Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Forestry Technician at Directorate of Public Works (DPW), Environmental Division at JBLM, WA.

Duties

Performs stand examinations of forested areas, gathering data for forest inventory and monitoring. Relocates and re-measures permanent forest inventory plots and establishes and measures temporary point samples plots. Identifies forest types and conditions of stand characteristics and composition. Estimates both gross and net volume using a variety of software, tables, and techniques. Assists in controlled burning to reduce fire hazards, ecological restoration, and vegetation management. Assist with vegetation control using herbicide and mechanical methods.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Position requires incumbent to obtain and maintain a valid State issued driver’s license.
• This position requires a pre-employment and yearly post-employment physical.
• Mandatory overtime is required.
• This position requires applicant and incumbent to pass an arduous physical fitness test which includes a Pack Test (3 miles in 45 minutes with a 45 pound pack)

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: GS-07: One year of specialized experience which includes:1) Assisting with selective tree marking and timber volume estimation; or 2) Assisting with wildland fire management programs such as prescribed burns and fire suppression. 3) Assisting with herbicide application under the guidance of DoD certified applications. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06). OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Forestry, Silviculture, Botany, Taxonomy, Ecology. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address EU-APF-W12KAA JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD DO NOT MAIL Tacoma, WA 98433 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk