11

Presented to: FAA Managers

Prepared by: ACR-3B

Date: October 2014

Hiring People with Disabilities (PWD) Including Targeted Disabilities (PWTD)

22

Training Objectives

Following this training, participants will be able to correctly identify the process for hiring people with disabilities including targeted disabilities, in accordance with all FAA policies.

33

Video: Most Qualified

44

PWD vs. PWTD• What is the difference between PWD and PWTD?

– Hearing – Total Deafness in ears– Vision – Inability to read ordinary sized print, not

corrected by glasses/contact lenses– Missing Extremities– Partial Paralysis– Epilepsy– Severe Intellectual Disability– Psychiatric Disability– Dwarfism

• Why the emphasis on PWTD?

55

PWD vs. PWTD• DOT 3% hiring goal and Onboard Goal• Executive Order 13548• What positions can we hire for?• Current hiring rate of PWD/PWTD

– FAA– Entire Labor Force

66

The Challenge in the FAAFY 2010 FAA Hiring StatisticsTotal Permanent Hires: 1,529Total Hires with Targeted Disabilities: 19 (1.24%)

FY 2011 FAA Hiring Statistics Total Permanent Hires: 1,144Total Hires with Targeted Disabilities: 11 (.96%)

FY 2012 FAA Hiring Statistics Total Permanent Hires: 950Total Hires with Targeted Disabilities: 6 (.63%)

FY 2012 FAA Onboard StatisticsTotal FAA Employees: 47,785Total FAA Employees with Targeted Disabilities: 276 (.58%)

77

The Challenge in Federal Service

88

On The Spot Hiring Authority

• What is it?• How does it work?

– Competitive Announcements– Non-Competitive Announcements

• Who is eligible?– Required Documents

• What you need to do as a manager.– Work with HR/ACR– Consider using during competitive process

• SF 256 Form

99

Check Your Disability Awareness…

• This directive calls for federal departments and agencies to increase recruitment, hiring and retention of people with disabilities. A. EO 13548, Increasing Federal Employment of

Individuals with Disabilities

B. EO 11382, Functions of the Department of Transportation

C. EO 13526, Classified National Security Information

D. EO 13078, Increasing Employment of Adults with Disabilities

1010

Check Your Disability Awareness…

• This directive calls for federal departments and agencies to increase recruitment, hiring and retention of people with disabilities. A. EO 13548, Increasing Federal Employment of

Individuals with Disabilities

• Yes, in July 2010, President Obama, signed Executive Order 13548, which aims to transform the disability employment landscape within the federal government..

1111

PWD/PWTD Resources

• Vocational Rehabilitations Offices• Workforce Recruitment Program• OPM/Bender Shared Registry• Colleges and Universities• Veteran Recruitment

Refer to handout for more information.

1212

Things to Consider During the Application Process

• Reasonable Accommodations• Interview Process

– What questions can/cannot be asked.

1313

Video: Essential Job Functions

1414

ACR Contact Information

Michael Looney

National People with Disabilities Program Manager

Phone: (202) 385-8127

E-mail: michael.looney@faa.gov

1515

ACR Director Contact Information

• Millie Strickland, ASO-9 (404) 305-5251– Director, Civil Rights Southern Region, including the ATO Eastern

Service Center for Boston, New York & Southern

• Joyce Davis, ASW-9, AMC-9, AGL-9 (817) 222-5009– Director, Civil Rights Southwest Region & the Aeronautical Center,

including the ATO Central Service Center

• Kelly Boodell, ANM-9 (425) 227-2805– Director, Civil Rights Northwest Mountain & Alaska Regions, including

the ATO Western Service Center

• Cheryl Wilkes, ACT-9 (609) 485-6676– Director, Civil Rights Technical Center & Washington Headquarters &

EEO Complaint Services