Border Patrol Agent (BPA) - Experienced (GL9 / GS11) - Carter - U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Description

Join the nation's premier federal agency as a Border Patrol Agent (BPA) and contribute to securing our borders and protecting our country. With your prior law enforcement experience, you may qualify for higher-graded positions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prevent smuggling of aliens by maintaining surveillance from covert positions using infrared scopes during night operations.
• Inspect documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations while detecting people suspected of violating immigration laws.

Typical assignments include:

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• Detecting contraband by interpreting physical evidence such as tracks, marks, or other signs.
• Performing farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols, transportation checks,
• Patrolling international boundaries with government assets like vehicles motorcycles snowmobiles atvs watercraft horses off-road cars for mission accomplishment.,

You will be eligible for promotions without re-applying once you complete 52 weeks in each grade level along with having access health insurance plans generous leave programs Thrift Savings Plan participation border patrol work requires proficiency reading Spanish English formal training includes instruction in USBP-specific operations driver training physical techniques firearms use