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Position Title
Student Trainee (Science)
Agency
Food and Drug Administration
Announcement Number
FDA-IN-18-10159630-BDW Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, April 2, 2018 to Friday, April 6, 2018
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans' Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you currently a student who has been accepted for enrollment or is enrolled at least half-time in an accredited high school, college, professional, technical, vocational, or trade school pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate?
For more information, review USAJOBS Student and Recent Graduate resources.

To verify your eligibility, you must provide proof of current student status.
Note: you must remain enrolled in the degree or certificate program to be eligible for this Internship.
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Preferences
1. Select the locations you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location. You may only select up to 3 location(s). (limit characters)
2. Please select which work schedule(s) you are willing to work. You may select more than one schedule. (limit characters)
3. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
In selecting an occupational series you wish to be considered for, please only select the series that is/are related to your academic fields of study and career interests. Your transcripts will be reviewed to determine if your course of study is related to the series. (limit characters)
4. Select all of the series you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series. (limit characters)
5. Of the following occupational series, please select which areas are the most aligned to your current academic fields of study and career interests. You may select multiple responses. (limit characters)
6. In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee?
You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.
  • A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
  • A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
  • A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).
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Work Authorization
1. Under the Pathways program U.S. Citizenship and permanent residents may be appointed to Internship Positions. Please identify your citizenship status. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
INSTRUCTIONS: The following questions will be used to determine if you meet the agency's eligibility requirements to be considered for a pathways internship. Note: If your transcripts do not establish that you meet these requirements, you will be deemed outside the area of consideration for a pathway's internship at the Food and Drug Administration. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Are you currently a student who is enrolled at least half-time in an accredited high school, college, professional, technical, vocational, or trade school pursuing a qualifying degree or certificate? To verify your eligibility, you must provide proof of Spring 2018 current student status. Note: You must remain enrolled in a degree or certificate program to be eligible for this Internship. (limit characters)
2. Do you have a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher in your current educational program?
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The following questions will be used to determine if you are minimally qualified at the following grade levels. (limit characters)
3. Please select the response that best describes how you meet the qualification requirements for the GS-04 grade level.
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4. Please select the response that best describes how you meet the qualification requirements for the GS-05 grade level.
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5. Please select the response that best describes how you meet the qualification requirements for the GS-07 grade level.
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Assessment 2
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001) my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position. (limit characters)