Job opening: Biological Science Technician
Salary: $49 541 - 64 405 per year
Published at: Dec 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in Pecos National Historical Park, in the Division of Resource Management.
Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will be in a non-pay status from approximately November- February.
Duties
Performs technician work that is supportive of professionals in resource management (i.e. Biologists, Ecologists, etc.). These positions participate in resource management tasks associated with a variety of emphasis areas such as vegetation management, wildlife management, fisheries, and/or habitat management. Specific duties will vary by park location.
Implements natural resource management projects following established procedures. Collects and organizes field data, ensuring quality control of data or collected samples. Provides assessment and classification of data.
Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines related to resource management projects.
Provides logistical support for resource management projects as well as advice, assistance, and training to students, volunteers or lower graded technicians.
Uses a variety of computer programs to compile, reduce, store, retrieve, analyze, and report data and other resource management information. Uses a wide variety of specialized equipment to carry out resource management projects.
Iditionally the position requires that the incumbent have greater knowledge, experience, and judgment to complete a variety of conventional projects of relatively limited scope; independently resolve problems for which precedents exist; select, from several alternatives, the most appropriate course of action for planning and executing work; and apply a wide range of conventional methods and solutions to new situations. As a result, the position has a broader scope and effect; unlike lower-graded positions, this position directly affects the design, operation, and adequacy of natural resource activities.
Qualifications
All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/10/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-6 grade
level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: following
instructions and standardized procedures; collecting and organizing field data; ensuring quality control of data collected; performing
routine and recurring testing of collected samples; recording data collected and providing preliminary assessment and classification of
the information; assisting in the preparation of resource management reports, plans, and guidelines. Additionally, experience must
demonstrate ability to execute established natural resource management projects by independently planning and carrying out steps
using established techniques to resolve problems. For example, planning field projects, independently choosing from among several
possible courses of action at different stages of the project (e.g., selects site locations, sampling techniques, appropriate equipment,
logistics, etc.). Duties are supportive of professional specialists in resource management; relevant to research, conservation and
management of natural resources such as but not limited to wildlife (land or aquatic) monitoring or control; field studies on plant or
forest ecology, inventorying, monitoring, and/or control of invasive plants, or making other field observations on the state of natural
resource conditions. You must include hours per week worked.
-OR-
EDUCATION: Successful completion of at least one full year of graduate education in an accredited educational institution (18
semester hour or 27 quarter hours) directly related to this position. Examples of directly related education are biology, botany, range
science, forestry, ecology, environmental science, zoology, fisheries, animal husbandry, natural resource management or other directly
related fields. You must include transcripts.
-OR-
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, 6 months of specialized
experience and half a year of directly related graduate level education.
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.
Education
To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an
accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
If you are using
education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your 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.
Contacts
- Address Pecos National Historical Park
PO Box 418 or 1 Peach Drive
Pecos, NM 87552-0418
US
- Name: Travis Maselli
- Email: [email protected]
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