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Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairer
U.S. Army Reserve Command · Des Moines, Iowa · Closes in 14 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States may apply. You must be an active member as a Soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Experience: There is no set number of years required. You must show, through experience in your application, that you can do the work without more than normal supervision. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Licenses and certifications:
- Class A CDL within 180 days of employment
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 14 days (November 18, 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 are rated on your resume, your answers to the online questionnaire, and your supporting documents. You must meet the screen-out element, which means showing you can do preventive maintenance, basic inspections, and operating equipment to check work; otherwise you receive an ineligible rating. If the agency finds you have inflated your qualifications, 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:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less and list hours per week for each job, or your application may be marked incomplete.
- Use plain language and avoid acronyms on your resume, since the agency will not assume what you mean.
- Re-select your supporting documents in USAJOBS when applying, because only your resume is included automatically.
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