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Hydrological Technician.
$53k-67k (estimate)
Full Time | Public Administration
3 Weeks Ago
USDA Forest Service is Hiring a Hydrological Technician. Near Cordova, AK
Duties
Eligibility Requirements: You must have lived and or worked in or near the geographic boundaries of the Chugach National Forest or Tongass National Forest and have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural and cultural resources in Southcentral or Southeast Alaska area to participate in natural resources activities.
Your responses to the questions in the assessment for this announcement must clearly show that you meet the eligibility requirements.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
THIS IS AN OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. This type of announcement provides the Forest Service with a readily available source of applicants when vacancies occur. Eligibility and qualifications will be verified when there is a vacancy for the location and grade for which you applied. Information on specific locations where jobs are being filled and the dates when applications are due for these locations can be found at
For Additional Information Regarding COLA SeeThis is a non-bargaining unit position.
This is a bargaining unit position and is represented by NFFE.
Government housing may be available.
Federal affiliated daycare facilities may be available.
This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
This position is not eligible for telework.
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.
If you are newly hired, the documentation you present for purposes of completing the Department Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 on your entry-on-duty date will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" system. Federal law requires the use of E-VERIFY to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires. Under this system, the new hire is required to resolve any identified discrepancies as a condition of continued employment.
ANILCA appointments require a 2 year probationary period. Upon completion of 2 years the incumbent will be non-competitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment if all of the following are met: successful completion of 2 year probationary period, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualification requirements are met for the position the incumbent is converting into, satisfactorily meeting performance requirements, and completion of all prescribed training. If all requirements are not met upon completion of two years in this position, employment will be terminated.
- The position serves as a technical assistant in the performance of a variety of hydrology tasks, either as a crew member or individual worker.
- Develops, assembles, evaluates, adapts, and presents in tabular or graphic form, technical data in the fields of water data collection, stage data, stream discharge, rainfall, and wind gaging.
- Prepares criteria for use in calibrating stream flow in open and controlled channels.
- Conducts detailed analyses for use by hydrologists and engineers in considering possibility of applying engineering theories to the rise and fall of water, water slopes, natural and artificial controls, etc.
- Collects data from field recording instruments and makes on-site measurements of study area conditions. Assists on field survey crews in the collection of resource data.
- Prepares a variety of charts, graphs, and figures for data analysis and publication. Prepares correspondence, in draft form, relating to all phases of the work; initiates directives for securing data needed.
- Maintains liaison with other Forest Service staff, and with other Federal, state and local agencies and with public and private interests having a common interest in the collection and dissemination of the hydrological data.
- Services, repairs, and installs a variety of hydrologic instruments.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of a 2-year probationary period is required.
- Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- As a field going position working in brown or black bear habitat, this position is required to be firearm certified for personal and/or crew safety.
- Executive Order 12564 requires employees designated to carry a firearm to be subject to random drug testing. This position will be subject to random drug testing and will be placed in the applicant testing pool.
- This position requires initial and continuing qualifications in the use of firearms as outlined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, amended by the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996.
- This is a Test Designated Position. You will be tested for illegal drugs prior to appointment and randomly thereafter. Appointment and continued employment is conditional on negative results.
Eligibility Requirements: You must have lived and or worked in or near the geographic boundaries of the Chugach National Forest or Tongass National Forest and have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural and cultural resources in Southcentral or Southeast Alaska area to participate in natural resources activities.
Your responses to the questions in the assessment for this announcement must clearly show that you meet the eligibility requirements.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
THIS IS AN OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. This type of announcement provides the Forest Service with a readily available source of applicants when vacancies occur. Eligibility and qualifications will be verified when there is a vacancy for the location and grade for which you applied. Information on specific locations where jobs are being filled and the dates when applications are due for these locations can be found at
For Additional Information Regarding COLA SeeThis is a non-bargaining unit position.
This is a bargaining unit position and is represented by NFFE.
Government housing may be available.
Federal affiliated daycare facilities may be available.
This position may be eligible to telework up to four days per week, based upon the duties of the position. This position may also be eligible for flexible work arrangements as determined by agency policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
This position is not eligible for telework.
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.
If you are newly hired, the documentation you present for purposes of completing the Department Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 on your entry-on-duty date will be verified through the DHS "E-VERIFY" system. Federal law requires the use of E-VERIFY to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires. Under this system, the new hire is required to resolve any identified discrepancies as a condition of continued employment.
ANILCA appointments require a 2 year probationary period. Upon completion of 2 years the incumbent will be non-competitively converted to a career or career-conditional appointment if all of the following are met: successful completion of 2 year probationary period, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualification requirements are met for the position the incumbent is converting into, satisfactorily meeting performance requirements, and completion of all prescribed training. If all requirements are not met upon completion of two years in this position, employment will be terminated.
- A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Public Administration
SALARY
$53k-67k (estimate)
POST DATE
05/22/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/10/2024
WEBSITE
fs.usda.gov
HEADQUARTERS
ARLINGTON, VA
SIZE
<25
FOUNDED
1995
REVENUE
<$5M
INDUSTRY
Public Administration
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