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Maintenance Worker
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Pomeroy, Washington · Closes in 9 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.

Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the United States. You will need to provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: No specific amount of training or experience is required. You must show in your written application that you have the knowledge and skills to 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 Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tank endorsement, required before starting employment
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat operator license, must be obtained and kept within 12 months after appointment

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, two pages or less, showing employer, job title, start and end dates (month and year), hours per week, and duties Proof of U.S. citizenship Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration, for men born after December 31, 1959 Most recent performance appraisal, if you have one Cover letter (optional) Documents proving any veterans' preference you claim, as listed in the Applicant Checklist

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, 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 how well you meet the qualifications, based on your resume, supporting documents, and online questionnaire. Failing the screen-out element, which is the ability to do the work without more than normal supervision, makes you ineligible. Inflated qualifications can cost you consideration.

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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:

Keep your resume to two pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
For each job, list the hours per week, start and end months and years, and the specific equipment and repair tasks you did.
Confirm you can get a Class A CDL with tank endorsement before starting, since it is required up front.

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