Education Technician (PMDB Trainer)
What you'd do
The Primary Purpose of this Position is: To teach Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB) classes to VA employees across several VA North Texas Health Care System facilities and perform a variety of educational, administrative, and technical duties in support of the Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP) The Organizational Location of the Position is: Workplace Violence Prevention Program, Mental Health Service, VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), Dallas, TX.
Major duties
Duties include but are not limited to: The incumbent of this position serves as a fulltime Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB) trainer and as an educational and administrative support for the Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP). To teach PMDB training curriculum on a daily basis to the broad range of facility employees in both in-person and in virtual classroom settings. To teach PMDB containment techniques to clinical staff working on inpatient units. To maintain PMDB trainer certification annually and meet the minimum requirements to maintain the certification. To assist in the coordination of the TMS process for setting up PMDB trainings, including but not limited to scheduling classes, sending training class reminders, downloading class rosters, assigning TMS credit, and tracking class attendance. To help manage administrative aspects for the WVPP and all associated activities, programs, and related committees including the Disruptive Behavior Committee (DBC), and Employee Threat Assessment Team (ETAT). Assist in training and management of the facility's Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) for inpatient units. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Education Technician (PMDB Trainer)/PD00161A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/16/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: CUSTOMER SERVICE: Serves as liaison by providing educational and administrative support; ORAL COMMUNICATION: Performs Training Management System (TMS) management for the Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB) program.; and MANAGES AND ORGANIZES INFORMATION: Participates in the analysis and management of PMDB compliance by validating and tracking required training. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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