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Duties

The Post-Secondary Hiring Authority is designed to appoint students from a wide variety of educational institutions (undergraduate and graduate) into paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school. Students are exposed to jobs in the Federal civil service by providing meaningful developmental work at the beginning of their career, before their career paths are fully established. The CDC utilizes Direct/Expedited Hire Authorities to fill vacancies in a variety of occupations. This vacancy is a REPOSITORY of applications. Duties and responsibilities vary and may increase according to the grade level of the position. Applications may be periodically referred to hiring managers both during the open period and after the closing date. Because of the large number of applications anticipated, applicants' status will not be updated. This public notice will be used to fill Public Notice for Expedited Hire (Post-Secondary Student) - Engineering/Architecture Student Trainee, GS-0899 positions at the GS-03 through GS-05 grade levels. Duties may include but are not limited to: Receiving formal and on the job training designed to familiarize incumbent with functions and operations of the organization, and to provide experience in the practical application of basic engineering principles, techniques and concepts. Applying basic engineering knowledge to uncomplicated portions of projects such as: drafting or minor detail design; applying basic formulas to routine calculations; preparing graphs, curves or tables for use of other engineers or searching technical reports to obtain information for others. Assisting senior engineers and other scientists conducting research activities concerned with the prevention and control of engineering hazards. Assisting in designing minor details of research protocols. Assisting in data collection and analyses.

Requirements

Qualifications

Education Requirements: This appointment will be made under the Post-Secondary hiring authority. To be eligible an applicant must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment and seeking a baccalaureate or graduate degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) on a full or half-time basis. AND Minimum Qualification Requirements for GS-03: To qualify at the GS-03 grade level, you must have at least six (6) months of general experience to include measuring items of regular shape with a caliper and computing cross-sectional areas; identifying, weighing, and marking a variety of easy-to-identify items and recording the information. OR Have completed one (l) academic year of post-high school education that included at least 6 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics from an accredited college or university. OR Have a combination of general experience and education that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position. Minimum Qualification Requirements for GS-04: To qualify at the GS-04 grade level, you must have at least six (6) months of general experience to include measuring items of regular shape with a caliper and computing cross-sectional areas; identifying, weighing, and marking a variety of easy-to-identify items and recording the information and six (6) months of specialized experience to include technical work in drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. OR Have successfully completed two (2) academic years of post-high school education that included at least 12 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics from an accredited college or university. OR Have a combination of experience and education that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position. Basic Qualification Requirements for GS-05: Degree: Engineering (See Education section) OR Combination of education & experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure Written Test Specified academic courses Related curriculum Minimum Qualification Requirements for GS-05: To qualify at the GS-05 grade level, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service, to include technical work in drafting, surveying construction estimating, physical science, mathematics, aerospace, architecture, chemicals, electrical or mechanical systems, mining, petroleum, or nuclear systems. OR Have completed four (4) academic years of post-high school education leading to a bachelor's degree or equivalent degree (a) with major study in an appropriate field of engineering, construction, or industrial technology; or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as engineering, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, or mathematics from an accredited college or university. OR Have a combination of experience and education that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Engineering Degree Requirements:

• Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics OR
• Combination of education & experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
  • Professional registration or licensure: Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration
  • Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
  • Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described.
  • Related curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

For more information review: Qualification Standard for Engineer Positions

Contacts

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