Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) (Wildland Firefighter) Position Available In Cleburne, Alabama

Forestry Technician (Hotshot/Handcrew) (Wildland Firefighter) Department of Agriculture Forest Service Summary These positions loced a USDA Forest Service Unit. The purpose of the position is wildland fire suppression/management/control as a specialized firefighter with responsibility for the operion and maintenance of specialized tools or equipment. See

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

for Regional contacts. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/14/2025 to 04/24/2025 Salary $36,049

• $52,426 per year Pay scale & grade GS 4
• 5 Locions MANY vacancies in the following locions: Heflin, AL Flagstaff, AZ Globe, AZ Overgaard, AZ Bayfield, CO Monument, CO Rifle, CO Salida, CO Woodland Park, CO Yampa, CO Gre Falls, MT Helena, MT Missoula, MT Pisgah Forest, NC Silver City, NM Taos, NM Bend, OR Prospect, OR Sandy, OR Westfir, OR Custer, SD Nemo, SD Spearfish, SD Unicoi, TN Sugar Grove, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Occasional travel

• You may be expected to travel overnight for fire suppression or fire reled assignments for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 5 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25-FIRE-P3VA-HSTHCRW-45DH Control number 835194700 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from any U.S. citizen. Direct Hire Authority used to fill this position. Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy. Videos Duties Duties listed are full performance grade GS-05 level. Serves as an experienced firefighter on a hand crew or other reled fire suppression crews performing fire suppression and/or fuels management duties under the most adverse conditions of clime, fuels, and terrain. Certified in the use of helicopter long lines. Performs all aspects of wildland and prescribed fire operions including preparion, ignition, monitoring, holding, and mop up. Collect fire weher da, fuel and/or soil moisture samples, maps projects, and maintains records. Ghers and considers informion on weher da, topography, fuel types, and fire behavior in responding to wildland fire incidents. Perform hazard fuel reduction projects, monitor burning conditions, pile vegetion debris and act in assigned positions such as ignition or holding specialist or other designed positions during actual fuel reduction efforts by prescribed fire. Serves as an experienced firefighter on a hand crew or other reled fire suppression crews performing fire suppression and/or fuels management duties under the most adverse conditions of clime, fuels, and terrain. Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt. Subject to sisfactory adjudicion of background investigion and/or fingerprint check. Successful completion of one-year probionary period, unless previously served. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, E-Verify. Must be 18 years of age. Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Must pass the Work Capacity Test for certain Interagency Fire Program Management or Fire Program Management positions. Willing to live/work in remote locions (volile/unpredictable). This is a drug testing designed position. You subject to pre-employment and random drug testing. Appointment is based on a negive result. This announcement constitutes 30 days advance notice. There may be additional Conditions of Employment not listed here, however applicants notified of any specific requirements the time a tentive job offer is made. Under age 37; less than age 37 after subtracting the months of Permanent Federal Service in a primary or secondary firefighter/law enforcement position or a veteran preference eligible, older than age 37 and is requesting a waiver to the requirement. Some Fire positions may have Conditions of Employment such as: a valid ste driver’s license; a commercial driver’s license (CDL); pre-appointment and random drug testing; or a physical or medical examinion. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the and requirements as defined below by the closing de of the announcement. For more informion on the qualificions for this position, the Your applicion and resume must clearly show th you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualificions based on educion. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

Specialized Experience Requirement:

For the GS-04: Applicants must have six months of general experience (any type of work th demonstred the ability to perform the work of the position, or experience th provided a familiarity with the subject mter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupion) AND six months of specialized experience th is directly reled to the work of the position; OR successful completion of 2 years of study th included least 12 semester hours in any combinion of courses such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservion, wildlife management, wershed management, soil science, nural resources (except marine fisheries and oceanography), outdoor recreion management, civil or forest engineering, or wildland fire science (no more than 3 semester hours in mhemics is creditable); OR an approprie combinion of experience and educion above high school as described above. The educion must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university and include courses th are reled to the occupion of the position.

Examples of general experience are:

Performed farm/ranch labor, such as feeding/tending livestock or general maintenance of farm/ranch facilities and/or worked in a greenhouse, nursery or landscaping e.g., planting, moving, wering, and tending plants and/or animal caretaker in a laborory, zoo or pet store and/or volunteer work a park, hospital, community sports league, local fire department, etc. Examples of specialized experience include : Performed nural resource support work, e.g., forestry, range, park technician, wildland firefighter, or similar jobs and/or performed routine support assignments in a forestry specialty area, e.g., wilderness, timber, fire prevention/control, etc. For the GS-05 : Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade level (GS-04) in the Federal Service; OR a bachelor’s degree or 4 years of successfully completed educion above high school (120 semester/180 quarter hours) with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-mter field directly reled to the position, or th included least 24 semester hours in any combinion of courses such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservion, wildlife management, wershed management, soil science, nural resources, outdoor recreion management, civil or forest engineering, or wildland fire science (no more than 6 semester hours in mhemics is creditable); OR an approprie combinion of successfully completed post-high school educion (in excess of the first 60 semester/90 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The educion must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

Examples of specialized experience are:

Prolling areas of controlled fires to mop-up by searching out and extinguishing any remaining burning merial and/or Serving on a specialty crew (hotshot, helitack, engines, etc.) to suppress the full range of difficult and complex fires and/or Opering specialized fire suppression equipment such as portable pumps or drip torches.

Selective Placement Factors:

Successfully completed the Primary NWCG Core Requirement of Firefighter Type 1 (FFT1)

• AND•Successfully completed the additional training requirement of

NWCG Course:

Intermedie Wildland Fire Behavior (S-290). Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) and Forest Service

• Fire Program Management (FS-FPM) qualificions must be met by the time of selection.

Most recent IQCS master record and/or signed Agency Certified task book must be tached to your applicion. If you are selected, you may be required to submit an upded IQCS master record or signed Agency Certified task book as proof of tainment of IFPM requirements prior to a final verbal offer. Primary firefighter positions include the following age requirements: Under age 37

• OR•less than age 37 after subtracting the months of Permanent Federal Service worked in a primary or secondary firefighter/law enforcement position•OR•a veteran preference eligible, older than age 37 and is requesting a waiver to the maximum age requirement•OR-currently occupy a permanent position with primary fire fighter retirement coverage.

For those who do not currently occupy a permanent Federal position covered under primary fire fighter retirement, you must be under age 37; less than age 37 after subtracting the months of Permanent Federal Service in a primary or secondary firefighter/law enforcement position; or a veteran preference eligible, older than age 37 and requesting a waiver to the requirement. In order to be considered for this position, copies of your Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record (or equivalent training documents) which contain documented proof of the certificion or tainment of the IFPM Selective Placement Factor for this position MUST be tached to your applicion. Red cards are not acceptable documention.

Currency Requirement:

Required to maintain currency once hired into the position. Currency of NWCG qualificions is not required for selection. If not currently qualified, the applicant must provide documented evidence th they have been fully qualified in the past, and are able to regain currency within one year of being hired. Failure to provide this documention will result in disqualificion. This position has been identified under the Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) and is subject to selective placement factor requirements contained in the Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Standard and Guide when filling this vacancy. IFPM or FS-FPM selective placement factors are made up of a primary and secondary Nional Wildfire Coordining Group (NWCG) core Incident Management Qualificions and Required Training. The applicant must possess these qualificions the applicable complexity level to be considered eligible for this position. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT COVERAGE

This is a primary/rigorous position covered under the special retirement provisions of 5 USC 8336(c) for the Civil Service Retirement System and of 5 USC 8412(d) for the Federal Employees Retirement System.

WORK CAPACITY TEST

(WCT) for

Wildland Firefighters:

This position participes in wildland firefighting activities. Based on the type of work performed, TAKING and PASSING the WCT the ARDUOUS level is a condition of employment. To receive considerion for this position, you must provide upded required documents and meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion See

QUALIFICATION

section for educion requirements Additional informion For additional informion about the duties and locion(s) of these positions, please contact regional representive: To see the different locions within the Region 1: Northern Region

• Lily Huskey Region 2: Rocky Mountain Region
• Timothy Griffin Region 3: Southwestern Region
• Tobe Haught Region 6: Pacific Northwest Region
• Jason Heinz Region 8: Southern Region

• Russ Marchion Job Corps Center:

  All Region

•

Dirk Huber :

To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candides must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. These are permanent positions with varying tours of duty and may include weekend work. Some positions may have irregular and protracted hours of work. Tours of duty include full-time or less than full time (guaranteed minimum 13 pay periods full-time employment). Government housing, federal day care facilities, and telework may be available. The duty stion for this position one of the duty locions listed in this announcement. Salary range as shown is the locality pay Rest of U.S. (RUS). Pay res vary by locion. Please the for additional informion on pay res. Recruitment or Relocion Incentive may be authorized. Final determinion to pay an incentive made by the hiring official time of job offer. The Forest Service may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government, to tract highly qualified candides. Additional informion is available Selectee responsible for tax obligions reled to payments for moving expenses

• 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act, Public Law 115-97.

Questions should be directed to the Travel Help Desk, 877-372-7248, Option 1, or email

PROMOTION POTENTIAL

If you are selected for a position with further promotion potential, you placed under a career development plan, and may be non-competitively promoted if you successfully complete the requirements and if recommended by management. However, promotion is neither implied or guaranteed. Positions filled from this announcement may be a bargaining or a non-bargaining unit position represented by either NFFE, AFGE or NAGE. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This is a Direct-Hire Authority position, all applicants who meet the minimum qualificions, to include any selective placement factor(s), if applicable, referred to the selecting official. Before a certifice is issued to the selecting official, the resume is reviewed to ensure th you meet all the qualificion requirements. A ring will not be used; veteran’s preference does not apply due to the existence of the Direct Hire authority for this position. Selections made under this authority processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would be given a new appointment.

Note:

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Providing inaccure informion on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service. To view the applicion form, : Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. 1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed work experience reled to this position as described in the responsibilities section including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the applicion if it includes your name and the necessary course informion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. For a list of prive organizions th evalue educion, the website. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. If requesting maximum entry age (MEA) waiver, you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. If currently on active duty you must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty service under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted. For additional veteran informion . Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record (or equivalent training documents) which contain documented proof of the certificion or tainment of the IFPM Selective Placement Factor. Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Please view

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a.m.
• 4:00p.m. Mountain Time Zone, Monday
• Friday.

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be returned to Human Resources no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement in order for it to be entered into the system prior to the closing de. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, in USAJOBS click “Apply” and follow the instructions to tach your resume and supporting documents, complete the assessment questionnaire, and submit your applicion.

NOTE :

Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBS transfer into the Agency’s staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency’s staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your to check your applicion stus. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Under the , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant’s criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion reled to an organizion’s alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to , subject line: Fair Chance Act. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents The following documents are required for your applicant package to be complete. Our office cannot be responsible for incompible software, illegible fax transmissions, delays in the mail service, your system failure, etc. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion. 1) personal informion such as name, address, contact informion; 2) educion; 3) detailed work experience reled to this position as described in the responsibilities section including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); 4) other qualificions. If educion is required or you are using educion to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the applicion if it includes your name and the necessary course informion; however, if you are selected, you required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Educion must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any educion was completed a foreign institute, you must submit with your applicion evidence th the institute was appropriely accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion as equivalent to U.S. educion standards. There are prive organizions th specialize in this evaluion and a fee is normally associed with this service. For a list of prive organizions th evalue educion, the website. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translion. If requesting maximum entry age (MEA) waiver, you must submit a DD214, Certifice of Release from Active Duty, which shows des of service and discharge under honorable conditions. If currently on active duty you must submit a certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty service under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is submitted. For additional veteran informion . Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separion notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity terminion), SF-50 documenting separion (as applicable), and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record (or equivalent training documents) which contain documented proof of the certificion or tainment of the IFPM Selective Placement Factor. Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Please view

• a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this applicion process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (8:00a.m.
• 4:00p.m. Mountain Time Zone, Monday
• Friday.

If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing de for an alterne method. All hardship applicion packages must be returned to Human Resources no ler than noon ET on the closing de of the announcement in order for it to be entered into the system prior to the closing de. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, in USAJOBS click “Apply” and follow the instructions to tach your resume and supporting documents, complete the assessment questionnaire, and submit your applicion.

NOTE :

Please verify th documents you are uploading from USAJOBS transfer into the Agency’s staffing system as there is a limition to the number of documents th can be transferred. However, once in the Agency’s staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document forms: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Agency contact informion HRM Contact Center Phone Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Albuquerque, NM 87109 US Next steps Your applicion reviewed to verify th you meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements for the position prior to issuing referral lists to the selecting official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. Log in to your to check your applicion stus. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Under the , agencies are not allowed to request informion about an applicant’s criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made, except as allowed for access to classified informion; assignment to nional security duties or positions; acceptance or retention in the armed forces; or recruitment of a Federal law enforcement officer. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion reled to an organizion’s alleged noncompliance with the Fair Chance Act. The complaint must be submitted within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged noncompliance. To make a Fair Chance Act inquiry or complaint, send an email with the approprie informion to , subject line: Fair Chance Act. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/14/2025 to 04/24/2025 Salary $36,049

• $52,426 per year Pay scale & grade GS 4
• 5 Locions MANY vacancies in the following locions: Heflin, AL Flagstaff, AZ Globe, AZ Overgaard, AZ Bayfield, CO Monument, CO Rifle, CO Salida, CO Woodland Park, CO Yampa, CO Gre Falls, MT Helena, MT Missoula, MT Pisgah Forest, NC Silver City, NM Taos, NM Bend, OR Prospect, OR Sandy, OR Westfir, OR Custer, SD Nemo, SD Spearfish, SD Unicoi, TN Sugar Grove, VA Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Occasional travel

• You may be expected to travel overnight for fire suppression or fire reled assignments for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 5 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 25-FIRE-P3VA-HSTHCRW-45DH Control number 835194700 ., .