This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Platemaking, Engraving Pre-Press Division DCF. As a PICTURE ENGRAVER (BANK NOTE) APPRENTICE, you will serve in a ten-year apprentice in training for the position of Picture Engraver (Bank Note).

Duties

As a Picture Engraver Apprentice (Banknote), you will: Serve in a ten-year training program is divided into 20 six-month training periods which consists of actual shop work under the instruction and supervision of a journeyman Engraver to whom the apprentice is assigned. Successful completion of the apprenticeship program qualifies the apprentice as a journeyman Picture Engraver (Bank Note).

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You must meet the screen-out element Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen out), normally addressed at the beginning of the online questions. In addition, you must also obtain an average score of two (2) for the following elements for this position as addressed through the online question in order to be considered minimally qualified. Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out), Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic), Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints), Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment. *** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Rating: A Two-phase rating method will be used. In using this method, answers to the online application questions will constitute 25% of your overall rating. The remaining 75% will be determined by your artwork. Artwork is to be submitted to the following email address [email protected] no later than 5/2/2024. **Do not submit artwork via USA Jobs. You will need to submit a total of four pieces of artwork, one for each of the following four categories: Still Life, Portrait, Landscape and Figure. Do not submit more than four pieces of artwork. Please submit your artwork to [email protected] in either a JPEG or PDF format. To meet file size limitations, applicants may send separate emails for each submittal. *Failure to submit artwork will disqualify applicants. Your artwork will be evaluated by a Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Art panel in the following areas: Composition/Layout, Draftsmanship, Rendering, Perspective and Proficiency. **Failure to meet the minimum art panel score of 60 out of 100 will remove you from consideration. Interview: Upon completion of the Rating process, the candidates moving forward will be interviewed and given a three-hour timed practical drawing exercise.

Contacts

• Address Platemaking, Engraving Pre-Press Division DCF Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]