Applications for Apprentice program are now being accepted via USAJOBS under the following announcement: https://usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/354943500 The application deadline is 13 December 2013. The NNSY Apprentice program is a four-year training program which is designed to attract students to the federal government. Students are taken through a challenging training program combining academics, trade theory and on-the-job experience to become skilled journeymen. The apprentice program provides students with academic training required for their trade. The training will result in a “Technician Career Studies Certificate”. All academics for the certificate program will be given during working hours of the first year of the program. In the last three years of the program, students will be given on-the-job learning and trade theory courses. Participants take college level courses taught by Tidewater Community College (TCC) at the Portsmouth Campus. Compressed sessions will consist of two, ten week sessions. Students will be required to provide their own transportation while taking classes at the TCC Portsmouth Campus. The apprentice earns a competitive wage while advancing to the journeymen level following a planned progressive training program. All academic tuition and book cost are paid by NNSY; provided the student receives a grade of “C” or better in the courses of work pursued. Apprentices are employed at the pay rate of WT-1 with a salary range of $13.56 to $14.95 per hour and receive promotions upon successful completion of program requirements. Upon graduation, apprentices are converted to the journeymen level of their trade. Other benefits include: sick leave, annual leave, federal holidays, health Insurance, life Insurance, and a retirement plan. All perspective candidates must: •Be a United States citizen •Have graduated with a High School diploma or GED equivalent •Meet minimum requirements on TCC placement test •Be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance (Decent Credit) •Pass medical requirements
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:54:25 +0000
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