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Physical Security Specialist
Air National Guard Units · Camp Murray, Washington · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, National Guard and reserves, The public.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S., including current federal employees in the excepted service, National Guard and reserve members, and transitioning military members. You must be a member of the Washington Air National Guard, or be eligible to join at the required military grade, and veterans' preference does not apply.
Experience: You need 24 months of specialized experience that is in or related to this work and equal to at least the next lower grade (GS-8 for this GS-9 job). Or you may use 1 year of experience at that next lower grade level.
Education: A high school diploma or GED is the basic education requirement. You can qualify with education only by having a master's degree or equivalent, 2 full years of graduate study toward one, or an LL.B. or J.D. if related. Education can be combined with experience, and you must provide transcripts or other proof.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid state driver's license, for positions that require operating motor 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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 6 days (November 11, 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 checked against the minimum qualifications, then compared with your questionnaire answers to set your experience level. If you rate yourself higher than your application supports, your rating can be lowered or you can be removed from consideration.
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:
- Military Form 174 is required; applications without it will not be considered.
- List each job's dates by month and year, with hours per week and duties, to show specialized experience.
- Upload documents early, because virus scanning can take several hours.
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