SRAP TCCC TCDD TMCC

SYSTEM NAME

REMOTE MONITOR CONTROL FACILITY 2ND GE N REMOTE TOWER COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL SYSTEM SURVEILANCE & COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE PROCESSOR SENSOR RECEIVER AND PROCESSOR TOWER CONTROL COMPUTER COMPLEX TERMINAL CONTROL DIGITAL DISPLAY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMPUTER COMPLEX

COMMUNICATIONS COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM AFTN ARTCC ATCT BUEC CML DMUX FOTS FSS GATR ICSS IFST LCOT LNKR MCR MDS NRCS RCAG RCL AERONAUTICAL FIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPM ENT BACK-UP EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS MICROWAVE LINK DATA MULTIPLEXER FIBER OPTICS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AT A STANDARD FLT SVC STA GROUND AIR TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SWITCHING SYSTEM IFSS TRANSMITTER FACILITY LINK COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TERMINAL UHF/VHF LINK REPEATER MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDER MASTER DEMARCATION SYSTEM NATIONAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM REMOTE AIR/GROUND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS LINK

SERVICE SYSTEM AREA ACRONYM COMMUNICATIONS(Continued) COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM RCO RML RTR SACOM TCS TDDS TDS TELMS TRACO TROPO VSCS

SYSTEM NAME

REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS OUTLET RADAR MICROWAVE LINK REMOTE TRANSMIT/RECEIVE FACILITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION NETWORK TOWER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TERMINAL DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMARCATION SYSTEM TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL COMM EQUIPMENT TROPOSPHERIC SCATTER STATION VOICE SWITCHING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

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ENVIRONMENTAL ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV ENV SERVICE AREA NAVIATION NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV NAV DF DME DMER FM GPS H HH ILS LMM LOM LRNC MLS NDB TACAN TACR VOR VOT WAAS DIRECTION FINDING EQUIPMENT DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (TACAN 2ND GEN) FAN MARKER GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE SYSTEM RADIO BEACON RADIO BEACON INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM COMPASS LOCATOR AT MIDDLE MARKER COMPASS LOCATOR AT OUTER MARKER MLONG RANGE NAVIGATION C MONITOR MICROWAVE LAN DING SYSTEM NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACON TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION/VOR VHF OMNI-RANGE VHF OMNI-RANGE TEST FACILITY WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM ALS ALSF CCMS ELD LDIN MALS MALSR ODALS PAPI PCS REIL SALS SSALR SSALS VASI VTROL SYSTEM ACRONYM APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM WITH FLASHERS CENTRAL CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEM ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LEAD-IN LIGHTS MEDIUM INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM MEDIUM INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM W/RAIL OMNIDIRECTIONAL AIRPORT LIGHT SYSTEM PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM 80 KW AND ABOVE (CONT) RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS SIMPLIFIED AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM SIMPLIFIED SHORT APPRAOCH LIGHT SYSTEM WITH RAIL SIMPLIFIED SHORT APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE INDICATOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

SYSTEM NAME

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SURVEILLANCE SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SURV SERVICE AREA WEATHER WX WX AIDS WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX WX ADAS AMSMA ASI ASOS ATIS AWANS AWIS AWOS AWP CHI CWP GOES GWDS IVRS LLWAS MAPS NXRAD OAW RBC RRH RRWDI RRWDS RVR TDWR TWEB AWOS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND MISC ALTIMETER SETTING INDICATOR AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM AUTOMA TIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AVIATION WEATHER AND NOTAM SYSTEM AUTOMATED WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM AUTOMATIC WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM AVIATION WEATHER PROCESSOR CLOUD HEIGHT INDICATOR CENTRAL WEATHER PROCESSOR GEOSTATIONAL OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE S GRAPHIC WEATHER DISPLAY SYSTEM INTERIM VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ALERT SYSTEM METEOROLOGICALAND AERONAUTICAL PRESENTATION SYS NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM OFF AIRWAY WEATHER STATION ROTATING BEAM CEILOMETER REMOTE READOUT HYDROTHERMOMETERS RADAR REMOTE WEATHER DISPLAY INDICATOR RADAR REMOTE WEATHER DISPLAY SYSTEM RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TRANSCRIBED WEATHER BROADCAST SYSTEM ARSR ASDE ASR ATCBI ATCRB BRITE GFR IFF MHFR MODE S PAR RBDE SYSTEM ACRONYM AIR ROUTE SURVEILANCE RADAR AIRPORT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIPMENT AIRPORT SURVEILANCE RADAR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL BEACON INTERROGATOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR BEACON BRITE RADAR INDICATOR TERMINAL EQUIPMENT GAP FILLER RADAR GPA-124 MILITARY HEIGHT FINDER RADAR MODE S DATA LINK PRECISION APPROACH RADAR RADAR BRITE DISPLAY EQUIPMENT

SYSTEM NAME

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AERONAUTICAL SPECTRUM This service area does not have any specific systems associated with it. It is intended to capture experience in frequency-management-type activities, such as spectrum engineering and radio frequency interference investigation and resolution. Experience may be at the national, regional or sector/SMO staff level.
STANDARDIZED RANKING FACTOR TOTALS FOR AIRWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST, GS-2101-5/7/9 APPLICANT INFORMATION NAME :_____________________________________________ VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION MPP#:______________________ POSITION TITLE & GRADE:_________________________________________________________ SS#:_______________________

VALIDATION DATA Points Claimed Factor 1 __________ (Max - 50) Factor 2 __________ (Max - 40) Factor 3 __________ (Max - 10) Total __________ (Max - 100) I certify, to the best of my knowledge, that the information provided in this document is true and accurate, and understand that a false statement may be grounds for not being hired, or for being fired after beginning work..

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