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Biological Science Technician (Fish) (Seasonal) Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Summary You will serve as a Biological Science Technician (Fish) (Seasonal) working in either of the following locions:

• Ellsworth, Maine working for the Green Lake Nional Fish Hchery OR
• Orland, Maine working for the Craig Brook Nional Fish Hchery Open to the first 100 applicants. Applicions must be submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the 09/17/2026 to be This is a temporary position expected to last 6 months or Not to Exceed 1039 hours. Learn more about this agency Summary You will serve as a Biological Science Technician (Fish) (Seasonal) working in either of the following locions:
• Ellsworth, Maine working for the Green Lake Nional Fish Hchery OR
• Orland, Maine working for the Craig Brook Nional Fish Hchery Open to the first 100 applicants.

Applicions must be submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the 09/17/2026 to be This is a temporary position expected to last 6 months or Not to Exceed 1039 hours. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion Green Lake Nional Fish Hchery Ellsworth, ME 1 vacancy Craig Craig Brook Nional Fish Hchery Orland, ME 2 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $19.52

• $25.37 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 5 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Temporary
• Not to Exceed 1039 Hours Occupions and job series 0404 Biological Science Technician Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBYO-26-13059365-DE-MER

Control number 884324400 This job is open to Help 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 This announcement is open to U.S. Citizens or Nionals; and Career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL). Videos Duties Help Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: For Fish Hchery and Propagion positions: Assists with hchery operions which could include spawning, rearing fish in tanks or raceways, caring for fertilized eggs in trays, observing fish behavior in response to feeding, cleaning, and husbandry operions, determining feed regiments, and treing fish disease. Assists hchery crew in providing daily care to fish in an aquaculture facility. Collects, compiles, and summarizes da. Performs general maintenance required for general fish hchery upkeep and maintenance including using simple hand tools or power equipment, landscaping tools (grass mowers, shrub trimmers, etc.), and other tools for minor repairs on hchery equipment. For Fish Populion Surveys and Studies positions: Participes in multifaceted fish populion studies, including carrying out a variety of research and survey methods, analyzing established da, and monitoring environmental elements reled to conservion, management, and/or control of fish populions. Assists with preparion, maintenance, and use of field equipment such as bos, nets, traps, electrofishing equipment, and other equipment as necessary to accomplish routine fishery management and aquic habit investigions. Uses a variety of laborory and field equipment to perform standardized tasks for studies. Collects, compiles, and summarizes da. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participion required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more, www.dhs.gov/EVerify/ . Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards. A uniform allowance provided.

Qualificions Qualificions:

All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement-09/17/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST ste either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequely provide informion needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in th time not being credited when evaluing qualifying experience. For periods of time th reflect military service, the DD-214 or Stement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service des reflected.

Minimum Qualificion Requirements :

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualificions: Minimum Qualificion [GS-05] One year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility equivalent to grade GS-04 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience may include:

fish hchery work OR fish surveys and studies; assisting with the preparion, maintenance and use of equipment; recording informion in legible form; accomplishing field assessments; assisting with collection, stocking, populion determinion, migrion studies and species identificion; participing in fishery management surveys; assisting with preparing plans and presentions. OR Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study or least 24 semester hours in any combinion of courses such as such as biology, chemistry, stistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mhemics. At least 6 semester hours of courses must have been directly reled to the position to be filled such as fishery biology, ichthyology, limnology, aquaculture, etc. OR A combinion of educion and experience as described in 1 and 2 above which together equals 100% of the requirement.

Volunteer Experience:

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. Educion You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed educion if substituting educion for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and de the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being red not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Educion:

To receive credit for educion completed outside the United Stes, you must show proof th the educion has been submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion has been deemed least equivalent to th gained in conventional U.S. educion programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | U.S. Department of Educion.

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//www.ed.gov/about/initiives/internional-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualificion Additional informion Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the applicion questionnaire, and the result of any additional assessment(s) required for this position. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine your qualificions/eligibility and for ring purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the lest submission reviewed. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, your score adjusted accordingly. If a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experience, you can lose considerion for this position. Candides red and ranked using Cegory Ring procedures. These procedures place candides with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Veterans with a service-connected disability of least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality cegory, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Cegory Ring, candides red and ranked into the following cegories: Best Qualified

• applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position Well Qualified
• applicants possessing experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job Qualified
• applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

You assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Skill in communicion. Knowledge of dabase systems. Ability to capture and handle fish. Skill in taking scientific measurements. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/17/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with des in month-year form (include month/day/year form if needed for 52 weeks of experience), and indice hours worked per week (or full-time) .

Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade/rank. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements. If you have federal experience, you should include series, and grade for each position held, and if experience is part of a career ladder position, you must clearly distinguish the job duties and length of time working for each grade level. More informion on how to write a

Federal Resume:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete All Required Assessment(s) . All college transcript(s) , if qualifying based on educion. Please submit both undergradue and gradue level transcripts, as applicable. Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Interagency Career Transition (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) : You MUST submit proof of eligibility including 1) copy of the agency notice, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified. For more informion : USAJOBS Help Center

• Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) . Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials
• you must remove your image from all documents.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 09/17/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.

The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13059365 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus, https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Agency contact informion DOI Seasonal Temp Team seasonaltempteam@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 300 Westge Center Drive Hadley, MA 01035 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/17/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, with des in month-year form (include month/day/year form if needed for 52 weeks of experience), and indice hours worked per week (or full-time) .

Your resume must clearly show how long you have held each grade/rank. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the specialized experience requirements. If you have federal experience, you should include series, and grade for each position held, and if experience is part of a career ladder position, you must clearly distinguish the job duties and length of time working for each grade level. More informion on how to write a

Federal Resume:

https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete All Required Assessment(s) . All college transcript(s) , if qualifying based on educion. Please submit both undergradue and gradue level transcripts, as applicable. Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Interagency Career Transition (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) : You MUST submit proof of eligibility including 1) copy of the agency notice, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified. For more informion : USAJOBS Help Center

• Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) . Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials
• you must remove your image from all documents.

Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 09/17/2026

• unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.

The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13059365 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus, https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DOI Seasonal Temp Team seasonaltempteam@ios.doi.gov Address Division of Human Resources Division of Human Resources 300 Westge Center Drive Hadley, MA 01035 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion Green Lake Nional Fish Hchery Ellsworth, ME 1 vacancy Craig Craig Brook Nional Fish Hchery Orland, ME 2 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $19.52

• $25.37 per hour Pay scale & grade GS 5 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Temporary
• Not to Exceed 1039 Hours Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a .

The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

CBYO-26-13059365-DE-MER

Control number 884324400