Serves as a Traffic Management Coordinator (TMC) in a terminal facility and is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective traffic management is maintained.
Basic qualifications for Traffic Management Coordinator (TMC) positions in a terminal and en route facility: Specialized Experience Required for TMC Position: Must have been facility rated or area certified in a CPC/TMC/TMS at an ATO terminal/en route facility. Selectee must have facility certification, and maintain currency and medical clearance. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Ensures that traffic management instructions/restrictions are initiated in accordance with established procedures to maintain a safe and expeditious flow of traffic and minimize the impact of heavy flight demands. Assesses the facility's capacity and projects an acceptable level of traffic. Issues appropriate traffic flow restrictions to adjacent facilities, to space, hold, and reroute aircraft to distribute the flow of traffic and equalize workload among positions. Follows agency policy when implementing traffic management initiatives. Maintains awareness of the traffic flow, equipment status, airport/weather conditions, and traffic forecasts to ensure acceptable levels of traffic, mitigate delays, and avoid flights into undesirable atmospheric conditions. Maintains familiarization of all phases of facility operations and aeronautical/meteorological conditions. Maintains currency on required positions of operation. Works under administrative supervision of the Supervisory Traffic Management Coordinator. Performance is evaluated upon the effectiveness with which assigned program objectives are achieved.