Your steps to apply

Maintenance Worker
Forest Service · Riggins, Idaho and 4 more · 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.

This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Men born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service or exempt.

Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years or a grade-level match. Paid or unpaid experience counts if it shows you can do the duties listed.

Education: There is no substitution of education for this position.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid state driver's license

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 up to 2 pages with personal information, education, and work experience Work experience dates, title, grade, hours worked per week, and work schedule on resume Proof of CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL eligibility if you claim surplus or displaced employee priority SF-50 and recent performance appraisal if you claim CTAP, ICTAP, or RPL priority

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 will be ranked and rated on seven job elements, including your ability to work without more than normal supervision, equipment knowledge, use of measuring tools, and knowledge of materials. Inflated or inaccurate information can lower your score or make you ineligible.

Apply on USAJOBS ↗

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 (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Show dates, title, grade, and hours per week for each job on your resume, since the announcement asks for them
Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration
Complete the Assessment Questionnaire and upload all required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date

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