Test Administrator

Test Administrator

The candidate must meet the following requirements:

• A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited American college/university
• A minimum of one-year experience in related professional work.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software desirable.

Specific tasks include:

• Administering enlisted PME; Airman Leadership School, NCO Academy; Senior NCO Academy.
• Administering all Air University Distributed Learning (AFIADL) end-of-course (EOC) examinations including Career Development Courses (CDC) and non-resident professional military education, using e-testing.
• Administering any test required by the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corp, or Coast Guard that is not normally administered through the local military test control officer.
• Providing quality educational testing support to testers.
• Preparing relevant forms required to ensure sessions begin promptly.
• Remaining physically present during the entire test session unless relieved by an appropriate authority (TCO/ATCO).
• Administering test in accordance with instructions provided in testing handbooks, test examiner guides, and TCO/ATCO instructions to ensure no possibility of test compromise.
• Submitting monthly with the invoice for payment. Invoice shall be received within two business days after last testing unit of the month.
• Using the Air Force Automated Education Management System (AFAEMS) to access the list of people scheduled to test and update test roster indicating start, stop, and/or no show.
• Performing administrative requirements prior to testing to include proper spacing between seats, adequate lighting, heat/air, computer equipment is operational. Ensuring testing office and testing room is kept in a condition conducive to good test performance. Reporting heating/cooling problems in the testing room to the facility manager or alternate.
• Preparing student computers prior to testing session for computer-based tests.
• Requiring all examinees to present official DoD picture identification before allowing them to test.
• Checking test materials for marks/missing pages before issuing them to students, if paper based.
• Maintaining an official log for all tests, showing the name, test title, start and stop times for all test intervals and ensuring each examinee signs this log prior to departure.
• Ensuring all timing limits are adhered to and the examinee is aware of the time requirements for each test.
• Reviewing each answer sheet as it is submitted by the examinee to ensure proper completion, if paper based.
• Checking each reusable answer booklet as it is returned for marks and erase them completely. Checking all booklets for missing pages and entering the time they are returned in the test log.
• Locking the testing office doors when leaving the testing office.
• Informing TCO/ATCO immediately of any irregularities, which may represent the potential for a test compromise or complaint from a testing candidate.
• Maintaining a file of special-order tests and handling all follow-up associated with these tests.
• Maintaining statistical data related to test administration as required by TCO/ATCO and assisting with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports by established deadlines.
• Maintaining all documents and correspondence files in a neat and orderly manner. Separating files by calendar year. Contractor will be responsible to notify the file records custodian of files needed.
• Processing all necessary paperwork required for optimum operation of testing program.
• Referring all questions on schedule changes or testing policy to the TCO/ATCO and all questions on interpretation or application of test results to the counselors.
• Maintaining currency of all testing in AFAEMS and e-test; updating electronic inventories in AFAEMS when administered. Setting up the computer lab daily and verifying correct examinations to be administered. AU course exams will be checked in the testers CDSAR account to verify exam number.
• Meeting all necessary requirements for base Local Area Network (LAN) computer access, and base access security background check. All credentials must be returned prior to departure for any reason before the contract expires; e.g. terminated for cause, retirement.

Estimated workload data:

• Candidate will work approximately 147 units per fiscal year (One unit is equal to six hours). Each unit will include test and administrative time.
• Units will be scheduled Monday-Friday.
• It is estimated 3 units will normally be required per week, and each unit will require approximately 6 hours not including a lunch break.
• Candidate will administer approximately 3,600 tests annually to members of all services and eligible civilians.