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Student Trainee

Defense Commissary Agency West | Grand Forks AFB, ND

Posted Date 4/20/2026
Description SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE

This is a temporary appointment not to exceed 90 days, No appointment will exceed 30-SEPTEMBER-2026 regardless of appointment date.

Students must meet eligibility and requirements by the announcement close date. Anticipated employment period is June to September 30, 2026.

Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.Store Workers work in a military grocery store. The work is similar to a stocker or stock clerk at your local grocery or retail store.

As a student trainee and under close supervision, you receive on-the-job training or formal instruction in aspects of commissary operations and store worker duties. You will learn to:
  • Refill stock on shelves and display counters,
  • Check amounts received,
  • Move old stock forward on shelves or rotate stock as instructed, and
  • Assist in inventories.
Read the entire announcement before starting the application process. To be eligible you must be enrolled in: OR one of the following accredited by the Department of Education:
  • Recognized program in a technical or vocational school;
  • Two-year or four-year college or university, or
  • Graduate or professional school (e.g., law school or medical school).

To be considered you must provide appropriate supporting documentation/information from your school. See Required Documents for more information.

The basic qualification needed for these jobs is willingness to do low-level work. Workers may do several types of simple tasks over a period of time. One task is completed before a new assignment is given.

The job element method is used to match what you can do against what the work requires. You will be evaluated on the following job element: Likelihood Of Success In Assignments Which Require Interest, Motivation, And Readiness To Do Simple Work. This critical element addresses the critical knowledge, skill, and ability essential to satisfactory job performance. Applicants who clearly fail to meet the lowest acceptable requirements of this element are rated ineligible and receive no further consideration.

Physical requirements: (1) Frequently lift, push, pull, carry, and handle commissary products weighing up 40 pounds unassisted, and occasionally over 40 pounds with assistance from other workers or by using weight handling equipment. (2) Prolonged standing, stooping, kneeling, bending, and climbing. You will attest to your ability to perform these physical requirements in the Questionnaire.

Work conditions:
  • Most of the work is performed in the store display area, which is well lighted and maintained at a comfortable temperature.
  • Aisles are often crowded with customers and grocery carts.
  • When working in the storage or receiving area, may be exposed to hot or cold weather, or damp or drafty conditions.
  • May be exposed to differences in temperature when storing in or retrieving items from chill or frozen storage rooms.
  • There is a danger of minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes, bruises, and slipping on wet floors.


Overtime: Occasional
Bargaining Unit Status: Differs by location
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Nonexempt
Obligated Position: No
Reemployed Annuitants Considered: No, DoD criteria not met.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None
Telework eligible: No
Remote work eligible: No
Position confers or leads to eligibility for noncompetitive conversion to Federal career service: NoYou may use foreign education to qualify provided a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses. Your application package must include a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course by course listing.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for the application process if they contain the relevant information identified above. If selected, you are required to provide an official transcript before your start date is set.

If relying on foreign education, your application package must include a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course by course listing.
Salary16.94 - 24.86 Hour
Opportunity Type
Job

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