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Plumber
Veterans Health Administration · Waco, Texas · Closes today
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited, under VA policy. Career transition applicants with priority rights may also apply.
Experience: No specific length of experience is required, but you must show training or experience that gives you the skills to do the work. Describe your plumbing work in detail on your resume, including the dates and hours per week. The job is rated under the OPM Federal Wage System standards.
Education: This job does not have an education requirement.
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 today (November 4, 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 screened with a required online questionnaire. Qualified applicants are then rated on job skills such as equipment repair, blueprint reading, measurement, troubleshooting, and tool use. The agency will not assume experience that is not clearly written in your application, and applicants without required documents are found ineligible.
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 must clearly list your plumbing tasks, dates and hours per week
- Answer the online questionnaire fully, since it screens applicants first
- Submit your complete application package, including your resume, by 11:59 PM EST on 11/04/2026
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