Forestry Technician
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About the Position: Forestry Technician at Directorate of Public Works (DPW), Environmental Division at JBLM, WA. Salary: $54,896 – $71,366 per year Pay scale & grade: GS 7 Location: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA Schedule: Full-time – Permanent Announcement number: WTEU247273758719HW Opening Date: 02/01/2024 Closing Date: 02/16/2024
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Mission
The mission of the Forestry Branch is to “provide good stewardship of the forested training lands of JBLM by ensuring the continued existence of a healthy forest that supports military training, sustains native plants and animals, and benefits local communities.” JBLM has 61,000 acres of forest, woodland, and savanna, most of which are actively managed for military training and for commercial and non-commercial uses. Forest management activities are carried out by on-site professional foresters and technicians. These activities include forest improvement, reforestation, forest protection, and maintenance of forest access roads.
Duties
- Performs stand examinations of forested areas, gathering data for forest inventory and monitoring.
- Relocates and re-measures permanent forest inventory plots and establishes and measures temporary point samples plots.
- Identifies forest types and conditions of stand characteristics and composition.
- Estimates both gross and net volume using a variety of software, tables, and techniques.
- Assists in controlled burning to reduce fire hazards, ecological restoration, and vegetation management.
- Assist with vegetation control using herbicide and mechanical methods.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Position requires incumbent to obtain and maintain a valid State issued driver’s license.
- This position requires a pre-employment and yearly post-employment physical.
- Mandatory overtime is required.
- This position requires applicant and incumbent to pass an arduous physical fitness test which includes a Pack Test (3 miles in 45 minutes with a 45 pound pack)
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Specialized Experience: GS-07: One year of specialized experience which includes:1) Assisting with selective tree marking and timber volume estimation; or 2) Assisting with wildland fire management programs such as prescribed burns and fire suppression. 3) Assisting with herbicide application under the guidance of DoD certified applications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).
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Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Forestry, Silviculture, Botany, Taxonomy, Ecology.
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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.
Required Documents
1. Your resume:
- Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
- Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
- If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
- For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., HRS per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you may not receive consideration for this position.
- For additional information see: What to include in your resume.
2. Other supporting documents:
- Cover Letter, optional
- Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable
- This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience. If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses
- This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 02/16/2024 to receive consideration
- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application (https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12298719).
- Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.
- It is your responsibility to verify that your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
- Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center.
To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
Agency contact information
Army Applicant Help Desk
Address
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