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VCS Health Tech (Lead Optician)- San Antonio TX
Veterans Health Administration · San Antonio, Texas · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Veterans, The public.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the United States. Veterans, and certain spouses, widows, widowers, and parents of veterans, are given full consideration, but traditional veterans' preference rules do not apply because this job falls under 38 U.S.C. 7802.
Experience: You must have at least 1 year of specialized experience. This means experience that shows you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to do this job. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts. The announcement does not state a grade level for this experience.
Education: A high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is required. The announcement does not say whether 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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 6 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: You will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your resume, application, and supporting documents will be verified, so describe your experience clearly and specifically. Errors or missing required information may result in an ineligible rating or a lower overall rating.
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 clearly and specifically, with dates and hours per week, because the agency will not assume details.
- If you use education to qualify, upload a transcript from an accredited school.
- Submit your complete package, including your resume, by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026, and check its status in your USAJOBS account.
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