Permanent-seasonal (13/13) Forestry Technician
positions will be filled at a variety of duty
locations within the Rocky Mountain Research
Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)
Program. These are career positions at the
GS-462-6 level. Summary information is listed
below, please see <http://www.usajobs.gov>www.usajobs.gov for full details.
* The DEMO announcement is open to all U.S.
citizens. The DEMO announcement number is
15-RES-60294DP-AL - it will be open March 2,
2015 thru March 9, Extended to March 16th
2015.
<https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/395663600>https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/395663600
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Up to 11 forestry technicians in support of the
field inventory. These positions will be
advertised in the Forestry Technician (GS-462)
series at the GS 6 level. These are career
permanent-seasonal (PSE) positions consisting of
13 pay periods of full time work, and 13 pay
periods in nonpay status per year. Appointees
may be offered the opportunity to work longer
depending on workload and funding. The anticipated start date is May 2015.
The positions serve as members of the Interior
West Forest Inventory and Analysis Program,
headquartered in Ogden, Utah, which conducts
forest resource inventories and forest health
monitoring activities throughout the interior
west states including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, Utah, and
Wyoming. For more information about the Program,
please visit our internet site at
<http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/>www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/.
Each position will serve as part of a two person
forest resource inventory crew. The forestry
technician crew members work under the direction
of a local crew leader. The work involves
contacting land owners for access; locating study
plots using aerial photo baseline and GPS
techniques; conducting extensive resource and
health inventories including tree measurements
and foliage evaluations, understory vegetation
composition and structure estimates, site
characteristics and soils evaluations, etc; using
various measurement instruments and electronic data recorders.
Fieldwork regularly includes extensive hiking and
backpacking in remote and rugged areas, in all
weather conditions, and carrying heavy daypacks
(~45 lb.) or backpacks (60+ lb.). Depending on
location, a variety of other methods are used to
access plots including ATVs, horses, aircraft,
and boats; please contact us for specifics of each location.
The area sampled by the RMRS Forest Inventory and
Analysis (FIA) program cover a diversity of
ecological communities. Terrain varies from dry
ponderosa pine, oak woodland and juniper forests
at lower elevations and the southern portion of
the 8-state territory; to the high alpine forests
of Colorado, Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountains; to
the temperate rain forests of northern Idaho and
northwestern Montana - and everything in
between! Each crew covers a large area, and all
staff will experience a wide variety of country.
The field season typically runs from April
through November. In all locations, overnight
travel away from the duty station is frequent,
and may include periods of extended and
continuous travel. The ability to work
productively as part of a team, meet the physical
demands of this challenging outdoor work, and to
quickly learn a complex set of field protocols
are all very important in this position!
