The Weather Company
Lead Hydro-Meteorological Technician
The Weather Company, San Diego, California, United States, 92189
This position is located within the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Western Region (WR), Weather Forecast Office (WFO) with one vacancy located in San Diego, CA.This position is also announced under vacancy number
NWS WR CA-24-12560806-DE , which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.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://www.opm.gov/policy .EDUCATION:
There is no positive education requirement for this position.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, AmeriCorps) 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:Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the
GS-11
in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:Using weather radar systems for data acquisition, information processing, or dissemination activities;Analyzing and monitoring mesoscale weather and hydrologic observations;Assessing weather situations and associated meteorological and hydrologic data to provide information, warnings and forecasts to the public and customers;Assembling, monitoring, and maintaining weather instruments.
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NWS WR CA-24-12560806-DE , which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both.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://www.opm.gov/policy .EDUCATION:
There is no positive education requirement for this position.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, AmeriCorps) 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:Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the
GS-11
in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following:Using weather radar systems for data acquisition, information processing, or dissemination activities;Analyzing and monitoring mesoscale weather and hydrologic observations;Assessing weather situations and associated meteorological and hydrologic data to provide information, warnings and forecasts to the public and customers;Assembling, monitoring, and maintaining weather instruments.
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