What do we have to do to be upgraded to a GS-12?

Follow my lead.

First thing you need to do is when your Supervisor sits down with you to review your PARS, your personal appraisal every six months, "Mark" the box that says: "Are you working to the correct Position Description?" Mark it NO!

Second thing you do, after you have attended the command's training, is ask for a "Desk audit". Third thing you can do is see me to sign my petition, that is going to Code 300!

Call this the beginning!

I was recently assigned to participate in the Integrated Test and Certification working group during this summit meeting in Norfolk, VA..
Some of the proposed changes are more accountability from all of the RMC's, SRA's and SY's. They want changes in the way we do business, now and in the future.
They want Uniform Certification of Ship's System's prior to fast cruise and sea trails, to reduce the high amount of failures coming out of the current CNO Avails and CMAV's. They proposed changes to the S.I. 009-04, 009-60 and 009-67, per the SSRAC committee. They want changes to the JFMM Vol. 7 Chapters 4, 7 , 8 and 11 And they want to create, under Code 200, a Test Coordinator.
They want more supervisorary control by the Maintenance Teams over the contractors by the PENG, PM, SBS, QA, ACO and Logistics team members.
They want more neutral QAS oversight of the PMs and SBSs by performing more onsite audits and review of QA documents and PVI's independent of the Project Team.
They are calling for more than 250 manning increases at the RMC's, SRA's and SY's. And they are going to be asking for Uniform PD's for the PM, SBS, and QAS, personnel.