The following is off the FAA Employee Web Site from back in March:
March 14 — Word is spreading about FAA's speedier efforts to get new controllers on board.The Federal Times highlighted the one-stop shopping controller pre-employment processing initiative, as the program itself expands to include prospective Technical Operations hires.
The March 13 article touted the Pre-Employment Processing Centers' (they are using the acronym PEPC) benefit of dramatically shortening the time between the interview and beginning academy training, and cutting a process that used to take six to nine months, to two or three months.
In the past, new hires would have to make separate appointments for the interview, medical and security screenings. With a PEPC, the whole process from interview to completing most of these screenings takes place in a centralized location, on the same day as the interview.
More than 300 applicants have been invited to attend a PEPC since January, when the first processing center event was held in New York.
The PEPC is FAA's answer to managing the increased number of controller applications, and meets requirements established in the FAA Controller Workforce Plan to continually review the hiring process and ensure the best people are hired in locations where they are most needed. An updated Workforce Plan will be released shortly.
The next PEPC is scheduled for March 17-21 at Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center and, for the first time, will include airway transportation system specialist applicants (check back with ATO News later this month for more on the Miami-area PEPC).
Processing centers are also planned for Atlanta, Fort Worth and Chicago this spring.
Has anyone attended one? If so, how did it go? How fast was the process. I know we had one in ATL about 2 weeks ago, but haven't heard any feedback.
March 14 — Word is spreading about FAA's speedier efforts to get new controllers on board.The Federal Times highlighted the one-stop shopping controller pre-employment processing initiative, as the program itself expands to include prospective Technical Operations hires.
The March 13 article touted the Pre-Employment Processing Centers' (they are using the acronym PEPC) benefit of dramatically shortening the time between the interview and beginning academy training, and cutting a process that used to take six to nine months, to two or three months.
In the past, new hires would have to make separate appointments for the interview, medical and security screenings. With a PEPC, the whole process from interview to completing most of these screenings takes place in a centralized location, on the same day as the interview.
More than 300 applicants have been invited to attend a PEPC since January, when the first processing center event was held in New York.
The PEPC is FAA's answer to managing the increased number of controller applications, and meets requirements established in the FAA Controller Workforce Plan to continually review the hiring process and ensure the best people are hired in locations where they are most needed. An updated Workforce Plan will be released shortly.
The next PEPC is scheduled for March 17-21 at Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center and, for the first time, will include airway transportation system specialist applicants (check back with ATO News later this month for more on the Miami-area PEPC).
Processing centers are also planned for Atlanta, Fort Worth and Chicago this spring.
Has anyone attended one? If so, how did it go? How fast was the process. I know we had one in ATL about 2 weeks ago, but haven't heard any feedback.
