Forestry Technician

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-05: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level defined as one or more of the following: Assisting in providing basic information to visitors on recreation regulations, opportunities, or restrictions; performing small crew-based work, such as for recreation or trail maintenance projects; performing crew based forestry related support work such as selecting and marking individual trees for harvest using well defined marking guidelines, silviculture prescriptions, and specific instruction; OR assisting in the measurement of limiting distances, tree diameter, tree height as well as estimation of defect and quality, and related fundamental timber cruising procedures.
OR
A bachelor's degree or 4 years of successfully completed education above high school (120 semester/180 quarter hours) with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-matter field directly related to the position, or that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservation, wildlife management, watershed management, soil science, recreation management programs, civil or forest engineering, wildland fire science, public administration and planning (including community and urban planning), landscape architecture; resources management, environmental sciences, or other biological sciences (no more than 6 semester hours in mathematics is creditable);
OR
A combination of successfully completed post-high school education (in excess of the first 60 semester/90 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

For the GS-06: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level defined as one or more of the following: Inspecting or maintaining developed recreation facilities; leading or coordinating a small crew of employees or volunteers to accomplish recreation maintenance or trail construction projects; patrolling use areas, making visitor contacts and providing visitor information; utilizing marking guidelines and silviculture prescriptions and marking trees for harvest; laying out boundaries of cutting areas as outlined in the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) documentation; OR independently cruising timber.
OR
One full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level courses in a forestry or recreation management program of study;
OR
A combination of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

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.