- Position Title
- Student Trainee (Engineering)
- Agency
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Announcement Number
- EL-731-25-12669766-PW Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 17, 2025 to Thursday, January 30, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
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 certificates?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit the documents outlined on the Required Documents site.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit the documents outlined on the Required Documents site.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a temporary appointment?
2.
Have you held a political appointment within the previous 5-year period?
3.
I authorize the sharing of my application for other similar positions within NIST.
4.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you:
- * Have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and
- * Verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
5.
How did you learn about this position?
6.
If you heard about this vacancy through a Conference or Job Fair, please indicate which event by selecting from the list below.
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Are you enrolled, or have you been accepted for enrollment, and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution on a full or half-time basis?
2.
Are you currently pursuing a degree in Engineering?
NOTE: To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.
NOTE: To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.
3.
Will you be enrolled in at least a half-time course load as defined by the school you are attending for the following semester?
4.
Do you have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent?
5.
Please review and select the response below that BEST describes your current education status.
NOTE: All requested and required documents, i.e., proof of current enrollment, transcripts, certificates, etc., are required at the time of application to receive consideration of eligibility. If this documentation is not provided, you will not receive further consideration.
NOTE: All requested and required documents, i.e., proof of current enrollment, transcripts, certificates, etc., are required at the time of application to receive consideration of eligibility. If this documentation is not provided, you will not receive further consideration.
6.
Select the choice that describes how your education meets the qualification requirements for the ZP-II position.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
7.
Have you submitted documentation that reflects ALL of the following: current enrollment in a qualifying educational institutional program for at least half-time, current GPA, and major declared (if applicable)?
8.
Are you willing to work on an "as needed" basis (intermittent)?
9.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in my application (resume, responses to questionnaire, and supporting documentation) 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); 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.