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Range Technician
Bureau of Land Management · Miles City, Montana and 7 more · Closes in 5 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: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Open to U.S. citizens and nationals. Also open to career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), meaning current or former federal employees whose job or agency was eliminated, who get priority over other applicants.

Experience: For GS-5, you need at least 1 full year of experience comparable to GS-4 in collecting livestock records, using GIS to read maps, or inspecting fences and water developments. Higher grades require 1 year at the grade just below, such as leading crews on rangeland projects for GS-7.

Education: A 4-year bachelor's degree from an accredited school, with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a directly related field, plus at least 24 semester hours in listed natural resource courses (no more than 6 math hours count). For higher grades, graduate coursework can qualify: 9 semester hours for GS-6, 18 for GS-7, 27 for GS-8, and a master's degree or 2 years of graduate study for GS-9. Education and experience can also be combined.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license, kept throughout employment

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 of no more than 2 single-sided pages, 10-point font minimum, 0.5-inch margins Resume lists each job with month-year dates, hours per week or full-time, and grade for federal jobs Completed USA Hire assessments Undergraduate and graduate transcripts if you use education to qualify, showing school, grades, credit hours, majors, GPA or class rank, and degree date Veterans preference proof such as DD-214, if applicable CTAP/ICTAP proof such as agency notice, SF-50s, and latest performance appraisal, if applicable

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 9, 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: Applicants are rated in Best Qualified, Well Qualified, or Qualified categories based on the resume, application questionnaire, and USA Hire assessments. Competencies assessed include attention to detail, customer service, teamwork, and stress tolerance. Overstating experience or cheating on an assessment may remove you 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, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must state full-time or part-time and hours per week for each job, or that time may not count.
If you use education to qualify, attach transcripts showing credit hours, major, GPA, and degree date. Typed course lists are not accepted.
Keep your resume within 2 pages, since attachments beyond the resume are not reviewed.

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