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Maintenance Worker Supervisor (Maintenance Worker Foreman)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Victorville, California · Closes in 2 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).

This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. You must also meet the Selective Service requirement.

Experience: The announcement does not list a specific work experience requirement or grade level for qualifying experience. Qualification is based on your answers to the online assessment questions and your resume.

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 (limited to 2 pages) with your name, contact information and relevant experience Start and end dates for each job in MM/YYYY format and hours worked per week DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee Proof of CTAP or ICTAP eligibility if applicable Transcripts if you qualify through education Unredacted SF-50 showing prior federal law enforcement coverage if above the maximum entry age

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 2 days (November 6, 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 application is rated under DOJ's category rating system into Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified, based on your online assessment answers. Your resume is then checked against those answers; failing to clearly show skills on your resume 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:

Your resume must show start and end dates in MM/YYYY format and hours per week for each job, or the experience may not count.
Describe your supervision and inmate or trade work clearly, including tools, blueprint reading and materials knowledge.
Submit all required documents with your application, since missing documents can lead to loss of veterans' preference or removal from consideration.

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