Biological Science Technician (Aquatic Nuisance Species)

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-06/26/2024-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.

To qualify for this position at the GS-05 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience include: (1) providing technical support in an integrated pest management field environment; (2) computing, compiling, and inputting data to help create reports for a biological or scientific program; (3) participating in aquatic nuisance species assignments, (4) performing such tasks as collecting, organizing data; (5) keeping detailed records of findings or results of biological science tests and procedures, or similar work. You must include hours per week worked.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any combination of scientific or technical courses in biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mathematics. At least 6 semester hours of courses must have been directly related to biology. You must include transcripts.
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Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. Then divide by four full academic years of study, or 120 semester hours (60 semester hours beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. For example, 90 semester credits is equivalent to 6 monnths of specialized experience). Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. At least 24 semester hours in a combination of scientific or technical courses as listed as above and at least 6 semester hours directly related to biology is required. You must include transcripts.

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.

Area Information:

Bullfrog - Kane County, Utah is a small, remote, in-park community of approximately 300 residents during the summer and about 100 residents in the winter. Amenities include a marina, marina store and gas docks, seasonal lodge and restaurant, gas station/convenience store and garage, urgent care clinic, and a K-12 school. Teacher/student ratio is one teacher per 2-5 students. Full-service communities are in Blanding, Utah (90 miles) and Monticello, Utah (115 miles) which has dentists and a small hospital. Major services are available in Cortez, Durango, and Grand Junction, Colorado, or Page, Arizona, all 3 to 5 hours away via all-weather highways. Summer temperatures run to the low 100's and winter temperatures are in the 30's with sunshine most days of the year.

Halls Crossing, Utah is a small, remote, in-park community of 80 residents in summer and about 30 in winter. Amenities include a small convenience store, gas station, marina, housekeeping trailers, and a ferry with connections to Bullfrog, 3 miles across the lake on Bullfrog Bay. Across the lake in Bullfrog, there is an urgent care clinic, a seasonal lodge and restaurant and a K-12 school. Teacher/student ratio is one teacher per 2-5 students. There are no school facilities at this time at Halls Crossing. All school children are bussed/boated across the bay to Bullfrog. Full-service communities are in Blanding, Utah, (90 miles) and Monticello, Utah (115 miles) which has dentists and a small hospital. Major services are available in Cortez, Durango, and Grand Junction, Colorado, or Page, Arizona, all 3 to 5 hours away via all-weather highways.

Lees Ferry, Arizona is a small, remote, in-park community of approximately 10 residents. Amenities include a small convenience store/gas station, seasonal lodging and restaurant. Full-service communities are in Page and Flagstaff, Arizona, both within 2 hours via all-weather highways.

Page, Arizona is located on the Arizona-Utah border, 135 miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona, the nearest larger community. Page looks out on beautiful Lake Powell which offers boating, associated water sports recreation and fishing. The surrounding land of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area offers beautiful red rock country for hiking and backcountry recreational activity. Page is centrally located to many other National Parks, such as the Grand Canyon, Zion, Arches and Canyonlands to name a few. Page offers normal community amenities such as shopping, medical and dental facilities, schools K-12 and college courses available through local Coconino Community College. The area enjoys typical high desert climate with temperatures ranging from 100+ in summer to mid-teens in winter with low humidity and sunshine most days of the year. Elevation in Page is 4300 feet above sea level. Home purchases and rentals are available in the area. http://www.pagelakepowelltourism.com