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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.

Any U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or person who owes allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Veterans' preference does not apply to this job.

Experience: The announcement does not give a set number of years. Experience is judged on how relevant, broad, and good it is, whether paid or unpaid. Your resume must show work related to the duties.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this position.

Licenses and certifications:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class A or Class B, depending on the equipment
DOT Clearinghouse driver registration, if selected

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 two pages or less with personal information, education, and work experience Work experience details: hours per week, work schedule, dates of employment, title, series, and grade College transcripts only if you use education to qualify (unofficial copy is acceptable at first) Proof of eligibility and SF-50 forms if you claim CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority

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: Your resume is first checked against the minimum qualifications and selective factors, then sent to the selecting official. Under direct-hire authority, no numerical rating is used, and inflated qualifications may lower your score or make you ineligible.

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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 or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
List hours per week and exact dates of employment for each job, since the resume must show them.
Start preparing for the Work Capacity Test at the moderate level, since passing it is a condition of employment.

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