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Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Supervisor (Utility Systems Repairer-Operator Foreman)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Milan, Michigan · Closes tomorrow

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.

This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees in career transition programs (CTAP or ICTAP) who meet the criteria get selection priority.

Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years or a grade level. You must show training and experience that proves you can do the duties, including supervising workers and working with prisoners.

Education: Education from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education can be counted. The announcement does not say education can replace experience.

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, limited to 2 pages, with name, contact information, and relevant experience Start and end dates in MM/YYYY format and hours worked per week for each job on your resume Memorandum or other proof if claiming experience outside a normal federal job, citing the duties performed DD-214 if claiming veterans' preference, showing an honorable or general discharge SF-15 and supporting documents (such as a VA letter with name and combined service-connected rating) if claiming 10-point disabled veteran preference Unredacted latest SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee, or if you are over the maximum entry age with prior federal law enforcement coverage CTAP or ICTAP proof if applicable: agency separation notice, most recent performance appraisal, and most recent SF-50 School transcripts or degree information from accredited schools if relying on education

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes tomorrow (November 5, 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 Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified based on online assessment questions and must reach Barely Acceptable on both Ability to supervise and Aptitude for work with prisoners. Your resume must support your answers, because vague or missing skills may lower your score or make you ineligible.

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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 (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Give each job on your resume a start and end date in MM/YYYY format and hours per week, or the experience may not count.
Name your files without special characters such as %, #, or @, and send all required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on 11/05/2026.
Claiming veterans' preference without the required DD-214 or SF-15 documents at application time will cause you to lose that preference.

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