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Helicopter Flight Instructor (Uh-60 Maintenance Evaluator)
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command · Fort Rucker, Alabama · Closes in 76 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

Only U.S. citizens can apply. The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the United States.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level. This means instructing pilots in UH-60 maintenance test flights, teaching UH-60 classroom lessons, and evaluating pilots on flight tasks. You also need minimum flight hours: 1,500 total, 250 pilot in command, 500 instructor, 500 heavy helicopter, 75 night, 75 instrument, 10 actual weather, and 100 in the last 12 months.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

FAA Pilot Certificate or appropriate military rating
FAA Flight Instructor Certificate
Current FAA first- or second-class medical certificate

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end month and year, hours per week, and plain-language duties Copy of your FAA medical certificate Copy of FAA pilot and flight instructor certificates, front and back Official flight records such as DA-759, DA-759-1, or equivalent Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Cover letter, optional

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 76 days (January 13, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This announcement will close when a selection is made, which can happen before the listed closing date.

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Your full application package, including your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers, will be reviewed against the qualification requirements. Incomplete packages are not considered, and if your experience appears inflated, you may lose consideration.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Attach copies of your FAA medical certificate and pilot certificates, or your application will be rated ineligible.
Attach official flight records like DA-759 that show your hours, since the flight hour minimums are strict.
Keep your resume to two pages or less and list month and year dates and hours per week for each job, or it may be marked incomplete.

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