Security Guard

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; GS-05 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year specialized experience which includes 1) Patrolling installation grounds ensuring perimeter is secure; 2) Recording visitor information of personnel requesting access to installation; and 3) Controlling access to restricted areas of facility. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-4).

GS-06 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes 1)Providing first aid emergency response in the event of a disaster; 2)Questioning suspicious persons suspected of violations; and 3) Authenticating personnel identification for persons accessing installation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

The OPM Qualification Standard states experience must have provided knowledge of a body of basic laws and regulations, law enforcement operations, practices, and techniques and involved responsibility for maintaining order and protecting life and property.

Performs with little or no supervision, installation access control for pedestrians and vehicles utilizing standard operating procedures, written orders and regulatory requirement as a guide to access determination for a range of circumstances.,Authenticates identification through use of electronic Personnel Access Control Systems (ePACS), identification cards, badges, biometric automated records, verbal questioning, and other means.,Validates entry requests through the use of ePACS and grants access to persons and vehicles with appropriate authorizations.,Serves as the initial point of contact for the installations visitors which may include foreign nationals, government agents, elective officials, media and Very Important Persons (VIP).,Responsible for performing and resolving a full range of both standard procedural and non-recurring/unusual visitor access assignments.,Operates and performs research queries on the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) workstation terminal(s) in accordance with federal and state laws.,Processes a variety of NCIC queries and provides timely response as appropriate or required.,Regulates pedestrian and vehicular traffic to prevent accidents and to ease congestion and parking problems.,Provides answers to questions, determines whether appropriate need for access exists, and provides assistance as required.