Forest Service, Department of Agriculture
Acton, CA | #government
This position has been established on a Forest Service Unit and serves as a Fire Prevention Technician.
This position is responsible for development, implementation and administration of the unit's Fire Prevention Program.
Information on specific locations where jobs are being filled and the dates applications are due for these locations can be found on the Forest Service website In 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.
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).
Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-06 level one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5); OR one full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level coursework that is directly related to the work of the position (such as forestry, range management, agriculture); OR combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience.
The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
Examples of specialized experience are: Performing suppression operations and instructing others during initial attack or assisting with prescribed burns.
Giving formal talks and informally providing information on fire prevention laws, rules, and regulations.
Issuing various permits and ensuring users were in compliance with rules and regulations.
For the GS-07 level one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-6); OR one full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level coursework that is directly related to the work of the position (such as forestry, range management, agriculture); OR combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience.
The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
Examples of specialized experience are: Assisting in developing and presenting educational programs, and performing extensive public contact work in providing information on fire prevention/protection issues.
Issuing burning or campfire permits with regards to fire danger levels, and monitoring them for compliance/non-compliance.
Assisting in gathering, processing, analyzing fire risks, hazards and values needed to prepare prevention plans.
Performing initial attack on fires and serving as an incident commander or implementing prescribed burn plans.
Selective Placement Factors A minimum 90 days experience performing on-the-line (Primary/Rigorous) wildland fire suppression duties as a member of an organized fire suppression crew or comparable unit that utilized knowledge of wildland fire suppression, containment or control techniques and practices under various conditions.
This experience, to include, specific duties and specific dates must be documented in your work history/resume.
If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you will be placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management.
However, promotion is not guaranteed.
FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT COVERAGE: This is a secondary position covered under the special retirement provisions of 5 USC 8336(c) for the Civil Service Retirement System and of 5 USC 8412(d) for the Federal Employees Retirement System.
Deadline: 2021-08-09
(6 days left)
Salary: 38K-56K Per Year
How to Apply
Please follow the application procedure at www.usajobs.gov for more info.
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