Description:
This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Office of Engraving, Platemaking, Engraving Pre-Press Division. As a PICTURE ENGRAVER (BANK NOTE) APPRENTICE, you will serve in a ten-year apprentice in training for the position of Picture Engraver (Bank Note)
Requirements:
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.You must meet the screen-out element Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (Screen out), normally addressed at the beginning of the online questions. In addition, you must also obtain an average score of two (2) for the following elements for this position as addressed through the online question in order to be considered minimally qualified. Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (screen-out), Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic), Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints), Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment.
*** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Rating: A Two-phase rating method will be used. In using this method, answers to the online application questions will constitute 25% of your overall rating. The remaining 75% will be determined by your artwork. Artwork is to be submitted to the following email address Picengraver@bep.gov no later than 5 /2/2024. **Do not submit artwork via USA Jobs.
You will need to submit a total of four pieces of artwork, one for each of the following four categories: Still Life, Portrait, Landscape and Figure. Do not submit more than four pieces of artwork. Please submit your artwork to picengraver@bep.gov in either a JPEG or PDF format. To meet file size limitations, applicants may send separate emails for each submittal. *Failure to submit artwork will disqualify applicants.
Your artwork will be evaluated by a Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Art panel in the following areas: Composition/Layout, Draftsmanship, Rendering, Perspective and Proficiency.
**Failure to meet the minimum art panel score of 60 out of 100 will remove you from consideration.
Interview: Upon completion of the Rating process, the candidates moving forward will be interviewed and given a three-hour timed practical drawing exercise.