Jul 23, 2014

Senior Weapons Instructor - Afghanistan

Employer: TigerSwan
Location: Bagram Afghanistan

Job Description:
Position will be located at Fort Bragg, NC for 2 months training and Bagram, Afghanistan for 6 months.

The preferred candidate will reside in the Fayetteville, NC area.

Summary Of Duties:
Special Operations Forces Fielding and Training Team (SOF FTT) - an articulate and effective
training specialist, preferably a former SOF weapons sergeant, who can interact with technicians, logisticians, high-level officials, and all United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Component SOF Operators to develop and monitor New Equipment Training (NET), Logistical, and Sustainment requirements, for new and existing SOF peculiar combat systems. Primary duty is SOF FTT trainer for all weapons programs provided by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) - Crane Indiana, to all Components of USSOCOM. The SOF FTT trainer position will be located at Bagram, Afghanistan and will train at Fort Bragg for 2 months prior to deployment. Candidate will be developing training curriculum, Programs of Instruction (POI), and power point training materials. This person will need to have prior training experience in SOF weapons and weapons related accessories and Visual Augmentation Systems in their background and be able to maintain these systems according to NSWC – Crane Maintenance metrics.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/SKILLS:
5 years instructional knowledge and 3 years instructing SOF Weapons, SOPMOD and other SOF equipment. Experience in a USSOCOM/USASOC unit, and have US Army/Marine Corp weapons maintenance experience. Must be a graduate of a Department of Defense certified Instructor trainer Course (ITC). Must have strong technical writing skills and development of lesson plans, programs of instruction, and training plans. Must have experience with Microsoft Word/Power Point/Excel/and Project.

Working Conditions:
Work is based in highly stressful environment at times. Position requirements may be performed inside and outside areas as well as in inclement weather conditions; may include extreme heat, extreme cold, and high humidity atmospheres.

Physical Requirements:
This position requires a medical screening to ensure the instructor fully meets the general duty criteria per OPNAVINST 6110.1H and OPNAVINST 1500.75A to include the following: must be able to stand for long periods of times in all weather conditions. Must be able to lift 50+ pounds. Able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position. This position requires lifting, standing, walking, sitting, bending throughout the workday; with some workdays being up to 10 hours. Must be in good general health and demonstrated emotional stability when working with Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E).

Must be able to obtain the following certifications within 30 days of hire: CPR, Basic First-Aid, will be required to submit to random drug screenings IAW BAE Systems policy and the Navy Civilian Human Resources Manual Subchapter 792.3, Drug-Free Workplace Program. In addition must be able to obtain an Interim-Secret clearance within 30 days of hire and then obtain a fully granted SECRET clearance within 90 days of hire.

DESIRED SKILLS:
Proficient in the use of current SOF sniper systems, SOF Machine Guns to include the MK44 minigun, MK47 Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher (ALGL), M3 Carl Gustav, foreign weapons, and weapons accessory kit subsystems, visual augmentation systems and components provided as Government Furnished Property, in support of NET, weapons maintenance, displays, briefings, and live-fire demonstrations.

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