The typical winter seasonal entry-on-duty period is November through May but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: November or December 2024. Positions are for the following locations: Santa Monica Mountains NRA (Calabasas CA) Joshua Tree NP (Twentynine Palms CA)

Duties

Performs Maintenance Worker Leader (Trails) duties such as: 1. Leader - This position is a working leader of a trail crew. The incumbent has a complete knowledge of trail construction and maintenance techniques and must be able to recognize existing and future maintenance problems. Incumbent provides input to the supervisor on trail work priorities, personnel and training recommendations, and equipment supply needs. Incumbent is responsible for daily on-side decisions concerning workflow and assignment and distribution of work for their crew. Hold weekly safety sessions or as needed especially when initiating a new task or operating specialized equipment. Within the parameter of knowledge, training, experience, and resources, keeps fellow employees and supervisor aware of hazards, standard violations, and deviation from accepted work procedures and practices in the park environment. 2. Rigging - Performs and leads workers in rigging operations including planning, selecting, assembling, and installing weight handling gear. Knowledgeable in strengths, capabilities, and working load limits of equipment and materials used in rigging operations. Maintains and repairs rigging equipment and recognizes unsafe equipment and removing from service. 3. Carpentry - Performs and leads carpentry work, primarily using heavy log and rough-sawn lumber, in the construction, stabilization, and maintenance to historic and non-historic structures. 4. Maintenance/Laborer - Performs and leads general light maintenance tasks on park trails. This includes brushing vegetation back from trail corridor edges, out-slopping the downhill edges of trail corridors, clearing waterbars and open styled drainages, repairing/replacing trail markers/cairns, repairing trail tread, removing debris from trail corridors, etc.

Requirements

Qualifications

Ability to Lead or Supervise (Screen-out). This includes work such as: leading work crews executing difficult and complex trail construction and maintenance projects to the highest standard such as installation and repair of rock and log water bars, rock and log steps, rock and log retaining walls, drainage structures, rip-rap tread, bridges and signs. This experience includes planning project logistics as well as extensive knowledge and skills in the areas of carpentry, dry and wet stone masonry, trail condition assessment, use of hand tools and equipment operation specifically in a trail maintenance and construction capacity. Working knowledge regarding the strengths, capabilities, and working load limits of equipment and materials used in rigging operations including wire ropes, grip hoists, anchor systems, wire rope clips, shackles and hooks, blocks and wire rope grips. Passing on to other workers the instructions received from supervisors. Assigning tasks to be performed by individual members of the group. Working along with other workers and setting the pace. 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 PWR Seasonal Recruitment 333 Bush Street Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 US
• Name: Christopher Lee
• Email: [email protected]