Meteorologist

Position Location and Responsibility Overview

This position is located in the National Weather Service, Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU), Alaska Region (AR), with one vacancy in Anchorage, AK. CWSUs provide weather support to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Air Route Traffic Control Centers and other FAA air traffic entities in the center's area of responsibility.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You must meet the following requirements:

Education:

A. Degree:
Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or other natural science major that included:

• At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:
• Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;
• Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);
• Three semester hours of physical meteorology;
• Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.

Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.

Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.

At least nine semester hours of coursework appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.

* There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for coursework in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

OR

B. Combination of education and experience: coursework as shown in section A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Specialized

Experience:

Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

To qualify for the GS-12 level

Specialized

Experience:

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must also possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience must include all of the following:

• Providing meteorological support for aviation operations;
• Disseminating significant weather information, including potentially hazardous weather conditions to officials.