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Training Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Emmitsburg, Maryland · Closes in 6 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: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Eligible career transition (CTAP/ICTAP) candidates may also apply under announcement FEMA-SF-13091420R-MP.

Experience: You need one full year of specialized experience at least equal to GS-12 in the federal government, state or local government, or private sector. The experience must involve fire or investigation training programs, managing an incident management systems education program, or developing adult education programs for emergency management, fire services, or wildfires.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

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 two pages showing job title, employer, MM/DD/YY dates, duties, and hours per week Online job questionnaire completed during the application DD-214 or other acceptable proof if claiming veterans' preference CTAP/ICTAP agency notice, most recent performance rating, and most recent SF-50 if claiming priority Most recent SF-50 showing eligibility if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 3, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This job will close when 100 applications are received, which may be sooner than the closing date.

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 is first checked for basic qualifications, then your experience and training are rated with the USA Hire Assessment on competencies such as communication, teamwork, and problem solving. Top-rated applicants may be referred to the hiring manager and called for an interview, and skipping an interview 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:

Describe your experience in your own words and do not copy the duties from the announcement.
Keep your resume to two pages or less, because longer resumes are removed from consideration.
Include dates and hours per week for each job, or your application may be rated not qualified.

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