PA-16 Civilian Personnel Flashcards
Identify reasons why the Department of Defense employs civilians.
To acquire abilities not otherwise available. (More efficient and economical to hire already qualified civilians than to give years of non-military training to military personnel.)
To assure continuity of administration and operation. (can stay longer in a single assignment and location than military personnel)
To obtain a nucleus of trained workers that can be expanded in an emergency. (Civilians familiar with support activity are invaluable in breaking in newcomers during periods of rapid expansion; make it easier for defense establishment to go on an emergency footing quickly.)
To free military personnel for military duties.
Describe the differences between the General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage System.
GS – “white collar”; professional, technical managerial, clerical, administrative, and fiscal services; GS-1 through GS-15; minimum and maximum salary of each grade established by executive order
FWS – “blue collar”; skilled or unskilled trades or crafts such as sheet metal workers, mechanics, and facility maintenance personnel; paid on hourly basis, according to rate of pay for particular trade or craft in the geographic area in which they work; work under supervision of Wage Group Leaders (WL) and Wage Group Supervisors (WS); grades stated as numbers (1 = lowest level) following the category abbreviation:
(GS-5, GS-14, WG-8, SES-1, etc.)
State sources of supervisory guidance for people who supervise civilians.
“36” series of Air Force publications (instructions, manuals, pamphlets, etc.) - civilian personnel matters (hiring, firing, promotions, demotions, awards, disciplinary actions)
Civilian Personnel Flight - qualified civilian personnel specialists in such areas as employee utilization, position classification, equal opportunity, administration
