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Physical Science Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Bethesda, Maryland · Closes in 8 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Only U.S. citizens may apply, and you must provide proof of citizenship. The job is open to the public, with U.S. citizens, nationals, and those who owe allegiance to the U.S. eligible.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience (work closely matching the job's tasks) at the GS-10 level, such as conducting radiation surveys, sampling, and lab analysis using multi-channel analyzers, liquid scintillation counters, and Geiger-Mueller detectors. For GS-11, you need one year of specialized experience such as assisting with radioactive equipment surveillance, radioactive waste disposal, and operating advanced radiation detection equipment.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this job.
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 8 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: Your application is first checked to see if you meet the qualification requirements, then ranked for quality based on your resume and questionnaire answers. If you inflate your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration, and missing information or errors can make your application incomplete.
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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must be two pages or less and show hours worked per week for each job, or it may be marked incomplete.
- Describe your hands-on radiation survey and lab work in plain language, since education cannot count toward qualifying.
- Upload documents early, because virus scans can take up to an hour or more, and re-select any extra documents in the online application.
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