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Painting Worker (T32)
Army National Guard Units · Cullman, Alabama · Closes in 24 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: Federal employees - Excepted service, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, National Guard and reserves.

The job is open to the public, including U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. National Guard membership is required; if you are not a member, you must be eligible for immediate membership in the Alabama Army National Guard at the grade listed.

Experience: You must show experience with surface preparation and coating methods, such as sanding, wire brushing, scraping, brushing, rolling and spraying. You must also show you can read and follow technical orders, specifications and publications. The announcement does not state how many years of experience are needed or a grade level for it.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade. Wage grade positions do not accept education in place of experience.

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 work schedule, hours worked per week, dates with month and year, and duties performed Write your experience in your own words; do not copy the announcement or position description SF-50s and DD 214s are recommended but not required Complete the online application and Occupational Questionnaire

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: You are rated on how well you meet the qualifications. Your resume and documents are compared with your questionnaire answers, and if you rate yourself higher than your package supports, your answers may be adjusted or you may be excluded from 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, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Write your experience in your own words, since copying the announcement may lead to disqualification.
Make sure your resume shows hours worked per week and month-and-year dates for each job.
If you are not sure you are eligible for National Guard membership, call the Alabama Army National Guard recruiter at 800-464-8273 before applying.

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