Forestry Technician (Timber Sale Preparation)

Summary

This position is located on a Forest Service unit where the incumbent performs timber sale preparation; pre-sale, sale administration and similar duties as part of the timber organization. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Josh Chapman at [email protected] USDA Employees: Please refer to the Next Steps section.

Duties

• •Duties listed below are at the full performance level.
• •Prepares, develops, and executes a wide variety of diverse and complex timber cruises.
• •Evaluates logging problems and determines most feasible logging method, considering tractor, skyline or helicopter.
• •Manages conventional types of logging systems appraisals, completes timber sale appraisals to determine value, and prepares timber sale or stewardship contracts.
• •Coordinates with engineering personnel to assure that location of logging roads and landings are correct.
• •Directs traverses of sale areas to collect unit acreage and other data for sale appraisals, logging plans etc.

Qualifications

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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-7: You must have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting two (2) or more of the following: Using computer programs required for data collection, cruise processing, traversing, and GPS; and/or Applying the fundamentals of timber cruising, including tree measurement, map reading and compass use, species identification, defect recognition and determination, quality determination, traversing, interpretation of aerial photography, and use of timber cruising tools and instruments; and/or Using sampling systems such as 3P (3P stands for Probability Proportional to Prediction), fixed area, point, and sample tree to determine statistically sound cruise samples. OR I have 1 year of graduate level education (18 semester/27 quarter hours), courses are forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management. OR I have a combination of education and experience that together meets the qualifications requirements for this position. For the GS-8: You most have one-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as meeting one or more of the following: drafted timber cruise plans, performing lay out of timber sale boundaries; and/or summarized cruise and marking data for inclusion in reports describing timber quantity, resources, topographic features and timber marking guidelines; and/or prepared timber sale appraisals and contracts. OR I have two full years (36 semester/54 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level education or master's degree if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position (such as forestry, range management, agriculture). The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. OR I have a combination of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See above for substitution of qualifying education.