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Position Title
WELDER (TITLE 32)
Agency
Army National Guard Units
Announcement Number
JOA-FL-12427717-AR-24-476 Opens in new window
Open Period
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 to Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. Current nationwide military/prior members willing and eligible to become National Guard members.  Are you a current military or prior member willing and eligible to become a National Guard member? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised? (limit characters)
3. Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
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4. Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
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5. Are you a current Temporary full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Temporary full-time status with the state National Guard.
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Preferences
Read the options below carefully and choose the one that best applies. (limit characters)
1. Are you a current member of the state National Guard for which this position is being advertised, or are you willing and eligible to become a member? (limit characters)
2. In the event that you are not found to be NOT qualified, do you consent to the release of your name to the labor organization? (limit characters)
3. While serving as a federal employee, have you ever been terminated for cause or resigned after being notified that you would be terminated/separated? (limit characters)
4. This position is in the Excepted Federal Civil Service "under the authority of 32 U.S.C. 709", and is open to all individuals who qualify for membership in the Florida National Guard and are willing to become T32 Dual Status military technicians. If not already a member, are you eligible and wiling to become a member of the FL National Guard if selected?

Please check with a military recruiter if unsure about guard membership eligibility.
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5. Are you currently receiving Federal Military retirement pay? If you are retired military or planning on retirement within the next year, you will not be eligible to join the Florida Army or Air National Guard.
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6. This position is only open to Warrant Officers or Enlisted members in the grade of E1 thru W01. Are you CURRENTLY an Warrant Officer or Enlisted in the grade of E1 thru W01?

If prior service, you must be able to come in at the listed rank-please verify with a military recruiter if unsure.
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7. Have you completed basic training in at least one branch of the military? (limit characters)
8. Have you ever had a security clearance suspended/revoked? (limit characters)
9. Please ensure to indicate your most current military information on the provided text box.
1. Rank (If Civilian Type : Civilian)
2. Duty Army MOS or Air AFSC
3. Unit of assignment
4. Branch of service
5. Current state
6. DoD- Email
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Assessment 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Respond to all the questions below. For each question, choose the response below that best describes your experience and/or training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application and information your references provide. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
1. Do you have experience or training that has provided the candidate with the basic knowledge of welding processes; experience with technical orders, blueprints, and specifications? (limit characters)
2. Do you have at least 18 months of specialized experience or training demonstrating the application of a variety of electric resistance welding processes and equipment; experience in using accepted trade methods and a variety of manual welding processes to weld all types of commonly used metals in various shapes, sizes, and thicknesses; experience using a wider range of metal welding processes to make more difficult welds meeting close tolerance, strength, and other requirements. These welds may be in hard-to-reach places; experience which allows the welder to devise special jigs and fixtures to hold the parts to be welded; experience which demonstrates knowledge of several related trade procedures; experience which enables the lay out and planning of work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders? (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
3. Familiar with a variety of manual welding processes (e.g., several different gas torches, various electric arcs including inert gas-shielded arcs or a number of both kinds of processes) to weld all types of commonly used metals and alloys. (limit characters)
4. Use of a wide range of manual welding processes to accomplish difficult welds. This includes welds in hard to reach places that must meet close tolerances, strength, and other requirements; gas welding torch processes that involve oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, and other industrial gases; and arc and inert gas shielded processes using methods such as metal-arc, gas tungsten-arc. (limit characters)
5. Making welds that require complete penetration and fusion of base and filler metals. (limit characters)
6. Read and interpret blueprints and sketches. (limit characters)
7. Use of templates, jigs, blueprints and other guides to repair, modify, or fabricate metal items. (limit characters)
8. Familiar with measuring instruments utilized in the welding trade. (limit characters)
9. Indepentenly select, set up and operate special welding tools and equipment. (limit characters)