Job Title: Biological Science Technician
Job Type: full-time seasonal position
Organization: National Park Service
Location: Bar Harbor, ME (Duty Station first 9 weeks), and Fredericksburg,
VA (Duty Station second 9 weeks)
Open Period: 1/7/09-1/28/09
Vacancies: 4 crew members
Duration: 18 weeks mid May to September (exact dates TBD)
Grade: GS-5
Pay: $14.74-15.94/hour
Job Description:
The National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program is
recruiting up to 4 seasonal Biological Science Technician to be a part of
a 2-3 person field crew that will be collecting forest health data in 16
parks throughout the Eastern US. Incumbents will establish permanent
forest monitoring plots and collect data on forest health, structure and
composition, regeneration, understory vegetation, coarse woody debris, and
soil characteristics.
The crew will work in park sites from Virginia to Maine. The first 5
weeks of the season will be spent in training at Acadia NP (1 week) and
sampling National Historic Parks in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
(4 weeks). The crew will then spend approximately 5 weeks sampling in
Acadia National Park, and 8 weeks working in Mid-Atlantic parks located in
Virginia and Pennsylvania. The crew will stay in park housing where
available, and lodging may include hotels, historic buildings and cabins.
Other duties may include pressing unknown plant specimens, equipment
maintenance and repair, preparing soil samples for processing, and data
entry.
This is largely a field based position, and incumbents will be required to
carry heavy field equipment (40+lbs), hike though rough terrain, and work
in all weather conditions. Park housing will be available at the duty
stations (Bar Harbor, ME and Fredericksburg, VA). When away from duty
station (approx. 50% of the time), the National Park Service will pay
lodging and per diem costs.
For more information and to apply, please view the announcement (vacancy
announcement # SH-NETN DEU 90-8T ) on the USAJOBS website
(www.usajobs.opm.gov).
