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Engineering Technician (Aerospace)
Federal Aviation Administration · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Closes tomorrow
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Military spouses, Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, The public.
This job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. It is also open to veterans, military spouses, people with disabilities hired under Schedule A (a hiring route for people with disabilities), Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA alumni, and people who are 30 percent or more disabled.
Experience: You need 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-12 level, meaning work that gave you the skills to do this job. Examples include work with the regulatory framework, solving quality assurance and quality control problems, overseeing maintenance, and leading efforts for a certified maintenance program.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate, with a copy of the front and back uploaded
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 tomorrow (November 5, 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 will be rated on how well your experience, education, and training match the qualifications. Some, none, or all applicants may be interviewed, and you may need to complete one or more assessments. Errors, missing information, or answers your work history does not support can lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Upload your A&P certificate, front and back, by the closing date. Without it you are not considered.
- Make your resume list job titles, dates, and hours per week for each job, and keep it to two pages.
- If you claim veterans' preference, send your DD Form 214 and, for 10-point preference, the SF-15 by the closing date.
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