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| Job Title : Trail Maintenance Worker |
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Interior, National Park Service |
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Port Angeles, WA
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| JOB DESCRIPTION |
Interior, National Park Service
Job Announcement Number:
OLYM-08-02-DEU
Trail Maintenance Worker
SALARY RANGE: 18.50 - 21.57 USD HourlyOPEN PERIOD: Friday, January 04, 2008
to Friday, January 18, 2008
SERIES & GRADE: WG-4749-05/05POSITION INFORMATION: Full-Time including weekend and holiday work.Temporary position not to exceed 1,039 hours in a service year.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: noneDUTY LOCATIONS: 5 vacancies - Port Angeles, WA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Applications will be accepted from United States citizens and nationals.
JOB SUMMARY:
Join us in an effort to maintain and preserve a National Park rich is natural and cultural resources.
Positions will be assigned to the Trails Shop within the Maintenance Division in Olympic National Park. This position will serve on a back country trail maintenance crew as a work leader in Olympic National Park. The work involves living and working in remote back country regions of the park. Work involves long distance hiking often with heavy backpacks, and long hours of hard physical labor while performing trail maintenance and construction tasks.
Up to 5 positions to be filled at Olympic National Park. Duty location for all positions is Olympic National Park Headquarters located in Port Angeles, WA
We anticipate that all selected candidates will work full-time beginning in March 2008 with an anticipated employment period not to exceed 6 months.
Send Mail to:
Olympic National Park
600 East Park Avenue
Port Angeles, WA 98362
US
For questions about this job:
Linda O'Sullivan
Phone: 360-565-3030
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| JOB REQUIREMENTS |
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OLYM-08-02-DEU
Trail Maintenance Worker
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
To qualify, you must be able to demonstrate enough experience in your application to show you possess sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of this position. Experience may be prior work experience or on-the-job training that is appropriate for these types of positions. Failure to submit your narrative responses to the KSAs for this job may negatively affect your eligibility and/or rating for this position.
Applicants must meet the minimum acceptable level on the the screen out factor (KSA #1) to receive consideration for this position. Failure to address the selective factor and/or the other KSA's listed in your application may negatively affect your eligibility and/or rating for this position.
Conditions of Employment
Lifting/Physical Labor: You may need to lift and move heavy items. You may need to bend, stoop, walk, stand, and climb, and work in cramped positions.
Outdoor Work/Isolation: Incumbent must have the ability to live and work effectively in isolated wilderness areas in close contact with small numbers of people for extended periods of time. Incumbent must live and work out-of-doors on projects in mountainous terrain up to 7,000 feet elevation in all extremes of weather. Hazardous conditions may exist when moving logs, working in and around rock slide areas, working around stock, falling and bucking trees, and working around machinery.
Background Investigation:All selectees will be required to complete a background investigation with favorable adjudication prior to entry on duty.
Driver's License:You may be required to operate a government motor vehicle as part of your official duties.Please indicate in your application whether you possess a valid state driver's license.
Selective Service:Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must certify that they have registered with the Selective Service System or provide proof that they are exempt from Selective Service Law.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
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To determine if you are among the best qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation along with your responses to the knowledge, skills, abilities listed below will be made.
Based on your responses to the items listed below and all other information in your application packet, you will be evaluated and placed in one of the following categories: Highly Qualified or Qualified.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Statements for Trail Maintenance Worker:
Knowledge of and ability to perform trail construction and maintenance practices (maintaining or constructing drainage devices, maintenance or construction of stone walls, cribbing construction and maintenance, trail brushing maintenance, tread maintenance, trail clearing, trail restoration, minimum tool usage, trail design and layout, bridge construction and maintenance.)SCREENOUT ELEMENT
Ability to lead work groups or individuals for extended periods of time in a variety of trail related job tasks. (Provide details of leadership/supervisory experience with regards to type of projects, work accomplished, and type/size of crew.)
Ability to properly and safely use, care for, and lead others in the use of a variety of hand and power tools/equipment.(Tools included are used in various trail tasks such as personal protective equipment, crosscut saws, chain saws, small tractors, power wheelbarrows, manual wheelbarrows, boulder busters, shovels, picks, axes, pulaskis, logyokes, rock bars, mauls, bow saws, loppers, pole saws, hand or power drills and Alaskan Sawmills.)
Ability to camp and work in remote wilderness areas. (Include information regarding type of work performed, preparation and duration of stay in wilderness or back country settings.)
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| JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES, TASKS |
OLYM-08-02-DEU
Trail Maintenance Worker
Additional Duty Location Info:5 vacancies - Port Angeles, WA
MAJOR DUTIES:
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This position will serve on a back country trail maintenance crew in Olympic National Park. The work involves living and working in remote back country regions of the park. Work involves long distance hiking often with heavy backpacks, and long hours of hard physical labor while performing trail maintenance and construction tasks. Trail workers often carry loads weighing up to 50 pounds and may be required to hike up to 20 miles per day over steep and/or rough terrain.Incumbent often works without immediate supervision or acts as a work leader of smaller crews doing routine trail tasks or when WG-7 crew leader is absent. Works on the maintenance of trails and associated facilities Tasks include clearing trails of wind falls, limbs, rocks, landslides, and other debris: digging or cleaning culverts and ditches for drainage purposes, clearing brush, tread work on native soil, gravel and asphalt trails, may build or repair bridges, puncheon or foot logs. May operate Chain saws, rock drills, power brush cutters power augers and other power tools; and uses axes, pulaskis, shovels, picks, wheelbarrows, and other hand tools. Operates motor vehicles (to 10,000 lbs) to transport people, supplies and materials throughout Olympic National Park. Uses animal packing skills to make up loads to be packed on stock and assists animal packer with loading and unloading animals and associated duties.
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| JOB BENEFITS AND OTHER INFORMATION |
OLYM-08-02-DEU
Trail Maintenance Worker
BENEFITS:
These are temporary appointments not to exceed 1039 hours (6 months) employment.The work schedule is full time, 80 hours per two week pay period.The length of this appointment may be shortened or extended depending on work availability and funding.
You will earn annual vacation leave if your appointment is for greater than 90 days. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#VACA
You will earn sick leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#SKLV
You will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your regularly scheduled tour of duty. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#HOLI
OTHER INFORMATION:
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Area Information: Often referred to as 'three parks in one', Olympic National Park protects 922,651 acres of three distinctly different ecosystems ? rugged glacier capped mountains, over 60 miles of wild Pacific coast and magnificent stands of old-growth and temperate rain forest. More information on Olympic National Park can be found at: www.nps.gov/olym
The duty station for these positions is Port Angeles, WA. More information about the community can be found at: http://www.portangeles.org
No government housing is available.
All employees must identify a financial institution for direct deposit of net pay and travel reimbursement within 30 days of entrance on duty.
CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) NOTES:
Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal Individuals who have special priority selection rights under the Agency 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. For CTAP and ICTAP, well-qualified means that the applicant is eligible, qualified, and clearly exceeds qualification requirements for the position as demonstrated by either: (1) meeting selective and quality ranking factor levels as specified by the agency; or (2) being rated above minimally qualified under the agency's specific rating and ranking process.
Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605 (a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes a copy of the agency notice, a copy of their most recent Performance Rating, copy of their most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application to reflect that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible.
Privacy Act Information:The application you submit for this position contains information subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a).We are required to provide you with information regarding our authority and purposes for collecting this data, the routine uses which will be made of it, and the effect, if any, of nondisclosure.You are entitled to the same information as it pertains specifically to disclosure of your social security number.Any questions you may have regarding Privacy Act regulations and the rights it extends, can be obtained by calling the Personnel Office at (206) 220-4053.
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