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This is from the Lockheed Martin website (go to the careers section and search for AFSS in the "job match" feature)
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Standard Job Code/Title

S29011:AIR TRAFFIC SPEC-STATION

Required skills

•Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI)graduate
•Major or minor in Air Traffic Control or meteorology
•Meet standards of a Class III airman medical

Desired skills

•Current private pilot’s license

Specific Job Description

The following is a general job description for a Flight Service Specialist:

-Performs pilot weather briefings to include meteorological, aeronautical, and navigational information

-Accepts both VFR and IVR flight plans and assists pilots in flight planning to include verifying completeness and any changes necessary to ensure compliance with regulations to include international procedures and customs requirements

-Transmits IFR flight plans to the appropriate air traffic control facilities and enters VFR flight plans into the flight service system for future activation and search and rescue purposes

-Works closely with air traffic control facilities to include the communication of control information and the verbatim relay of ATC clearances, requests, and advisories

-Accepts, formats, and disseminates Notice to Airmen information (NOTAMs)

-Performs emergency services to lost or disoriented pilots and aircraft in distress

-Makes scheduled and unscheduled broadcasts both on recorders and over radio frequencies

-Maintains records both electronically and written as required by regulations

These and other assigned duties can be performed by telephone, radio, or in person for civil and military pilots.

Security Clearance: Public Trust

State

Arizona
Texas
Virginia