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Research Biological Science Technician
GS 5/6/7, Biological Science Technician 0404
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Forest Service-wide and Demonstration
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Otto, NC
The Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory of the Southern
Research Station is recruiting a permanent
Research Biological Science Technician. The
position is classified as a career ladder at the
GS-5, GS-6 or GS-7 level (salary range $31,628 to
$50,932/yr plus standard Federal benefits). The
duty station will be located at the Coweeta
Hydrologic Laboratory in Otto, NC. The Coweeta
Hydrologic Laboratory has been in continuous
operation since 1934 and the research program
spans the continuum of basic to applied science.
Coweeta is an NSF Long-Term Ecological Research
Site and works cooperatively with several
universities, National Forests, and local, state, and other federal agencies.
The incumbent will participate in technical
aspects of ongoing team-oriented research focused
on understanding responses of watershed
ecosystems to anthropogenic and natural
disturbances. Duties include, but are not limited
to: (1) installing, servicing, repairing and
maintaining a variety of standard hydrologic,
climatic and ecohydrologic equipment and
instrumentation, such as precipitation sensors,
sonic anemometers, IRGAs, sapflow sensors and
soil moisture sensors; (2) maintaining,
calibrating, and modifying complex/specialized
equipment and automated systems used for testing
and evaluating procedures; (3) assisting with
designing new sensor networks and stations; (4)
using computer software to write new, and modify
existing automated scripts for data quality
assurance; (5) tabulating, statistically
analyzing, and summarizing data; and (6)
adapting, modifying, or developing new techniques
and/or procedures to satisfy the needs of the research project.
This position requires: (1) knowledge of the
principles of biological science and forest
ecophysiological research, and the ability to lay
out, schedule, organize, and execute the details
of a wide variety of types of limited operational
projects; and/or one-at-a-time (and often long
range) multi-phased projects, at least some of
which have nonstandard technical problems that
must be coordinated with others; (2) ability to
identify and correct deficiencies that are
readily apparent in field data collected by field
recording equipment; (3) knowledge of the
servicing, calibrating, repair, and installation
of field recording equipment and ability to
modify and/or repair parts on a variety of
complex forest ecophysiological gauges,
instruments and other equipment, and keeping
appropriate records that document the proper
evaluation and interpretation of ecohydrologic
and ecophysiologic data; (4) knowledge of the
application of IRGAs, sonic anemometers, sapflow,
and soil moisture instrumentation used in
analyses so that prescribed procedures can be
modified to accommodate existing sampling and
analytical conditions; and (5) skill in the use
of personal computers and software packages used
in data collection (e.g., Loggernet, CR Basic),
analysis (e.g., Matlab, SAS), data storage, and presentation processes.
We anticipate officially announcing the position
in the near future, with an anticipated starting
date at the end of December 2014. If you are
interested in this position, please fill out and
return the attached outreach form and send to Dr.
Chelcy Ford Miniat, Research Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory,
3160 Coweeta Lab Rd, Otto, NC 28763 or email to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
before August 30, 2014. Those interested will be
sent a copy of the announcement with duties,
qualifications required, and application
instructions. For more information, contact Dr.
Miniat at 828-524-2128, ext. 118. The USDA
Forest Service is an equal opportunity employer.
The Forest Service provides reasonable
accommodations to applicants with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application or
outreach process, please notify Cheryl Jefferson
at 828-259-0562, email: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
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Position Title/Series/Grade: Biological Science Technician (GS-5/6/7, 0404)
Duty Station: Otto, NC
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