Attachment__3_Labor_Categories_and_QualificationsFinal.pdf

RFQ-DC-15-00190 (eBuy RFQ 1063096)

ATTACHMENT 3: LABOR CATEGORIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

The Contractor shall provide Professional and Administrative staff to perform the Performance Work Statement. The Contractor shall provide instructors as needed to deliver courses identified in the Task Orders in a cost-effective manner while maintaining the highest quality of training.

1. Professionals

Program Manager/Senior Instructor (Key Personnel) Training Specialist/Senior Instructor (Key Personnel_ Instructor/Scientist/Engineer (Senior, Mid and Junior)

2. Support Professionals

Computer Programmers Computer Graphics Technicians Event & communication Specialist Technicians

3. Administrative Staff Clerical, accountant, secretarial, logistical or similar

A. STAFF DUTIES AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall provide a staff with the necessary education and experience to fulfill Performance Work Statement requirements.

1. Manager/Senior Instructor (Key Personnel)

Duties: Manages and is responsible for all phases of the Agreement/ purchase order. May supervises contract personnel. Directs, schedules, and reviews all work plans. This individual will provide technical advice to other staff as needed; review the contents of training courses; and prepares or directs the preparation of required technical and managerial reports. This individual participates as an instructor.

Education/Experience Requirements: Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in science*, engineering or management. 8 years of combined technical, training and management experience is required with at least 2 years in each category. Technical experience shall include emergency response, removal and/or remedial action at waste sites, or technical field experience related to the training course which he/she teaches. Training experience shall include class room instruction and course development. Management experience shall include direct personnel supervision and program or project management.

2. Training Specialist/Senior Instructor (Key Personnel)

Duties: Provides knowledge skills and expertise in training techniques and methodology( for classroom, online, distance learning etc.) to instructors. Reviews courses, course contents, and methods of training to determine if the most effective training techniques are being used by the instructors. Trains other instructors in teaching methods, acceptable training techniques, and effective presentation skills. Participates as an instructor.

Education/Experience: Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in science, engineering or education**; plus 4 years of experience in the area of education or as a training specialist.

3. Instructor (Senior)

Duties: Prepares work plans, performs major work plan activities or other related activities required by the Agreement/ purchase order under the general supervision of the

Manager/Instructor. May supervise other employees. Evaluates the quality and progress of Task Orders, training, exercises, and course curriculum. Provides technical and other assistance to subordinates. Acts as resource person in his/her technical field or area of specialized interest.

Participates as an instructor.

Education/Experience: Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in science or engineering, plus 6 years of combined experience in training, emergency response, incident command system, remedial action at waste site, or experience related to the training course which he/she teaches. At least 2 years of this experience shall be technical field experience related to the training course which he/she instructs.

4. Instructor (Mid)

Duties: Prepares training curriculum, agendas, and technical material used in courses. Acts as a resource person in his/her technical field or area of specialized interest. Participates as an instructor.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in industrial hygiene, engineering, environmental science, chemistry, or the biological sciences plus 5 years of combined experience in training, emergency response, incident command system, remedial action at waste sites, or field experience related to the training course which he/she teaches.

5. Instructor (Junior)

Duties: Performs a variety of assignments under the direction of the Manager/Instructor or other supervisors. Prepares training course material. Evaluates and revises training course material.

Participates as an instructor.

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in engineering or science, plus 3 years of combined experience in training, emergency response, incident command system, remedial action at waste sites, or field experience related to the training course which he/she teaches.

6. Support Professionals; to include but not be limited to Computer Programmers, Computer Graphics Technicians, Event and Communication Specialist, Technicians, and Subject Matter experts.

Duties: Support ERTPVU; provide instructional design of classroom and non-classroom courses, production of on-line and other non traditional courses; preparation and planning for workshops, meetings and conferences; conduct Quality Assurance/Quality Control audits as needed; conduct technical reviews of training material, and maintains training equipment.

Experience: Relevant education and two years of experience relevant to the described duties.

7. Support Staff: To include but not be limited to Clerks, Technicians, Accountants, or similar

Duties: Support staff should provide word processing, typing, purchasing, computing, bookkeeping, accounting, filing, and record keeping. Also provides other support and logistical activities such as assembling and preparing material used in courses, and setting up exercises and classrooms for courses.

Experience: Two years of experience relevant to the assigned duties.

B. EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION SUBSTITUTIONS

The following substitutions are acceptable for the education and experience requirements cited in above:

1. Any combination of additional years of experience in the proposed field of expertise plus full-time college level study in the particular field totaling 4 years will be an acceptable substitute for a Bachelor's degree.

2. An applicable Bachelor's degree plus any combination of additional years of experience and graduate level study in the proposed field of expertise totaling 2 years will be an acceptable substitute for a Master's degree.

4. Additional years of graduate level study in an appropriate field of expertise will be considered equal to years of experience on a one-to-one basis.

*Science degrees include but are not exclusive to:

Chemistry Biology Geology Toxicology Environmental Science Industrial Hygiene

**May also include communications or training specialty degrees.