Compliance Inspection and Support

The 1802 series is the technician and assistant support behind inspection, investigation and compliance programs. Its people schedule and document inspections, maintain case and certification records, screen applications and files, prepare correspondence and keep the data systems that inspectors and adjudicators rely on current.

Recent listings have included aviation safety technicians at the Federal Aviation Administration, who support the inspectors who certify and oversee airlines, repair stations and airmen, and immigration services assistants, including an office automation position and a supervisory immigration services assistant, at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, where they support the adjudication of immigration benefit applications.

Applying tip: these two employers use different application processes, with the FAA posting outside the standard competitive service rules and USCIS following them, so read each announcement’s “how you will be evaluated” section on its own terms. Name the case management or certification systems you have used and the volume of files you handled. Our USCIS guide covers that agency, and the entry-level guide explains how assistant grades progress.