Issue Date: November, 2018
INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENT
*FORESTRY TECHNICIANS (GS-462-6)*
The USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Forest
Inventory and Analysis Program, Ogden, UT, anticipates filling the
following positions:
·Up to 18 forestry technicians in support of the field inventory.These
positions will be advertised in the Forestry Technician (0462) 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; or 18 pay periods of full time work, and 8 pay
periods in nonpay status per year; depending on the location.Appointees
may be offered the opportunity to work longer depending on workload and
funding.The anticipated start date is Spring 2019.
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All of 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
www.fs.fed.us/rm/ogden/ <http://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.
The area sampled by the RMRS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program
covers a diversity of ecological communities.Terrain varies from dry
ponderosa pine, oak woodland and juniper forests at lower elevations in
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.
Fieldwork is arduous, and regularly includes extensive hiking and
backpacking in remote and rugged areas, on and off-trail, 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 ATV’s, horses, aircraft, and boats; please
contact us for specifics of each location.
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.Work schedules can
be quite varied (Maxi-flex, 8/6, 10/4, etc), and weekend work may be
required.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!
The positions are based at a number of different locations, which are
indicated in the table below
The purpose of this Outreach Notice is to determine the potential
applicant pool for these positions.The vacancy announcement for these
positions, when open, will be posted at the USA Jobs website, the U.S.
Government’s official site for jobs and employment information:
www.usajobs.gov <http://www.usajobs.gov>
If you would enjoy working as part of the Forest Inventory and Analysis
Program, we encourage you to express your interest in the position(s) as
soon as possible.If you reply to this outreach notice, we will notify
you when the positions are announced (anticipated to be mid- to late
November).For additional information, please contact any of the
supervisors listed above, or Bob Rhoads at (801) 625-5685 or
brho...@fs.fed.us <mailto:brho...@fs.fed.us>.
*This outreach is for your information.If you are an education
institution please post the Outreach to your Jobs Board. *
*Thank you for your interest in these positions! *
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service prohibits
discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race,
color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex,
marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or
because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public
assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all
programs).Persons with disabilities who require alternate means for
communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotapes,
etc) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination write:USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC20250-9410 or
call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD).USDA is an equal
opportunity provider and employer.
OUTREACH NOTICE RESPONSE FORM
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Rocky Mountain Research Station
Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
Please complete this form and return it as soon as possible to any of
the supervisors listed above, or to Bob Rhoads at the address below.We
anticipate the vacancy announcement to be advertised in mid- to late-
November, and will notify all respondents at that time.
Bob Rhoads
Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
507 25^th Street
Ogden, UT84401
fax: 801-625-5723
email: brho...@fs.fed.us <mailto:brho...@fs.fed.us>
Permanent-seasonal (13/13 or 18/8) Duty Station(s).
Please indicate all duty stations that you are interested in:
☐ALL
☐Eureka, MT☐Kalispell, MT☐Missoula, MT☐Bozeman, MT
☐Coeur d’Alene, ID☐Grangeville, ID☐Challis, ID☐McCall, ID
☐Gunnison, CO☐Ely, NV☐Cedar City, UT☐Ogden, UT
☐Richfield, UT☐Prescott, AZ☐Flagstaff, AZ☐Gallup, NM
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I’m interested in this position and will check www.usajobs.gov
<http://www.usajobs.gov> for the announcement, or I will call or email
the contact person.
*PERSONAL INFORMATION:*
*Name: __________________________________________________
Date:________________*
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*Address: ________________________________________________ Phone:
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*________________________________________________ E-Mail: _______________*
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*Are you currently a Federal employee:YES ____NO ___*
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*If yes, *
*Current
title/series/grade/location:_____________________________________________*
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*Type of appointment you are currently under
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*(e.g., Temporary, Career, Career-Conditional, Excepted-ANILCA, Excepted
VRA, etc)*
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