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Air Conditioning Mechanic Equipment
Office of the Secretary · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. The job is open to the public and to career transition candidates, such as federal employees whose job, agency or department was eliminated, who get priority.
Experience: No specific length of training or experience is required, but you must show training or experience of enough scope and quality to do the work. You must also show you can do the work without more than normal supervision, including operating, maintaining and repairing advanced HVAC systems in large commercial buildings.
Education: There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Licenses and certifications:
- CFC Refrigerant Certification (Type I, II, III or Universal), required upon hire or within one year of employment
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 6 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: Your resume and questionnaire are first checked for minimum qualifications, then you are placed in one of three categories: gold, silver or bronze. Your resume must support your questionnaire answers or your score may be lowered; the questions cover supervision, equipment installation and repair, reading blueprints, and troubleshooting.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Show the dates (mm/dd/yy) and hours per week for each job on your resume.
- Be ready to show your CFC Refrigerant Certification, which is required at hire or within one year.
- Do not include your Social Security number, photos, age, gender or religion, or you may be found ineligible.
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