have said to you or is it based on the listed qualifications?
I've found that government jobs often wish for the stars but will gladly hire someone with much lower "qualifications" to get the position filled. They're often willing to shift some stuff to some other position, send you to school to get the needed skills, have you sit side saddle to become competent with those skills, etc.
Remember, if you don't ask, the answer is always going to be "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
