As part of our active partnership with your school, we offer opportunities not only for internship but also direct hire opportunities for employment with the FAA.

Below is an open announcement that the FAA has with regard to filling entry level/developmental Airway Transportation System Specialist positions. Students having successfully graduated from your approved degree program are eligible to apply. They meet the basic knowledge skills and abilities for entry level positions

Please share this announcement with active graduating students as well as recent graduates.

The Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, is actively recruiting to fill entry level/developmental Airway Transportation Systems Specialists and Electronics Technicians positions throughout the nation.

Your graduating students are encouraged to apply for these vacancy announcements as soon as possible. Referral lists will be created from the pool of applicants in the database during early- to mid-May. Managers will participate in a nationwide hiring event in June to select applicants from these referral lists. Applicants can select up to 10 possible duty locations throughout the nation during the application process.

 

http://jobs.faa.gov/announcement_detail.asp?vac_id=119887

Open Date: Jan 23, 2010
Close Date: Jan 22, 2011
Position: Airway Transportation Systems Specialist,FV-2101-F / G, Job Category:Specialized
Salary Range: $35,000 to $63,400 USD Per Year
Duty Location(s): Throughout The Nation, United States - Vacancies: Many

Airway Transportation Systems Specialists (ATSS) install and maintain electronic equipment and lighting aids associated with facilities and services required for aviation navigation to assure a reliable, safe, and smooth flow of air traffic. This involves work with radar, communications, computers, navigational aids, airport lighting aids, and electrical/mechanical support for facilities on and off airports within the network of the National Airspace System (NAS). It includes periodic maintenance (inspection and analysis of equipment with associated adjustments), corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and replacement of malfunctioning equipment, and certification. ATSSs could be involved with not only electronic equipment but also lighting aids and environmental support equipment for the NAS. Many ATSSs work out of offices located at or near airports and on service equipment located on airports, in Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCT), Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS), in open fields, or even on remote mountain tops. It is often necessary to drive significant distances (100-200 miles) to reach facilities. ATSSs also work in Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) maintaining equipment within the facility. ATSSs may be required to maintain entire facilities, including electronic equipment, electrical power distribution, emergency backup power, power conditioning systems, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; electronic equipment only; or power and HVAC systems only.


http://jobs.faa.gov/announcement_detail.asp?vac_id=119886

Open Date: Jan 23, 2010
Close Date: Jan 22, 2011
Position: Electronics Technician,FV-0856-F / G, Job Category:Specialized
Salary Range: $35,000 to $63,400 USD Per Year
Duty Location(s): Throughout The Nation, United States - Vacancies: Many

Electronic Technicians (ET) install and maintain electronic equipment and lighting aids associated with facilities and services required for aviation navigation to assure a reliable, safe, and smooth flow of air traffic. This involves work with radar, communications, computers, navigational aids, airport lighting aids, and electrical/mechanical support for facilities on and off airports within the network of the National Airspace System (NAS). It includes periodic maintenance (inspection and analysis of equipment with associated adjustments), corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repair and replacement of malfunctioning equipment, and certification. ETs may also assist in the design, development and evaluation of new types of electronic equipment for the NAS. Many ETs work out of offices located at or near airports and on service equipment located on airports, in Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCT), Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS), in open fields, or even on remote mountain tops. It is often necessary to drive significant distances (100-200 miles) to reach facilities. ETs also work in Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) maintaining equipment within the facility. ETs normally maintain the electronics portion of facilities. Some ETs travel throughout a large geographic region of the country installing new electronic equipment at a wide range of facilities and remote locations.


It is a pleasure being in partnership with you
Kerry Skofteland
National Manager Technical Operations Collegiate training Initiative (TO-CTI)
Technical Training and Development AJL-12
Phone: 202-385-6834