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The Pacific Northwest Research Station’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (PNW-FIA) program has inventoried the Pacific Coast States since the 1930s. Although the mission has expanded over the years, we continue to invest in high-quality data collection brought to the public safely and efficiently. From testing new sampling methods and tools to refining the basics in forest inventory technique, the PNW-FIA Data Collection team within the Forest Monitoring and Assessment program is working hard to bring high-quality, relevant, and reliable data to meet the FIA program’s fundamental data needs.
Duties for these positions include supporting sampling forest inventory field plots located on a systematic grid across all land ownerships, and will be almost entirely field based. A wide variety of information is collected in the inventory, including: tree measurements; forest pathogens; understory vegetation composition and structure; stand treatments and disturbances; down woody material measurements; and land ownership. The areas sampled for the inventory by the PNW Research Station cover a diversity of ecological communities, from the rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula, to the high alpine forests of southern California and beyond.
We are hoping to fill up to 16 GS5/6 -1039 positions for the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program throughout Oregon, Washington, and California. These positions will start July 1st and will last until at least the end of October. Applications for these positions will be open until February 7th.
Duty locations we are advertising are: San Bernardino, CA; Fresno, CA; Mammoth Lakes, CA; Nevada City, CA; Chico, CA; Redding, CA; Mount Shasta, CA; Grants Pass, OR; Eugene, OR; Bend, OR; Portland, OR; La Grande, OR; Cle Elum, WA; Olympia, WA; and Sedro Woolley, WA. When applying, you may only select 10 duty locations. If you are interested in being considered for more than that or all of them, please make sure you select “location negotiable” when applying.
Forestry Technician (Research)
GS-5 positions & GS-6 positions:
GS-5 positionsSalary: $18.96 – $18.96 per hour Pay scale & grade: GS 5 Locations – Many vacancies in the following locations:
Work schedule:Full-time Season: The expected start date for this position will be between June 30, 2024 to October 6 , 2024 Opening Date: 01/25/2024 Closing Date: 02/07/2024
Full Position Description & Apply
SummaryThis position is located within a National Forest. The primary purpose of this position is to perform as a technician to forestry research scientists at a Research Station in a Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Work Unit. The Unit is one of four FIA Units across the country that comprises the national FIA program. FIA is a nationwide program which collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and publishes comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources.
Duties
QualificationsIn order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management’s General Schedule Qualification Standards.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. GS-05: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4 grade level; OR a bachelor’s degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school (120 semester/180 quarter hours) with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-matter field directly related to the position, or that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservation, wildlife management, watershed management, soil science, natural resources, outdoor recreation management, civil or forest engineering, or wildland fire science (no more than 6 semester hours in mathematics is creditable); OR combinations of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester/90 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Examples of specialized experience include: Performing technical duties in support of forestry research. Collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and publishes comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources. Collects forestry, botanical, and geographic measurements according to nationally standardized protocol and field procedures. Collects forestry and forest health monitoring data on permanently established fixed radius plots. Selective Placement Factors
To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
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GS-6 positionsSalary: $21.14 – $21.14 per hour Pay scale & grade: GS 6 Locations – Many vacancies in the following locations:
Work schedule: Full-time Season: The expected start date for this position will be between June 30, 2024 to October 6 , 2024 Opening Date: 01/25/2024 Closing Date: 02/07/2024
Full Position Description & Apply
SummaryThis position is located within a National Forest. The primary purpose of this position is to perform collection, processing, analyzing, evaluating, and publishing of comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources.
Duties
QualificationsIn order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management’s General Schedule Qualification Standards.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. GS-06: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5). Examples of specialized experience include: Performing technical duties in support of forestry research. Collects, processes, analyzes, evaluates, and publishes comprehensive information on forest and other related renewable resources. Collects forestry, botanical, and geographic measurements according to nationally standardized protocol and field procedures. Collects forestry and forest health monitoring data on permanently established fixed radius plots. GS-06: There is no substitution of education for experience for this position. |
Required Documents
The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration.
Resume that includes: 1) personal information such as name, address, contact information; 2) education; 3) detailed work experience related to this position as described in the responsibilities section including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) supervisor’s phone number and whether or not the supervisor may be contacted for a reference check; 5) other qualifications.
If education is required or you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts that include your name along with the name of the Institution. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application; however, if you are selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any education was completed at a foreign institute, you must submit with your application evidence that the institute was appropriately accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. education standards. There are private organizations that specialize in this evaluation and a fee is normally associated with this service. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.
How to Apply
Please view Tips for Applicants – a guide to the Forest Service application process.
Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.
Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. (MST), Monday – Friday. If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be returned to Human Resources no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement in order for it to be entered into the system prior to the closing date.
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this.
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