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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION: FORESTER GS-0460-07/09 ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: FWS4-98-163
SALARY RANGE: $26075 - $41470
OPENING DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL: GS-0460-09
CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 13, 1998 AREA OF CONSIDERATION: GOVERNMENT-WIDE
LOCATION: WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
DEWITT, ARKANSAS
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER: (404) 679-4028 (TTY) 679-4051
(404) 679-4031 (870) 946-1468
ADDRESS OF PERSONNEL OFFICE: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
PERSONNEL DIVISION SUITE 370
1875 CENTURY BOULEVARD
ATLANTA, GA 30345
** APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN OUR APPLICATION GUIDELINES DOCUMENT. **
Our office does not accept applications by facsimile machine or by
electronic mail.
**** QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ****
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Candidates must have at least 1 year of special-
ized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade that is directly
related to the described duties and that has equipped the candidate with
the particular knowledges, skills, and abilities identified to successfully
perform the work.
**** SPECIAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CTAP PROCEDURES ****
Department of the Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
procedures apply in filling this vacancy. 5 CFR 330, Career Transition
Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees, requires the
following order of selection for this position:
a) Personnel actions listed in 5 CFR 330.606(d);
b) The selection of an employee from within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) and the same local commuting area after eligible SSP
applicants within the Service and local commuting area have been given
selection priority;
c) Any well-qualified SSP candidate who applies within the local commuting
area (surplus and displaced employees will be given equal consideration);
d) At the Service's option, personnel actions not subject to RPL;
e) Qualified RPL candidates in the local commuting area;
f) At the Service's discretion, any other former displaced well-qualified
DOI employee;
g) Well-qualified ICTAP applicants in the local commuting area;
h) Other outside applicants (other agencies, nonstatus - only if the area
of consideration is "All Qualified Applicants".)
AN ELIGIBLE CTAP APPLICANT IS DETERMINED TO BE WELL-QUALIFIED IF HE/SHE
MEETS THE FOLLOWING: OPM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE POSITION; ALL
SELECTIVE FACTORS, WHERE APPLICABLE; SPECIAL QUALIFYING CONDITIONS THAT OPM
HAS APPROVED FOR THE POSITION; IS PHYSICALLY QUALIFIED WITH REASONABLE
ACCOMMODATION, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF
THE POSITION UPON ENTRY; AND IS RATED BY THE ORGANIZATION AT AT LEAST THE
MIDDLE LEVEL OF A 3-LEVEL RATING SYSTEM ON ALL QUALITY RANKING FACTORS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, WELL-QUALIFIED ALSO GENERALLY MEANS THOSE APPLI-
CANTS WHOSE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES CLEARLY EXCEED THE MINIMUM
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AS IDENTIFIED IN THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT BUT
WHO WOULD NOT NECESSARILY MEET THE DEFINITION OF HIGHLY OR BEST QUALIFIED.
The incumbent will be required to obtain and wear an official U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service uniform.
A valid state driver's license in required.
THIS IS A DRUG-TESTING DESIGNATED POSITION. Applicant(s) tentatively
selected for this position will be required prior to appointment to submit
to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use. As a condition of continued
employment in this position, incumbent(s) will be subject to random testing
for illegal drug use.
To confirm your application was received timely, we suggest you use
certified mail "Return Receipt Requested." The personnel office will send
you information about this job and your application for it approximately 2
to 4 months after the closing date of this announcement.
Full consideration for this position is limited to current Federal status
employees within the stated area of consideration.
A. Degree in forestry or a related subject matter field that included a
total of at least 30 semester hours in any combination of biological,
physical, or mathematical sciences or engineering, of which at least 24
semester hours of course work were in forestry. The curriculum must have
been sufficiently diversified to include courses in each of the following
areas: Management of Renewable Resources, Forest Biology and Forest
Resource Measurements and Inventory; OR B. Combination of education and
experience-courses equivalent to a major in forestry, or at least 30
semester hours in any combination of biological, physical, or mathematics
sciences or engineering, of which at least 24 semester hours were in
forestry. The requirements for diversification of the 24 semester hours in
forestry are the same as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or
additional education. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GS-7 LEVEL: In
addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants
must have 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic
achievement OR 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5
level. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GS-9 LEVEL: Two Years of progressively
higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or
equivalent graduate degree. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL SELECTION
PRIORITY (SSP): 1. Must be surplus or displaced. 2. Must have a current
performance rating or record of at least fully successful or results
achieved. 3. Must apply for a vacancy in the same local commuting area
from which he/she is being or may be separated. 4. Must apply only for
positions at or below his/her current grade level and with no greater
promotion potential than his/her current position. 5. Must apply within
the specified time frames. 6. Must be determined to be well qualified for
the vacancy.
STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
Incumbent develops short and long-range forest management plans consistent
with overall refuge wildlife management plans; coordinated with supervisor
to ensure effective and efficient implementation of forest management
activities in accordance with refuge objectives and policies; plans,
implements, and evaluates the refuge's overall fire management program,
including presuppression, suppression, and prescribed burning; prepares and
presents forest habitat educational programs to various groups; plans and
performs appraisal of timber, prepares sale advertisements, and contracts
for timber sales in accordance with approval policies, procedures and
management plans. CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: 1. Commercial Drivers License
with Hazardous Materials Endorsement required.
KNOWLEDGES, ABILITIES, SKILLS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS (KASOCS):
1. Knowledge of professional forestry theory, principles, concepts, and
methods sufficient to perform the full range of forestry management duties.
2. Ability to manage a wildland fire program.
3. Ability to communicate in writing.
4. Ability to work effectively with others.
** DISPLACED EMPLOYEES REQUESTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ICTAP **
If you are a displaced Federal employee you may be entitled to receive
special selection priority under the ICTAP. To receive this priority con-
sideration you must:
1. Be a displaced Federal employee. You MUST submit a copy of the appro-
priate documentation showing your priority consideration status with your
application package. The following categories of candidates are con-
sidered displaced employees:
A. Current or former career or career-conditional (tenure group I or II)
competitive service employees who: (1) received a specific RIF separation
notice or notice of proposed removal for declining a directed reassignment
or transfer of function outside of the local commuting area (you must
provide appropriate supporting documentation); (2) were separated because
of a compensable injury, whose compensation has been terminated, and whose
former agency certifies that it is unable to place you; (3) retired with a
disability and whose disability annuity has been or is being terminated; or
(4) upon receipt of a RIF separation notice retired on the effective date
of the RIF; or (5) retired under the discontinued service option; or (6)
were separated because you declined a transfer of function or directed
reassignment to another commuting area OR
B. A former Military Reserve or National Guard Technician who is receiving
a special Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disability retirement
annuity under section 8337(h) or 8456 of title 5 United States Code.
Include a copy of your eligibility letter from the National Guard or
Military Reserve. OR
C. A current Executive Branch employee in the excepted service, on a non-
temporary appointment, who has been given noncompetitive appointment eli-
gibility and selection priority by statute for positions in the competitive
service, and who has received a separation notice or notice of proposed
removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment out-
side the local commuting area; OR
D. A former Executive Branch agency employee in the excepted service, who
has been given noncompetitive appointment eligibility and selection
priority by statute for positions in the competitive service, and who has
been separated through RIF or removed for declining a transfer of function
or directed reassignment outside the local commuting area.
2. Be applying for a position at or below the grade level of the position
from which you have been separated. The position must not have greater
promotion potential than the position from which you were separated.
3. Have a current (or last) performance rating of record of at least
fully successful, results achieved, or equivalent. A copy of this
performance rating MUST be submitted with your application package (this
requirement does not apply to candidates who are eligible due to compen-
sable injury or disability retirement).
4. Occupy or be displaced from a position in the same local commuting area
as the position for which you are requested priority consideration.
5. File your application by the vacancy announcement closing date and meet
all the application criteria (eg., submit all required documentation, etc.)
6. Be rated well-qualified for the position. An eligible ICTAP applicant
is determined to be well-qualified if he/she meets the following: OPM
qualification standards for the position; is phyically qualified with
reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the
duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at at
least the middle level of a 3-level rating system on all quality ranking
factors. In addition to the above, well-qualified also generally means
those applicants whose knowledge, skills and abilities clearly exceed the
the minimum qualification requirements as identified in this vacancy
announcement, but who would not necessarily meet the definition of highly
or best qualified.