Rare pierces Posted January 17, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Homeland Security Photographer! $80k - $100k per year and some travel required. Excerpts: This job is open to… All US Citizens U. S. Citizenship Required Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service You must be able to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance You must submit to a pre-employment drug test You may be required to serve a one year probationary period You may be required to work other than normal duty hours Work may require travel on military or commercial aircraft You may be required to be on call 24 hours a day Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level (starting salary $79,720) if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level performing duties such as demonstrating a thorough understanding of the principles, practices and techniques of photography, image processing and image management. Note: Experience in operating standard and specialized camera and film processing equipment related to the position to be filled. Knowledge of the subject-matter being photographed may also be required for some positions. For positions that require a high degree of artistic or creative ability, samples of work or other suitable evidence of technical competence may be required. If you are a US govenrment-employed GS11-level expert in photography with Top Secret clearance, no drug history, registered for the draft, and are artistically capable of makiing the things the government does look interesting, here's the website: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/487153900 Having read hundreds of job requirement blurbs over the years, I always get a chuckle out of the ones that tout "Anyone may apply" and then procede to post requirements that filter it down to about three people in the world that might qualify. My favorite was a job that had a firm requirement of five years experience with a software package that had been released six months prior to the posting. I think one of Dr. Who's companions got that one. I think I'll keep doing photography for the love of it... Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victress2007 Posted January 17, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 17, 2018 "and are artistically capable of making the things the government does look interesting" That's the line that presents the biggest challenge! Vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robjan245 Posted January 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I’m a soon to be retired GS-14 and wish I never made the Government my career. Good luck to the poor sap that takes that job. No thank you. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted January 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Easy. Get hired at the pittance they're offering to probably work in the DC Metro area, and have to commute on a daily basis to DHS Headquarters (shudders). Get your Top Secret clearance, probably with endorsements. Go to work for a Beltway Bandit at half again the salary and be placed on contract back in the same office... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted January 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Interesting requirements. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommui987 Posted January 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Homeland Security Photographer! ) if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level performing duties such as demonstrating a thorough understanding of the principles, practices and techniques of photography, image processing and image management. Note: Experience in operating standard and specialized camera and film processing equipment Dave Usually when anyone is invited to apply, and "if you possess one year ..." HSA has already someone in mind. I'm a Vet, have done processing in Anscochrome and Cibachrome processing ... wonder if I should apply - despite my age?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framer Posted January 19, 2018 #7 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Usually when anyone is invited to apply, and "if you possess one year ..." HSA has already someone in mind. I'm a Vet, have done processing in Anscochrome and Cibachrome processing ... wonder if I should apply - despite my age?! I'm sure it was filled before notice was sent. framer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted January 19, 2018 #8 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I'm sure it was filled before notice was sent. framer Actually, no. The hiring official will get a referral list containing a bunch of people already in government who have a really good KSA writer to demonstrate why they're fully qualified for the list, probably with no portfolio. It will then have a second list of equally "fully qualified" individuals with 10 point veteran's preference. The one person who is an expert photographer, has a great portfolio, with a current TS/SCI (the announcement only required collateral) clearance and years of experience, but not currently a government employee or a 10 point vet, will never even be seen... And the one year experience is to be hired as a GS-12 instead of a GS-11. (Been the hiring official.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallFlagg Posted January 19, 2018 #9 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Homeland Security Photographer! $80k - $100k per year and some travel required. Excerpts: This job is open to… All US Citizens U. S. Citizenship Required Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service You must be able to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance You must submit to a pre-employment drug test You may be required to serve a one year probationary period You may be required to work other than normal duty hours Work may require travel on military or commercial aircraft You may be required to be on call 24 hours a day Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level (starting salary $79,720) if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level performing duties such as demonstrating a thorough understanding of the principles, practices and techniques of photography, image processing and image management. Note: Experience in operating standard and specialized camera and film processing equipment related to the position to be filled. Knowledge of the subject-matter being photographed may also be required for some positions. For positions that require a high degree of artistic or creative ability, samples of work or other suitable evidence of technical competence may be required. If you are a US govenrment-employed GS11-level expert in photography with Top Secret clearance, no drug history, registered for the draft, and are artistically capable of makiing the things the government does look interesting, here's the website: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/487153900 Having read hundreds of job requirement blurbs over the years, I always get a chuckle out of the ones that tout "Anyone may apply" and then procede to post requirements that filter it down to about three people in the world that might qualify. My favorite was a job that had a firm requirement of five years experience with a software package that had been released six months prior to the posting. I think one of Dr. Who's companions got that one. I think I'll keep doing photography for the love of it... Dave Funny..... You should have seen the requirements for MY job! :D The one part of those requirements that I truly don't get, however, is why the hell would you need "film processing equipment"!?!? I haven't used a darkroom in 25 years....digital makes darkrooms pretty much a thing of the past, but whatever...typical, I guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted January 21, 2018 #10 Share Posted January 21, 2018 I suspect right now they are not hiring until the government is funded again. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted January 22, 2018 #11 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Discrimination!!!!! Why can't women apply for this job???? I see nothing about women being able to apply for this job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaminwanderlust Posted January 22, 2018 #12 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Krazy Kruisers, Get over yourself. It says this job is open to all US citizens, with the caveat that if you are a male born more recently than 12/31/1959 you have to be registered for selective service. That sentence doesn't mean women can't apply it just means that as a male you have the added responsibility to have met the selective service duties. So the discrimination is not against women applying, the discrimination is that women don't have to register for selective service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Click Posted January 24, 2018 #13 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I would consider coming out of retirement but no way I am going to work wearing a fake red nose and big floppy shoes....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghsteelerfan Posted January 25, 2018 #14 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Discrimination!!!!!Why can't women apply for this job???? I see nothing about women being able to apply for this job. Krazy Kruizers, I thought the same thing. :) Krazy Kruisers, Get over yourself. It says this job is open to all US citizens, with the caveat that if you are a male born more recently than 12/31/1959 you have to be registered for selective service. That sentence doesn't mean women can't apply it just means that as a male you have the added responsibility to have met the selective service duties. So the discrimination is not against women applying, the discrimination is that women don't have to register for selective service. When I read that, I was honestly thinking the same thing as Krazy Kruizers. ;p Thanks for the explanation and good to know we aren't being discriminated against...although I think this position would be a little too demanding for me and I'm also a "novice" and enjoy taking pictures as a hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare markeb Posted January 26, 2018 #15 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Krazy Kruizers, I thought the same thing. :) When I read that, I was honestly thinking the same thing as Krazy Kruizers. ;p Thanks for the explanation and good to know we aren't being discriminated against...although I think this position would be a little too demanding for me and I'm also a "novice" and enjoy taking pictures as a hobby. Different life experiences; I've spent my entire adult life in or around federal service (mostly uniformed). Every announcement on USA Jobs (federal government's recruiting site) has that language. It's mandated by federal law. Which means I don't even see that sentence in an announcement. If you're not used to reading them, it would jump out at you (which it clearly did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghsteelerfan Posted January 26, 2018 #16 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Different life experiences; I've spent my entire adult life in or around federal service (mostly uniformed). Every announcement on USA Jobs (federal government's recruiting site) has that language. It's mandated by federal law. Which means I don't even see that sentence in an announcement. If you're not used to reading them, it would jump out at you (which it clearly did). It sure did. :) We live in the DC area where there are a lot of federal gov't jobs, but I never applied for one, so that was also new language for me. As they say, you learn something new every day. :) And thank you for your service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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