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Food Service Worker (Cashier)
Air Mobility Command · Fairchild AFB, Washington · Closes in 148 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. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. You may also claim hiring preferences, such as military spouse, veteran, or transition hiring preference, if you qualify.
Experience: The announcement lists skills rather than a number of years of work. These include following oral instructions, using hand tools, knowing food sanitation rules, and handling multi-step tasks. Cash register experience is listed as desirable, and both paid and unpaid experience count.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this job. This position does not allow education substitution.
Licenses and certifications:
- Food Handlers Certificate
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 148 days (March 29, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement may close before March 29, 2027 if all vacancies are filled, and applications are pulled for review every other Wednesday after the opening date.
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 application is first checked for minimum qualifications after the closing date. If you meet them, your resume is compared with your questionnaire answers to rate your experience. If the agency finds you overstated your answers, you may lose 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Upload proof of any preference you claim by the closing date, or your application may be marked incomplete.
- Describe cash register, food sanitation, and cleaning work on your resume, since these are the listed skills.
- Submit your complete application by 11:59 PM Eastern on 03/29/2027, and re-select your resume in the application.
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