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Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in delivering Joint Fires Observer instruction and Close Air Support training, with a strong focus on evaluating student performance and maintaining instructional materials. Proficient in operating and troubleshooting training simulators while ensuring effective course delivery and continuous improvement.
Highest-signal resume keywords
JTAC CertificationFAC(A) ExperienceCFFT Simulator OperationTraining DevelopmentStudent Performance Evaluation
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide resident and Mobile Training Team JFOC instruction to multi-service and coalition students
- Deliver academic and simulation-based Joint Fires Observer instruction for U.S. military, multiservice, and authorized coalition students
- Deliver approved Close Air Support and observed-fire training
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Call for Fire Trainer and Deployable Virtual Training Environment systems
- Evaluate student performance under field, simulated, and classroom conditions
- Coordinate training-session review and approval with the COR
- Provide recommendations to academic deficiency panels regarding changes and student status
- Provide input to Government training developers for the JFO Program of Instruction
- Maintain and update lesson plans and course materials
- Recommend improvements to course materials, instructional methods, and performance evaluation
- Provide classroom, hands-on, simulation/virtual, field-environment, and exercise instruction safely
- Participate in revisions of POIs, lesson plans, and training support packages
- Recommend software and hardware upgrades and develop new training scenarios
- Ensure required resources are available and operational at least 30 minutes before scheduled training
- Ensure students complete course evaluation assessments after each class
- Coordinate simulator upgrades and new scenarios for CAS and ground-based fire-support modules
- Serve as primary instructor for Close Air Support and Observed Fire Procedures
- Administer examinations, evaluate results, and analyze individual and class academic performance
- Monitor, set up, tear down, stage for shipment, and operate CFFT simulators
- Stay current on JFO tactics, techniques, procedures, lessons learned, doctrine, and procedures
- Apply for and maintain ACCL and MCCLL accounts
- Conduct course-material research, development, and updates
- Participate in student monitoring and evaluation
- Monitor and evaluate course effectiveness
Requirements
What you’ll need- Three (3) years of verifiable JTAC experience after graduating from an accredited JTAC Qualification Course and subsequent JTAC certification
- JTAC certification verification via AF Form 8, AF Form 3827, Terminal Attack Control Evaluation form, or Service equivalent
- Alternative qualification: audited an accredited JFO course, successfully graduated from a FAC(A) course, and has three years of verifiable FAC(A) experience
- FAC(A) experience verification via an Official Flight Record, AF Form 8, or Service equivalent
- Three years of active operational-unit experience performing JTAC or FAC(A) duties; Guard or Reserve drill time must equal three years of active time
- Combined alternative: eight years of continuous Active Military service plus a minimum of two years of Operational JTAC/FAC(A) experience
- No waivers granted for required Instructor Qualifications
- Minimum six months of experience operating the CFFT or DVTE simulator, including powering on/off, troubleshooting, and creating, loading, and changing training scenarios
- Maintain competence through continual self-education on emerging technological advances in JFO equipment and aircraft weapons systems
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) program with employer match
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible work environment
- Voluntary critical illness coverage
- Accident insurance
- Identity theft coverage
- Pet insurance
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Joint Fires Observer InstructionClose Air Support TrainingPerformance EvaluationCourse Material DevelopmentSimulation-Based TrainingTroubleshootingTraining Scenario CreationOperational JTAC DutiesField InstructionAcademic Assessment
Soft Skills
CommunicationCoordinationRecommendation SkillsAdaptabilityTeam Collaboration
Tools & Technologies
Call for Fire TrainerDeployable Virtual Training EnvironmentCFFT SimulatorsTraining Support PackagesSimulation Software
Certifications & Qualifications
JTAC CertificationFAC(A) Certification
Industry Keywords
Military TrainingCoalition InstructionOperational ExperienceTactics and ProceduresEmerging Technologies