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Historic Ship Rigger (Seasonal)
National Park Service · San Francisco, California · Closes in 5 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Open to U.S. citizens and nationals. The announcement is also open to career transition eligibles, including displaced federal employees (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), who get selection priority if they are well qualified.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this Federal Wage System job.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, kept valid throughout 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of no more than two single-sided pages, 10-point font minimum, 0.5-inch margins Resume listing significant jobs, duties, and rank or grade Completed assessment questionnaire DD-214 or other discharge proof if claiming veterans' preference For CTAP/ICTAP: agency notice, SF-50s, and most recent performance appraisal

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 9, 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: Your resume and questionnaire answers are reviewed, then you are rated Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified. You must score at least 2 on the screen-out factor (working without more than normal supervision) and average at least 2 across all job elements. Resumes that do not support your answers, or that overstate experience, can lead to a rating of ineligible.

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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:

Your resume is the only document reviewed for qualifications, so show specific rigging, splicing, or sail work you have done, not just job titles.
Keep your resume to two single-sided pages with 10-point font and 0.5-inch margins; extra attachments are not reviewed.
If you are a veteran or a displaced federal employee, upload your DD-214 or the CTAP/ICTAP proof documents with your application.

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