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Electronic Integrated Systems Mechanic (Meter & Relay) Journeyman
Western Area Power Administration · Gering, Nebraska 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.

Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Career transition candidates, including certain former federal employees with priority, and military spouses are also listed as eligible groups.

Experience: You must show you can do the work of a Meter and Relay Craftsman independently, with no more than normal supervision. The announcement does not set a fixed number of years, but it says the quality of your experience matters most, and it must be described in detail in your resume.

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 names and addresses, start and end dates, hours per week, salary, and education or training with completion dates Veterans' preference documents such as DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference Career transition documents if you apply under CTAP or ICTAP, such as a RIF notice or SF-50 and your 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 with referral rounds and cutoff dates, so applications sent by an earlier cutoff may be considered for an earlier referral list.

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 is first checked for minimum qualifications, and the screen-out factor must be met or you are rated ineligible. Qualified applicants then answer a self-assessment questionnaire and are placed in Best Qualified, Well Qualified or Qualified categories based on their resume and answers, with veterans' preference applied.

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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:

Keep your resume to two pages, because anything after page two will not be reviewed.
Describe specific relay or meter work you did on your own, with dates and hours per week, since the screen-out factor depends on it.
Answer the questionnaire honestly, because rating yourself higher than your resume supports can lower your rating or remove you from consideration.

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