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Engineering Equipment Operator
Forest Service · Nogales, Arizona and 1 more · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the U.S.
Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years. Eligibility depends on how relevant, broad, and high-quality your experience is, whether paid or unpaid.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this job.
Licenses and certifications:
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL), which you must obtain or already have
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.
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: You are rated on job elements including working without more than normal supervision, operating motor vehicles, work practices, interpreting instructions, driving safely, and reliability. Your score may be lowered or you may be found ineligible if your qualifications appear inflated or your documents contain errors.
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 work schedule, hours per week, and dates of employment for each job on your resume, or that experience may not count.
- Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, since longer resumes are removed from consideration.
- Upload files under 5MB in an accepted format, and do not use Adobe Portfolio or encrypted files.
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