Your steps to apply

Materials Handler
Forest Service · Draper, Utah and 1 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.

The job is open to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. The Forest Service has hiring authority under which any U.S. citizen may apply.

Education: Education cannot replace experience for this position.

Licenses and certifications:

A valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) may be required for some government vehicles

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 showing dates, job titles, and hours per week for each job, no more than 2 pages College transcripts if you use education to qualify Proof of eligibility and SF-50 if you are a surplus or displaced employee applying for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP 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 job elements such as working without more than normal supervision, work practices, dexterity and safety, and knowledge of materials. Inflated qualifications may lower your score or make you ineligible, and errors or omissions may affect your rating.

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

Tips for this job:

Your resume must show dates and hours per week for each job, and it cannot exceed 2 pages.
If you use education to qualify, upload transcripts that show your name and course information.
Submit everything electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date, with each file under 5MB in an accepted format such as PDF or Word.

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