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ENGINEERING

Directs and performs civil engineering design, drafting, surveying, and contract surveillance to support Air Force facility construction and maintenance programs.

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Duties And Responsibilities

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Duties And Responsibilities
Duties And Responsibilities
Perform drafting duties. Interpret rough engineering sketches to produce working drawings using CAD techniques. Produce architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical drawings. Update Base Comprehensive Plans (BCP) and maintain record drawings. Plot and reproduce drawings. Perform surveying duties. Conduct reconnaissance, site location, construction, and mapping surveys. Utilize auto-levels, electronic total stations, resource and survey grade GPS equipment and related instruments to complete surveys. Collect, convert, and present field survey data for civil engineering projects. erform GIS duties. Produce installation maps using a GIS interface. Create and maintain spatial, tabular and metadata to national standards. Combine disparate datasets from various organizations, with various projections and precisions. Develop query routines for end-user applications. Perform contract management duties. Manage and inspect construction and maintenance contracts. Interpret plans, specifications, and other contract documents. Coordinate, evaluate, monitor, and document contract activities and progress. Prepare recommendations for contract modifications. Review material submittals and evaluate procedures for compliance with contract specifications. Conduct pre-final, acceptance, and post acceptance inspections. Develop preliminary engineering designs. Prepare cost estimates, performance work statements and specifications for existing and proposed facilities. Perform simple load calculations for horizontal and vertical construction. Act as liaison between design, review, construction and using agencies. Perform standardized and expedient tests on soils, asphalt, and concrete. Collect, record, and interpret test data. Prepare reports for engineering evaluation. Support contingency operations. Develop plans to bed-down personnel, aircraft, and associated support functions during contingency operations. Evaluate existing airfield pavements, lighting, navigational aids, markings, and arresting systems. Perform recovery operations to include explosive ordinance reconnaissance, airfield damage assessment, minimum operating strip selection, repair calculations, and airfield marking procedures.



SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO

Specialty Qualifications

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Specialty Qualifications
Specialty Qualifications
Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of computer operations; software applications; and mathematics, including algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

Education. For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or general educational development equivalency is mandatory. Courses in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, computer operations, and software application is mandatory. Completion of combinations of high school or general education development in mathematics course material covering algebra, geometry, and trigonometry satisfies the mandatory requirement for algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Completion of high school courses in drafting, physics, and chemistry is desirable.



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