Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
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Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
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Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
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Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
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Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
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Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
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Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
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Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
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Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
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Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and/or Experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
Specialized Experience: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service which includes: Assisting with calibration and measurement techniques, standards, systems, software, support instrumentation and laboratory processes to operate assigned systems and work effectively with the hardware, software, measurement parameters and quality control procedures of the assigned systems.
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Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as; Engineering.
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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
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Engineering and Technology
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Problem Solving
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Technical Competence
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Technology Application
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).
NOTE: For most one-grade interval occupational series, the qualification standard calls for at least 1 year of specialized experience. Sometimes however, there is no position in the normal line of progression in an organization that is one grade lower than the position being filled. In such instances, 1 year of specialized experience at the second lower level (GS-05) is creditable for in-service applicants. However, for outside applicants (i.e., those without current or prior Federal competitive or excepted service), 1 year of specialize experience equivalent to at least the next lower level is required.