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Fire Protection Inspector
U.S. Marine Corps · Twentynine Palms, California · Closes in 86 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or person who owes allegiance to the U.S. The agency clarifies that only U.S. citizens may apply. Veterans' preference does not apply under this hiring authority.
Experience: For GS-08, you need at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-07 in federal service, or equivalent private or public sector experience. For GS-07, you need one year at or equivalent to GS-06. Specialized experience includes inspecting, testing, and maintaining fire protection equipment, detecting hazards, handling hazardous materials, and investigating fire causes; GS-08 also requires training fire department personnel.
Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Licenses and certifications:
- GS-08: current Fire Inspector I and II certification
- GS-08: current HAZMAT Awareness certification
- GS-08: current NREMT/CA EMT certification
- GS-08: current Public Fire and Life Safety Educator certification
- GS-07: current Fire Inspector I certification
- GS-07: current NREMT/CA EMT certification
- Current valid U.S. driver's license
- Government Emergency Vehicle Operators License, obtained within 90 days of employment and maintained
- Meet Department of Defense certification requirements (DoD Manual 6055.06)
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 86 days (January 28, 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: Human Resources reviews your resume and supporting documents against the listed requirements, and qualified applicants are referred to the hiring manager, who may hold interviews. Incomplete or unreadable applications receive an ineligible rating, and you may be found not qualified if your experience appears inflated.
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:
- Email your resume to smb-plms-ccfd-jobs@usmc.mil with DE-13105509-27-ARB and FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTOR in the subject line. Faxed applications are not considered.
- Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, and include month and year dates, plus hours per week for part-time jobs.
- Attach copies of every license or certificate you list, and transcripts if you use education to meet requirements.
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