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Electronic Integrated Systems Mechanic (Meter & Relay) Craftsman in Training
Western Area Power Administration · Boulder City, Nevada and 12 more · Closes in 126 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), Military spouses, The public.

This job is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. It is also open to career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) and military spouses of active duty service members, or of spouses who are 100 percent disabled or died on active duty.

Experience: You must show that you can do the work of a Meter and Relay Craftsman on your own, with no more than normal supervision. No fixed number of years is required; the agency looks at the quality of your paid or unpaid experience and training, using OPM's trades and labor qualification standard.

Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position.

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 of no more than two pages showing duties, employer full names and addresses, start and end dates, hours per week, and salary Any completed education or training, with program title, hours, and completion date Answers to the four short essay questions in the questionnaire (not scored) DD-214 or other proof if you claim veterans' preference CTAP or ICTAP papers if you apply under those programs, such as a separation notice, SF-50, and most recent performance appraisal

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 126 days (March 10, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This is an open continuous announcement, so applications are grouped by cut-off dates into referral rounds, and applications received by each date are considered for that round's referral.

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: First, your resume must show you meet the minimum qualifications, including a screen-out factor on doing the work independently without more than normal supervision; failing it makes you ineligible. Qualified applicants then answer self-assessment questions and are placed in Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified categories, and your score can be lowered or you can be removed if your answers are not supported by your resume.

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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 clearly show hands-on work maintaining, programming, or testing protective relays or revenue metering equipment.
Only the first two pages of your resume are reviewed, so put your most relevant experience first.
For each job, list the employer's full name and address, start and end dates by month, day and year, and hours per week.

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