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Mobile Equipment Metal Worker (T32)
Army National Guard Units · Cullman, Alabama · Closes in 24 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, National Guard and reserves, Federal employees - Competitive service.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S., including National Guard members, people who want to join, and transitioning military members. You must be a National Guard member or eligible for immediate membership in the Alabama Army National Guard, at a rank from SPC to SFC.
Experience: You need experience or training in mobile body construction and repair, such as removing and replacing body damage, welding and cutting, applying body filler, and painting. The announcement does not name a specific grade level for this experience.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this wage grade position.
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 24 days (November 28, 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 documents are first checked against the minimum qualifications. Minimally qualified applicants are then compared with their questionnaire answers. If you rate yourself higher than your application supports, your rating can be adjusted or you can be excluded.
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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Describe your body repair, welding, and painting experience in your own words. Do not copy the announcement.
- Put the month and year and hours per week on each job on your resume.
- Before applying, confirm you can join the Alabama Army National Guard by calling a recruiter at 800-464-8273.
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