Your steps to apply

Engineering Equipment Operator
Forest Service · Butte, Montana and 2 more · Closes in 9 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: The public.

The announcement is open to the public. It says you must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, and men born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.

Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years or a grade level. Your experience is judged on how relevant it is to the duties, including paid and unpaid work.

Education: There is no substitution of education for this position.

Licenses and certifications:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL), required to obtain or possess

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 2 pages or less with name, address, and contact information Resume showing work dates, hours worked per week, job titles, and duties College transcripts if you use education to qualify (unofficial copy is acceptable at first) Proof of CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL priority eligibility, if you claim it (separation notice, SF-50, recent performance rating)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, 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: Applicants are rated on job elements such as working without more than normal supervision, operating motor vehicles, work practices, interpreting specifications, driving safely, and reliability. Inflated or inaccurate information may lower your score, make you ineligible, or lead to disciplinary action.

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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:

Show hours worked per week and exact dates for each job on your resume, or you may lose points.
Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Submit transcripts if you use education, and send all documents as PDF, Word, or another accepted format under 5MB.

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