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Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Management)
Forest Service · Ely, Nevada and 10 more · Closes in 8 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.

Open to any U.S. citizen or U.S. national. Prior wildland firefighting experience is required, and this is a secondary firefighter position with its own retirement rules. Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GW-04 grade in federal service or equivalent. Examples include advanced trainee wildland fire suppression, using chainsaws and pumps to suppress fires, or fuels management work such as broadcast burning and hand or machine piling. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.

Education: A completed 4-year course of study at an accredited college or university in Fire Science, Fire Training, Fire Technology, or a related field can qualify you. A combination of education and experience also qualifies.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid driver's license

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 2 pages or less showing dates of employment, hours worked per week, title, series, and grade College transcripts if you use education to qualify; unofficial copies are fine when applying, showing your name and course information Evidence of accreditation for any foreign education, plus English translations of transcripts Proof of eligibility and SF-50 forms if you claim CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority Files under 5MB in PDF, Word, or another listed format

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 8 days (November 12, 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 checked against the minimum qualifications, and no rating or ranking is used. Qualified applicants are referred to the selecting official, and you must complete the Assessment Questionnaire. Inflated or inaccurate information can lower your score, make you ineligible, or lead to removal from federal service.

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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:

Your resume must show dates, hours per week, title, series, and grade for each job, and stay within 2 pages.
If you qualify through education, upload transcripts showing your name and the fire-related course information.
Start training for the arduous Work Capacity Test now, since passing it is a condition of keeping the job.

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