The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) anticipates advertising for two GS-05/06 Forestry Technicians. The positions will require a mix of field and office/laboratory work. The positions provide research support, data acquisition and permanent plot maintenance for ecological research conducted at the PSW Redding Laboratory and some remote field sites in Lassen and Plumas Counties. The incumbent will provide quality control for data collected in the field and assure planned progress on data collection is meeting expectations. The positions are GS-05 or 06 ($31,628.00 or $35,609.00/year) Term positions. A Term position is an annual appointment, renewable for up to 4 years.
Requirements for the positions include an understanding forest vegetation and fuel measurement techniques and applications, familiar with equipment for measuring environmental and physiological variables and computer software for data processing. The position will be located at the Pacific Southwest Research Station Laboratory in Redding, California. The vacancy announcement for these positions will be posted on the U.S. Government’s official website for employment opportunities www.usajobs.gov. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the vacancy announcement for this position, please complete the attached Outreach Notice Response Form and return it to Dr. Jianwei Zhang at ([email protected]) no later than March 18, 2015.   PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION Ecosystem Function and Health Forestry Technician GS-0462-05/06 Redding California. INTERESTED APPLICANT INFORMATION: NAME: EMAIL ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: TELEPHONE NUMBER: TYPE OF CURRENT APPOINTMENT: (if applicable) PERMANENT TEMPORARY TERM CURRENT STATION/LAB/REGION/FOREST/DISTRICT: (if applicable) CURRENT PAY or SERIES AND GRADE: (if applicable) CURRENT POSITION TITLE: I AM ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING AS: VRA (Veterans Recruitment Authority) SCHEDULE A (Persons with disabilities) Reinstatement (prior permanent career/career conditional employees) OTHER **Note: for candidates that do not understand what these authorities mean, or the criteria that needs to be met in order to be eligible for non- competitive hiring authorities, please see the information below. • 30% or More Compensable Disabled Veterans: Temporary and career opportunities can be provided to qualified disabled veterans who were discharged because of a service-connected disability or retired with a disability rating of 30% or more, and have been rated by the VA since 1991 or later as having a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX02020.asp • Veteran’s Recruitment Authority (VRA): Allows for temporary and career opportunities for positions at grade levels through GS-11. Qualified veterans must be disabled or, have served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized or, received an Armed Forces Service Medal or, was recently (within the last 3 years) separated from active duty. http://www.opm.gov/Strategic_Management_of_Human_Capital/fhfrc/FLX02020.asp
