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Fire Chief – Title 5
Air National Guard Units · Camp Douglas, Wisconsin · Closes in 4 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Veterans, The public, National Guard and reserves.
This job is open to the public, but applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States. Veterans, current federal employees in the excepted service, and National Guard and reserve members may also apply.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience at least equal to GS-11 that shows you can perform the duties, such as firefighting, rescue, fire prevention, hazardous materials response, or fire training. Experience can be paid or unpaid, including volunteer work.
Education: Undergraduate and graduate education is preferred but is not stated as a substitute for experience. You must provide transcripts or other proof of any education you claim, from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body.
Licenses and certifications:
- Certification from the DOD Fire Fighter Certification system as Fire Officer IV
- Certification as Fire Instructor II
- Certification as Fire Inspector II
- Certification as HAZMAT Incident Commander
- Certification as Airport Firefighter
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 4 days (November 1, 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 resume and questionnaire show you meet the qualifications. If you rate yourself higher than your application supports, your score may be lowered or you may be removed from consideration.
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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must show hours per week and month and year dates for each job, or you may be rated ineligible
- List each required fire certification, since the announcement requires them
- Submit DD-214 and SF-15 with your application if you claim veterans' preference
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