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Summary This National Guard position is for a TRAINING SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1521000 and is part of the OH 178 Wing, Ohio Air National Guard. Its purpose is to serve as the Unit Education and Training Manager and exercise responsibility for providing staff planning and assistance to ensure all required training is achieved. Responsibilities As a TRAINING SPECIALIST, GS-1702-9, you will perform the following duties: As the Group Education and Training Manager, incumbent oversees, monitors, and evaluates military /ancillary training requisites for the unit. This includes on-the-job training (OJT) and formal training, including Air Operations Center (AOC) formal schools acquisition and scheduling. Subject matter areas for which training is administered involve a wide variety of technical, professional, clerical, and operational skills commonly found in an Air Operations Group organization. Advises the Commander, training officers, and supervisors on the status, progress, and programming of training. Plans, compiles, and forwards training projections to Host Wing and NGB, MAJCOM agencies. Monitors and reviews all training applications to ensure the proper documentation, justification, and qualifications. Coordinates with higher headquarters on matters pertaining to formal school training quotas. Identifies resources and funding requirements to accomplish required training. Monitors the OJT training programs for the group and supported units, if any. Establishes policies and procedures to provide a uniform and effective OJT program. Conducts meetings to familiarize training supervisors and Directors with concept, scope, objectives, methods, and procedures pertinent to OJT. Reviews personnel records and reports to determine training status of assigned personnel. Ensures that personnel are entered into appropriate training and that adequate training materials, such as Career Development Courses (CDCs), are obtained. Reviews training progress of personnel and initiates appropriate corrective action for a substandard training progress. Determines the validity of requests for retraining. Advises Commander and supervisors on matters pertaining to extension course institute and CDC programs and trainee progress. Evaluates the administration, operation, and effectiveness of the overall training program, and prepares written reports. Monitors the Enlisted Specialty Training (EST) program by establishing policies and procedures to provide a uniform and effective EST program. Conducts meetings to familiarize training supervisors with concepts, scope, objectives, methods, and procedures pertinent to EST. Confers with management and key operating personnel to discuss factors pointing to training needs, problems, and the goals of training. Reviews training programs through analysis of reports, CDC results, USAF, MAJCOM and NGB directives. Schedules and makes staff assistance visits to directorates to evaluate local training programs, to determine compliance with current regulations and directives, and to review the accuracy of training documentation. Maintains liaison with the Field Training Detachment (FTD), Air Education and Training Command (AETC) advisory services, film libraries, and other training device resources and ensures their effective utilization in support of AOG and related training programs. As unit Test Control Officer, administers controlled tests for personnel enrolled in mandatory/voluntary CDCs and Professional Military Education (PME)programs. Oversees, develops, and administers management training programs for all personnel. Instructs management, section supervisors, and trainers on the concepts, scope, and objectives of management training programs. Directs, conducts, and monitors the training necessary to ensure understanding of the AF management system. Monitors training to ensure the proper use of instructional methods and techniques. Performs other duties as assigned. The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1521000). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp Requirements Conditions of Employment Ohio Air National Guard Membership is required. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary period. Participation in direct deposit is mandatory. MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement. This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Air National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Air National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Military Grades: E-5 THROUGH E-7 Qualifications GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Applicant's demonstrated ability to follow directions, read, understand, and retain instructions, regulations, and procedures that otherwise validate the ability to perform or learn to perform the duties of the position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements. Education Additional Information If serving under an incentive contract, termination of that incentive(s) will occur effective one day prior to your AGR, Permanent Military Technician, or Indefinite Military Technician start date. Temporary Military Technicians will have their incentive terminated if their tour exceeds 179 days in a continuous 12-month period.* If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).