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Engineering Equipment Operator Helper
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 can apply, and the announcement also accepts U.S. nationals and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this position.

Licenses and certifications:

Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License may be required, depending on the equipment operated

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 with personal information, education, and work experience with dates and hours per week (2 pages maximum) College transcripts if you use education to qualify (unofficial copy is acceptable at application) 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 checked against the minimum requirements, and those who qualify are sent to the selecting official without a numeric rating, although the text also mentions ranking on job skills. Inaccurate or inflated information can make you ineligible or lead to removal from federal service.

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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 2 pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Show dates, job titles, and hours per week for each work experience entry.
Start training for the arduous Work Capacity Test now, since passing it is a condition of employment.

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