Job opening: Student Trainee (Engineering and Architecture)
Salary: $31 512 - 51 446 per year
Published at: Jul 15 2024
Employment Type: Multiple Schedules
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Duties
This position will be filled under the Pathways Internship Program. The Pathways 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 these Hiring Authorities to fill vacancies in a variety of occupations. 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 announcement will be used to fill Student Trainee (Engineering and Architecture), 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.
Qualifications
The Pathways Internship Program is designed to attract students in a wide variety of educational institutions (high school, home-school programs, vocational and technical, undergraduate and graduate) with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school. This program exposes students 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.
To learn more, please visit: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-authorities/students-recent-graduates/#url=Program-Fact-Sheets
Program Requirements:
Must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a diploma, certificate, or degree-seeking student. Students who expect to graduate this year and are enrolled or accepted in a professional education program must provide documentation of continued enrollment.
Must be taking or is scheduled to take a course load at least half-time in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, 2year or 4-year college or university, graduate or professional school.
Must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Minimum Qualifications Requirements:
For GS-03 grade level: Completion of 1 full academic year/30 semester hours or more of post-high school study
For GS-04 grade level: Completion of 2 full academic year/60 semester hours or more of post-high school study or an associate's degree
For GS-05 grade level: Completion of 4 academic years/120 semester hours or more of post-high school study leading to a bachelor's or equivalent degree
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
This position has an education requirement. You may submit unofficial transcript(s) - official transcript(s) will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
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.
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-foreignqualifications/.
Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) is based on the following:
- Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
- Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- Applicants must have a grade-point average of:
- 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or
- 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2years of the curriculum. Grade-point averages are to be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.
- Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society -- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies listed below. Agencies considering eligibility based on any society not included in the following list must ensure that the honor society meets the minimum requirements of the Association of College Honor Societies. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision.
Contacts
- Address OCOO-CLIENT SERVICES OFFICE
1600 CLIFTON RD NE
ATLANTA, GA 30333
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- Name: CDC HELPDESK
- Phone: (770) 488-1725
- Email: [email protected]
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