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Tools and Parts Attendant
Naval Air Systems Command · Cherry Point, North Carolina · Closes in 81 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.

The job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. You must also be determined suitable for federal employment.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the WG-04 grade level, in federal or private or public sector work. Specialized experience includes tool and parts accountability, inventory records, customer support, and hazardous-material handling.

Education: No 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Complete resume, no more than 2 pages and readable, showing job titles, duties, employer names, dates (month/year), and hours per week Pay plan, series, and grade for any federal jobs listed Copies of any licenses, certificates, or professional memberships you claim Official or unofficial transcripts if you use education to qualify DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference, although the flyer says it does not apply under this hiring authority Statement of service on command letterhead if you are on active duty

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 81 days (January 19, 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 supporting documents are rated against the listed qualifications, and qualified applicants are referred to the hiring manager, who may interview them. Inflated qualifications can make you ineligible, and incomplete or unreadable packages are not considered.

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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, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Email your resume to Ushima Turner at ushima.t.turner.civ@us.navy.mil with 'Tools & Parts Attendant, WG-6904-05, (RPA# 516392) Cherry Point' in the subject line.
Faxed applications are not accepted, and everything must arrive by the close date.
Show at least 1 year of tools, parts, inventory, or hazardous-material work, with dates and hours per week for each job.

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