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UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION No. 49
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JUNIOR AIRWAY TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, $2,000 A YEAR
Civil Aeronautics Authority
APPLICATIONS MUST BE ON FILE WITH THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERICE COMMISSION AT WASHINGTON,D. C., NOT LATER THAN THE FOLLOWING DATES-
(a) July 9, 1940, if received from States other than those
named in (b) below.
(b) July 12, 1940, if received from the following States:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming. This additional period is granted (because
of the longer time required in transit) for receipt
of applications from persons actually in the States
named in (b) at the time of filing application.
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The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for the position named above to be held at any of the places listed hereon. Vacancies in this position in the field, and vacancies in positions requiring similar qualifications will be filled from this examination, unless it is found in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement, transfer, or promotion. The salary named above is subject to a deduction of 3½ percent toward a retirement annuity.
Employment lists.-Permanent employees in the classified service will, upon earning a passing mark in this examination, have their names placed upon a separate list of eligible Government employees, which list may be certified separately to fill appropriate vacancies in accordance with the civil-service rules.
Duties.-Under direct supervision of the supervisor on duty in the airway traffic control center, to stand regular watches, maintain contact by telephone, interphone and teletype with air carrier, military and other aircraft dispatchers, with airport radio stations and with Civil Aeronautics Authority communications stations, for the purpose of receiving from ground stations information concerning the movement of air traffic within the control area of the airway traffic control center (the control area of each airway traffic control center averages approximately 1,100 miles of civil airways), noting and posting such information in accordance with prescribed procedures; to furnish to the aircraft operator or radio station concerned, instructions, advice, and information as directed and authorized by the supervisor on duty as to the conditions under which the flight of an aircraft may be commenced or continued in safety insofar as known air traffic conditions are concerned; to calculate the speed of all aircraft flying within the control area of the airway traffic control center, revising estimates of time of arrival over various radio fixes and correcting these estimates as further radio reports indicate changes to be necessary; to prepare necessary flight plans, flight progress reports, and arrival reports concerning the movement of aircraft within the control area of the center, forwarding such data to the appropriate aircraft operator or radio station; to plot on a chart positions of aircraft as required, based on information received by the center concerning aircraft flying within its control area; and to follow and maintain accurate check of the movement of all aircraft flying within the control area of the center, coordinating and correlating such data so as to serve as the basis on which necessary instructions may be issued to pilots of aircraft for the purpose of minimizing the hazard of collision between aircraft inflight, and to prevent unnecessary interference with or delay to flights.
Note.-The duties of the position, as described
above, are concerned directly with the safety of
human life in transportation by air, and are
exacting and responsible. Eligible are required
whose experience qualifications, moral
character, sobriety, and general fitness are
beyond question. Applicants whose experience or
personal qualifications are found, upon
confidential inquiry, not to be such as could
contribute to the establishment and maintenance
of safe and efficient service will not be
accepted for this examination.
Basis of ratings.-Competitors will be initially rated on the subjects listed below, which will have the relative weights indicated. In Subject 2, competitors will be rated on the extent and quality of their experience relevant to the duties of the position, and on their fitness, such ratings being based upon competitors' sworn statements in their applications and upon corroborative evidence.
Subjects Weights
1. Tests based upon the duties of the position---- 30
2. Experience and fitness------------------------- 70
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Total------------------------------------- 100
If conditions permit, an oral examination will be given to a sufficient number of competitors in the order of their standing to meet the needs of the service. Adjustments may be made in the initial ratings under Subject 2 in accordance with the evidence secured for the record s a result of the oral examination.
Ratings required.-In Subject 1, nonpreference competitors must attain a rating of at least 70, competitors granted military preference a rating of at least 65, excluding preference credit, and competitors granted 10-point preference a rating of at least 60, excluding preference credit. In addition, all competitors must attain in the whole examination an average rating of at least 70, including preference credit, if any.
Time required.-Approximately 3 hurs will be required for the examination in Subject 1.
Statements concerning qualifications will be verified by the Commission; exaggeration or misstatement will be cause for disqualification.
APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS
1. They must be citizens of the United States on the
closing date for receipt of applications specified in
(b) at the head of this announcement. Foreign-born
applicants who meet the citizenship requirement must
furnish proof of United States citizenshy8ip before
they will be eligible for appointment under civil-
service rules.
2. Experience.-Applicants must show that they have had,
within the last 3 years, experience as specified in
(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) below, or in any time-
equivalent combination thereof, or they must show
that they possess either of the optional
qualifications prescribed in (f) or (g) below:
(a) One year of experience as certificated
aircraft dispatcher for a scheduled air
carrier;
(b) Two years of experience as a station manager
for a commercial air line, at an airport at
which such airline schedules more than two
flights daily (experience which has been
principally that of a station agent, or
traffic agent, selling transportation for
aircraft travel will not be accepted as
meeting this requirement);
(c) Two years of experience in the operations
office of a scheduled air carrier in a
position requiring duties of a general-
operations nature, with a substantial degree
of responsibility for aircraft operations;
(d) Two years of experience as certificated or
military or naval airport traffic-control
tower operator (no certificate required
prior to July 1, 1938);
(e) Two years of experience as a commissioned or
noncommissioned officer directly associated
with military or naval aircraft operations,
with a substantial degree of responsibility
for the preparation for, control and
supervision of, military or naval aircraft
flights; or
