The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is April-May, but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: May 2024.

Duties

The incumbent performs leadership duties including assisting with performance appraisals, day-to-day counseling, and solving work-related problems for 1-2 Engineering Equipment Operators (WG8), and occasional assistance with 1-2 restoration worker leaders (WL5) and 5-10 restoration workers (WG-5). Backcountry travel several days per week may be required. Specific duties include: Implements Ecological Restoration projects in meadow and riparian areas, Wilderness, and other park locations to restore natural process. Projects include re-routing trails out of meadows, riparian areas, sensitive habitat, wetlands: removing and restoring inappropriately located wilderness campsites; riverbank restoration; conifer removal. Coordinate logistics for current and future projects. Uses heavy equipment ("Bobcat" skid loader, full-sized loader, mini-excavator, full-sized excavator, 5-yard dump truck) required for the job safely and effectively and has the ability to maintain equipment properly or determine the need for maintenance. Coordinates the delivery, use, and transport of heavy equipment to be shared among several projects throughout the work season. Actively promotes and participates in an effective safety program to safeguard visitors, employees, environment, facilities, and equipment through regular safety discussions with crew and others, regarding physical and emotional safety. Makes field decisions regarding work in progress related to changing conditions. Keeps precise records on restoration techniques and daily project accomplishments. Prepares weekly reports and occasionally writes sections for restoration progress and summary reports. Utilizes a computer to prepare summary reports and enter and track monitoring and GPS data. Ensures project is documented through photos, maps of photo point descriptions and locations, ensures that all data is collected according to protocol. Leads/assists restoration crew with restoration task including social trail removal, seed or cuttings collection, planting, duffing, conifer removal, among other tasks. Keeps time and attendance records and assists supervisor with tracking of overall project expenditures. Physical Demands: Heavy physical exertion is often required, and much work is performed in rugged mountainous terrain. Incumbent must have: Ability to frequently bend, lift and carry large objects such as rocks and logs weighing up to 50 lbs solo and more than 100 lbs with others. Ability to dig into rocky and gravelly soil using hand tools. Tool operation may be repetitive and require standing or crouching for extended periods of time. Ability to operate power equipment and heavy equipment which can be tedious, repetitive and bone jarring. Office activities require sitting at a desk or in front of a computer, occasionally for days at a time. Working Conditions: Incumbent may live and work in isolated mountainous wilderness areas, in close contact with small groups of people, over extended time periods. Incumbent must work outdoors at elevations from 2,000 to 10,000 feet in all extremes of weather, including rain, mud, snow, and in hot/cold temperatures. Front country living conditions can range from a canvas-walled tent cabin or other shared Park Service housing units. Restoration work is dusty and hazardous conditions exist when moving rock or fallen and bucked trees, or around heavy equipment. Equipment operation produces exposure to irritation or discomfort from dust, fumes, oils, solvents, and cold and dampness. May perform physical labor on wildland and prescribed fires as qualified and available. Area Information: Yosemite National Park, California, known worldwide for its spectacular natural beauty is the backdrop for this position. Sitting astride the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the park covers 1,182 square miles of varied wilderness ecosystems, from river valleys to alpine meadows to lofty 13,000 foot high peaks. Yosemite Valley is located 208 miles from San Francisco, 81 miles from Merced, and 94 miles from Fresno. Shopping, medical, postal and laundry services are available in the park. Elevation at the Valley floor is approximately 4,000 feet and 2,200 feet in El Portal. The park is open year-round with the majority of activities occurring during the busy season April through October. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

Requirements

Qualifications

Ability to lead (Screen out): Federal Wage Leaders must have the ability to lead three or more other workers to accomplish work, including as a paramount requirement, sufficient skill in and knowledge of the type of work performed by the group led to effectively carry out the duties. Working leaders also perform regular nonsupervisory (i.e., non-leader) work that is usually of the same kind and level as that done by the group led. Typical duties of a working leader are: passing on to other workers the instructions received from supervisors and getting work started, e.g., by assigning the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the group led; working along with other workers and setting the pace; demonstrating proper work methods; seeing to it that needed plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from supply locations; obtaining needed information or decisions from supervisors on problems that come up during the work; maintaining a current knowledge, and answering questions of other workers on procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives (for example, technical orders); seeing to it that there is enough work to keep everyone in the work crew busy; checking work while in progress and when finished to see whether the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met; urging or advising other workers to follow instructions received from supervisors, and to meet deadlines; assuring that safety and housekeeping rules are followed (for example, assuring that limits of safe machine operation are not exceeded and that all tools are used properly); reporting to supervisors on status and progress of work, and causes of work delays; and answering questions of supervisors on overall work operations and problems (for example, concerning, additional on-the-job training requirements for individual employees). Additional information on the specific qualification requirements for this position are found in the Job Qualification System for Trades and Labor Occupations. It is available for review on OPM's web site at: Federal Wage System Qualifications (opm.gov) If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors. Volunteer 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. ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; 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 least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

Education

There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.

Contacts

• Address Yosemite National Park 5037 Stroming Road Mariposa, CA 95338 US
• Name: Kevin Oliver
• Email: [email protected]