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Electrical Worker Supervisor (Electrical Worker Foreman)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Mendota, California · Closes in 2 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the United States. Career transition program (CTAP or ICTAP) eligible applicants get selection priority if they meet the program criteria.

Experience: You must show you have enough training and experience to do the duties of the job. The announcement does not give a specific number of years or a grade level for experience.

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume, up to 2 pages, with your name, contact information and relevant experience Start and end dates (MM/YYYY) and hours per week for each job on your resume DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference (honorable or general discharge) SF-15 and VA letter if you claim 10-point preference as a disabled veteran or eligible family member Unredacted latest SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee SF-50 showing prior federal law enforcement coverage if you are above age 36 Proof of CTAP or ICTAP eligibility, if applicable Professional certification or license, if you have one

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 5, 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 answers to the online assessment questions are rated, and you are placed in Best Qualified, Highly Qualified or Qualified. Your resume and documents are then checked against your answers, and you must reach Barely Acceptable on ability to supervise and aptitude for work with prisoners and earn at least half of the total points.

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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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show start and end dates in MM/YYYY format and hours per week for each job, or the experience may not count.
Describe your supervision of workers and your electrical skills in detail, because both are screened closely.
All required documents must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on 11/05/2026, and missing documents can cause you to lose veterans' preference.

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