Student Trainee (Engineering)

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Student Trainee (Engineering). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duty Location: Byron, California, Folsom, California, Fresno, California, Sacramento, California, and Willows, California

This is not a virtual position

The primary duties of this position are:

Serves as a student trainee, responsible for performing a variety of routine duties in support of professional engineers and engineering technicians. Receives concentrated and intensive on-the-job training related to office and fieldwork in connection with the procedures or processes related to the mission of the organization.

• Extract data from a variety of prescribed but non-standardized sources including maps, lists, and computer files

• Perform a variety of routine engineering calculations, prepares simple engineering drawings, and collects and compute data

• Process data with commonly used computer software such as spreadsheets, databases, and word processing programs

PATHWAYS ELIGIBILITY: All applicants must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a student on at least a half-time schedule at a qualifying educational institution in a certificate, degree, or diploma program.

Those who do not provide evidence that they possess the following requirements below will be rated not qualified.

GS-3: Completion of 1 full academic year of post-high school study.

GS-4: Completion of 2 full academic years of post-high school study or an associate's degree.

GS-5: Completion of 4 academic years of post-high school leading to a bachelor's degree 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. The applicant will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

A period of student trainee work experience is equal to 320 hours of work experience.

Academic Year: At the undergraduate level, 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours is comparable to 1 year of undergraduate education. Four years of progressive study or 120 semester hours meets the degree requirements. At the graduate level, 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours.

This position has a positive education requirement for conversion. The required education must lead to a degree with specialization in or directly related to the field in which the student trainee is participating in the Intern program. The degree of specialization in this field must satisfy, on graduation, the specific requirements as listed in the qualification standard for professional engineering positions. Review the positive education requirements at: all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf (opm.gov)

The term positive education requirement (also called a basic education requirement) refers to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) determination that the duties of a scientific, technical, or professional position cannot be performed by an individual that does not have the prescribed minimum education.

The specific qualification requirements for scientific and professional positions must also be met in order to be converted. Please review the specific qualification requirements for scientific and professional positions at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF

Individuals serving in Intern-indefinite appointments may be non-competitively converted to a permanent position within 120 days of successful completion of the program, but conversion is neither promised nor guaranteed. To be eligible for conversion to a permanent or term position, these Interns must also:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or National;

• Complete at least 640 hours of work experience acquired through the Internship Program;

• Complete their degree or certificate requirements;

• Meet the Office of Personnel Management's qualification standards for the position to which the Intern will be converted (which may include a positive education requirement);

• Meet all agency and program specific requirements as specified in their individual Participant Agreement;

• Perform their job successfully as documented through performance evaluations; and

• Be recommended for conversion by their manager or supervisor.

If converted to a permanent or term appointment, the anticipated target position will be dependent on the type of position and will be determined at the time of the conversion. The full performance level of the target position will be dependent on the type of position and will be determined at the time of conversion.