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Small Craft Operator
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Fountain City, Wisconsin · Closes in 8 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship if required.
Experience: No set number of years is required, but your resume must show you can do the work without more than normal supervision. It should show experience operating a motorboat for river surveys or dredging soundings, running a vessel in eddies and fast water, making minor engine repairs, and fueling a boat; paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts. No grade level is stated.
Education: This job has no education requirement.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid USCG Apprentice Mate/Steersman upon Western Rivers license
- Basic First Aid and CPR certification
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: Human Resources reviews your resume and supporting documents against the listed qualifications, and eligible applicants go to the hiring manager, who may interview. Inflating your qualifications, or errors and omissions, may cost you consideration, and incomplete packages are not considered further.
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 show, for each job, the employer, job title, start and end month and year, and hours per week, and it must be two pages or less.
- Attach a copy of your USCG Apprentice Mate/Steersman license and First Aid/CPR certificate, or you will be rated ineligible.
- Email everything to Brian.M.Krause@usace.army.mil by 11:59 PM EST on 11/12/2026; faxed or alternate applications are not accepted.
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