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Wildland Firefighter (Fire Management Planning)
Forest Service · Missoula, Montana and 1 more · Closes in 5 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
Any U.S. citizen or national can apply, according to the agency. Prior wildland firefighting experience is required, and veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience, meaning past work similar to this job. For GW-12, it must be at least at the GW-11 level; for GW-13, at least at the GW-12 level. Examples include strategic fire management planning, national forest fire planning program management, and developing annual budgets.
Education: Education cannot replace the required experience for this job.
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 5 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 complete an assessment questionnaire, and your resume and documents are checked to confirm you meet the minimum qualifications. Qualified applicants go to the selecting official without a numerical rating. Inflated or inaccurate information can lead to being found ineligible, not selected, or removed from federal service.
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:
- Keep your resume to 2 pages; longer resumes are removed from consideration.
- List dates, hours per week, title, series and grade for each job on your resume.
- Clearly show your prior wildland firefighting experience, because the job requires it.
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