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INTERDISCIPLINARY (PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/PHYSICIST/METEOROLOGIST/OCEANOGRAPHER

United States Fleet Forces Command · Department of the Navy
📍 Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 💰 $40736 – $65599/yr 🏠 Telework eligible

Job Summary

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. GS-05-$40,736-$52,857 GS-07-$50,460-$65,599

Major Duties

You will develop expertise through job assignments with progressive levels of responsibility.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual. Applicants must possess: General Physical Science Series, 1301 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. or Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Physics Series, 1310 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: Degree: physics; or related degree that included at least 24 semester hours in physics. or Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in physics totaling at least 24 semester hours, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In either 1. or 2. above, the courses must have included a fundamental course in general physics and, in addition courses in any two of the following: electricity and magnetism, heat, light, mechanics, modern physics, and sound. Meteorology Series, 1340 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: 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; and 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 course work 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 course work 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 -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Oceanography Series, 1360 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: A. Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences. or B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics. In lieu of specialized experience and the positive education qualifications requirements, you may additionally qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience. GS-07 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement GS-05 Applicants who mee the basic requirements described in the individual occupational requirements are fully qualified for the GS-05 entry grade. MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPTS TO VERIFY THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contact

doneic@us.navy.mil

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