Engineering Technician

Specialized Experience (GS-09): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (i.e., GS-08). Specialized experience includes technical work in: drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. Experience in a trade or craft may be credited as specialized experience when the work provided intensive knowledge of engineering principles, techniques, methods, and precedents. Examples are trade positions with substantial developmental, test, or design responsibilities such as: Planner and estimator who analyzed designs for production purposes; Instrument maker or model maker who performed design or development work on devices fabricated. At this grade, applicants. NOTE: Qualifying examples of specialized experience also include but are not limited to: performing the duties as an Assistant Project Manager/Engineering Technician within an industrial, Military, Government, Commercial Construction Design, or Construction Discipline - interpreting requirements, defining procedures, and validating methods for planning, delivery, and execution of engineering assignments; determining the specific data required to answer questions and to resolve problems pertaining to engineering practices; planning construction and renovation projects include the planning and scheduling the work with the contractor, end users, and other entities affected by the projects; and assembling, correlating, and interpreting a variety of technical data and communicating such information in person/in writing. (CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must show complete information for each job entry, such as beginning and ending dates of employment, duties performed, and/or total hours worked per week.) OR,

Education (GS-09): Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required for GS-9 in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have two full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. NOTE: One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended.(TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED: If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.) OR,

Combination (GS-09): Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education. Only education in excess of the first full one year and a half of graduate education (i.e., 27 semester hours) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED: If you do not submit your transcript, your application may not be reviewed.)