SHIPBUILDING SPECIALIST.
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We have duties, requirements, qualifications. Also maybe "Additional information" but we should only include sections with real specific content. The posting includes duties, requirements, qualifications, and additional info (like benefits mention). There's mention of benefits: "A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package..." but no specifics. Should we include Benefits section? The rule: never create Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It states there is a comprehensive benefits package but no specifics; that might be considered vague. Probably we should not include Benefits because no concrete details. Similarly Pay and Schedule not given. So we will have sections: Responsibilities (for duties), Requirements, Qualifications. Possibly also "Additional Information" but not in list of allowed headings; we could omit or incorporate into others. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we stick to three sections.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to list duties as - each duty sentence. Requirements: list each requirement as
- . Qualifications: list GS-11 and GS-09 details, education alternatives, etc. Must preserve all details.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. The text includes many lines like "Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen..." etc. Those are requirements; we keep them. Also includes "Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:" That's a reference; we keep as part of qualifications? It's a sentence; we can keep as
maybe. But we need to decide if it's substantive. It's a reference; we can keep as a paragraph.
Also includes "Additional information" section with many details about Priority Placement Program, tentative offer, etc. That's substantive; we could include as a section maybe "Additional Information". But the allowed headings list does not include Additional Information; but we could still use
for any heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive list. It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect those headings only. But we could still include Additional Information as if we think it's needed. However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Additional information is quite long; maybe we should incorporate relevant parts into Requirements or Qualifications? But many details are about hiring process, not strictly requirements or qualifications. Could be considered "Additional Information". Since they didn't forbid other headings, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to the given headings. We could incorporate the Additional Information into a
under Requirements or Qualifications? Might be misplaced. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we must keep that info somewhere. If we omit a section for it, we lose info. So we need to include it. Perhaps we can use
for "Additional Information" as a heading, even though not in examples, but it's still a section heading. The instruction didn't say we cannot use other headings; just gave examples. So we can use for Additional Information.
Thus sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Information.
We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Now we need to extract duties list:
From text:
- You will review and evaluate contractors proposals.
- You will provide input to/or negotiate labor and material cost.
- You will conduct technical advisory reviews of contract specifications to evaluate contactor estimates.
- You will accomplish ship inspections to determine the ships material conditions and the systems and components parts.
- You will perform long range planning, estimating and accomplish technical analyst of customer and contractor proposals.
- You will provide prompt communication with waterfront support.
We need to preserve exact wording; maybe fix minor typos? The text has "contactor" (should be contractor) but we must not invent or summarize away detail; we should keep as is. So keep "contactor". Also "technical analyst" maybe missing "analysis". Keep as is.
Now Requirements list: The block after "Requirements Conditions of employment". Let's extract each requirement sentence.
Text:
"Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen.
Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
This is a bargaining unit position.
You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
You may be required to be Non Destructive Testing qualified within 24 months of employment.
You will be required to complete the designated CNRMC workforce development training for Shipbuilding within 24 months of employment.
You may be required to be National Association Corrosion Engineers Coating Inspector Program 1 qualified within 24 months of employment."
We need to keep each as separate
- . Also note the sentence about e-verify.gov is a link; we keep as plain text.
Now Qualifications: includes GS-11 and GS-09 specialized experience definitions, education alternatives, etc. Also includes "Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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."
Then "Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:" then details for GS-11 and GS-09.
Then "A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information."
We need to preserve all that.
We'll structure Qualifications section with maybe subheadings? Not allowed; only
for section headings. Inside we can have
paragraphs and
- for lists.
We need to decide how to represent the GS-11 and GS-09 specialized experience and education. Could make two sublists.
We'll produce:
Qualifications
GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Performing inspections of depot-level naval vessel overhaul, repair, or modernization activities by executing planning, ship checks, material procurement, and work-specification reviews to support compliance with contractual requirements.
GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Assisting with depot-level naval vessel overhaul, repair, or modernization activities by supporting planning, contracting, ship checks, material procurement, and work-specification execution to ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
- GS-11 Grade level
- Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
- Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
- Possession of an LL.M. that is related to this position being filled.
- A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience
- GS-09 Grade level
- Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
- Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
- Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled.
- A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience
A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.
Now Additional Information section: we need to capture all the extra details after "Additional information". Let's extract:
"Additional information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all
maybe. But we need to decide if it's substantive. It's a reference; we can keep as a paragraph. Also includes "Additional information" section with many details about Priority Placement Program, tentative offer, etc. That's substantive; we could include as a section maybe "Additional Information". But the allowed headings list does not include Additional Information; but we could still use
for any heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It gives examples but not exclusive list. It says "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect those headings only. But we could still include Additional Information as if we think it's needed. However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Additional information is quite long; maybe we should incorporate relevant parts into Requirements or Qualifications? But many details are about hiring process, not strictly requirements or qualifications. Could be considered "Additional Information". Since they didn't forbid other headings, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to the given headings. We could incorporate the Additional Information into a
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect those headings only. But we could still include Additional Information as if we think it's needed. However they said "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Additional information is quite long; maybe we should incorporate relevant parts into Requirements or Qualifications? But many details are about hiring process, not strictly requirements or qualifications. Could be considered "Additional Information". Since they didn't forbid other headings, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to the given headings. We could incorporate the Additional Information into a
under Requirements or Qualifications? Might be misplaced. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we must keep that info somewhere. If we omit a section for it, we lose info. So we need to include it. Perhaps we can use
for "Additional Information" as a heading, even though not in examples, but it's still a section heading. The instruction didn't say we cannot use other headings; just gave examples. So we can use for Additional Information.
Thus sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Information.
We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Now we need to extract duties list:
From text:
- You will review and evaluate contractors proposals.
- You will provide input to/or negotiate labor and material cost.
- You will conduct technical advisory reviews of contract specifications to evaluate contactor estimates.
- You will accomplish ship inspections to determine the ships material conditions and the systems and components parts.
- You will perform long range planning, estimating and accomplish technical analyst of customer and contractor proposals.
- You will provide prompt communication with waterfront support.
We need to preserve exact wording; maybe fix minor typos? The text has "contactor" (should be contractor) but we must not invent or summarize away detail; we should keep as is. So keep "contactor". Also "technical analyst" maybe missing "analysis". Keep as is.
Now Requirements list: The block after "Requirements Conditions of employment". Let's extract each requirement sentence.
Text:
"Conditions of employment Must be a US Citizen.
Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
This is a bargaining unit position.
You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
You may be required to be Non Destructive Testing qualified within 24 months of employment.
You will be required to complete the designated CNRMC workforce development training for Shipbuilding within 24 months of employment.
You may be required to be National Association Corrosion Engineers Coating Inspector Program 1 qualified within 24 months of employment."
We need to keep each as separate
for section headings. Inside we can have
paragraphs and
- for lists.
We need to decide how to represent the GS-11 and GS-09 specialized experience and education. Could make two sublists.
We'll produce:
Qualifications
GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Performing inspections of depot-level naval vessel overhaul, repair, or modernization activities by executing planning, ship checks, material procurement, and work-specification reviews to support compliance with contractual requirements.
GS-09 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
- Assisting with depot-level naval vessel overhaul, repair, or modernization activities by supporting planning, contracting, ship checks, material procurement, and work-specification execution to ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
- GS-11 Grade level
- Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
- Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
- Possession of an LL.M. that is related to this position being filled.
- A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience
- GS-09 Grade level
- Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
- Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
- Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled.
- A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience
A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.
Now Additional Information section: we need to capture all the extra details after "Additional information". Let's extract: "Additional information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all