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Materials Handler (Wildland Fire)

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Office of the Secretary

Boise, ID (In Person)

$57,803 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 days ago (Updated 6 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/25/2026

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Merials Handler (Wildland Fire) Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS) Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority This Merials Handler (Wildland Fire) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, WG-6907-6 working in the following locion(s): Boise, Idaho Learn more about this agency Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority This Merials Handler (Wildland Fire) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, WG-6907-6 working in the following locion(s): Boise, Idaho Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today
  • Apply by 07/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.
m. ET on July 8, 2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Boise, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or nural disaster. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $25.65
  • $29.93 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 6 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 25% or less
  • Travel is required to tend training, conferences, workshops, and/or field s.
Frequent travel may be required during peak fire activity. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 6907 Merials Handler Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes 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
WFSDHA-26-12990422-LE-H
Control number 874007900 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 Applicions accepted from any U.S. Citizen.
DIRECT HIRING AUTHORITY
used to fill this position. Veteran's preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicions do not apply. All qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion for this position. Videos Duties Help As a Merials Handler (Wildland Fire) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Receives and stores a wide variety of NFES wildland fire merials (equipment and supplies), to include new, refurbished, and hazardous products. Assembles and/or makes basic or limited repairs to wildland fire supply kits from individual components according to NFES standards. Assists in evaluing and monitoring stock levels and turnover res to ensure adeque supplies in primary warehouses by coordining item transfers from secondary warehouses and temporary staging areas. Independently examines and identifies the condition of a wide variety of NFES wildland fire merials (equipment and supplies). Packs, labels, and ships a wide variety of NFES wildland fire merials (equipment and supplies) according to nional standard packaging requirements and in accordance with applicable opering procedures, business practices, Operes forklifts, stock pickers, stake-bed trucks, enclosed box vans, cargo vans, and various types of banding and packaging equipment. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by background investigion. Direct Deposit Required. You required to submit to a drug test and receive a negive drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use. This position requires the incumbent to opere a government (or prive) motor vehicle as part of their official duties. Selectee must hold and maintain a valid ste driver's license throughout their employment in this position. A condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Subject to frequent extended travel up to 25% of the time, particularly during fire season, and you must obtain a government charge card for travel. You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority. Qualificions In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualificion requirements listed below. Selective Placement Factor(s): 1.) This position requires a special qualificion th has been determined to be essential to perform the duties and used as a screen out element. Those who do not provide evidence they possess the following selective factor(s) red not qualified. Must be able to opere a forklift in a warehouse environment to be considered eligible for this position. This experience must be documented in you work history/experience blocks on your resume. 2.) To meet additional training requirements, as a "condition of employment", you must complete the following training within 90 days from the entry on duty de and additionally every three years of employment: Hazm Shipping and Handling In addition to the requirements described above, the following additional experience is required. Only experience and educion obtained by 07/08/2026 Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. Please be sure to include this informion in your resume. No assumptions made about your experience. OPM Job Qualificions System for Trades and Labor Occupions used in determining applicant's qualificions. There is no specific length of training or experience required; however, the applicant must be able to demonstre through experience shown in the resume merials, th they possess the skill level th has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of an Engineering Equipment Operor (Wildland Fire Dozer) without more than normal supervision.
WG Screen-out Element:
Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. This must be verifiable on your applicion.
Work is defined as:
having experience working in warehouse with work reled to refurbishment of preservion of equipment and supplies.
IMPORTANT
PLEASE NOTE:
There is not an option to qualify for the 6907 series utilizing educion for Wage Grade (WG) positions. 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.
  • Applicants must meet all minimum qualificion requirements for the position of interest by the closing de of the Job Announcement.
Physical Demands:
This position performs work on hard surfaces and in areas th require frequent standing, stooping, bending, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The incumbent frequently lifts and carries parts, equipment, and packed containers th weigh up to 45 pounds on a recurring basis. The heavier items are moved with weight-handling equipment or with assistance from other workers. The incumbent is required to be available to work long hours on short notice and be available for duty on nights, weekends, and holidays
Working Conditions:
This position typically works in well-lit, heed, and ventiled areas. The incumbent occasionally works outside or in areas th are drafty and poorly lit. The work is sometimes dusty, dirty and greasy. The incumbent is frequently exposed to the possibility of cuts, scrapes and bruises. When handling certain chemicals or petroleum products, the incumbent may be exposed to noxious fumes, skin irritants, and flammable chemicals. The incumbent is required to wear protective clothing, respirors, and other specialized protective devices, in addition to basic protective equipment (e.g., hard hs, safety glasses, safety shoes, and earplugs). Educion
IMPORTANT
PLEASE NOTE:
There is not an option to qualify for the 6907 series utilizing educion for Wage Grade (WG) positions. See Qualificions Section. Additional informion Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Department of Interior (DOI) Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) procedures apply in filling this vacancy. These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be red well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors and experience requirements) for the position and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Applicants claiming
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with their applicion. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. Reemployment Priority List (RPL): The RPL is the mechanism agencies use to give reemployment considerion to their former competitive service employees separed by a RIF or who have fully recovered from a compensable injury after more than one year. If you are currently on an RPL, you may be given priority considerion.
PCS INFORMATION
No PCS entitlements authorized
Telework:
This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or nural disaster.
Additional Vacancies:
One or more positions may be filled from applicions received under this announcement in the advertised office or other U.S. Wildland Fire Service offices in the local commuting area.
Reasonable Accommodion:
The USWFS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Please USAJOBS Help Center | Reasonable accommodion policy if you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process.
Probion/Trial Period Con't:
Probionary period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. Under completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. 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. 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. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. 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. You evalued based on how your applicion merials reflect the minimum qualificion requirements of this position. Once the job opportunity announcement closes, your resume and all supporting documents reviewed by HR to determine if you are minimally qualified for the position. If an applicant's resume is incomplete or does not support the requirements for minimum qualificions or specialized experience a ring of "ineligible" or "not qualified" applied and no considerion for employment granted. Due to this vacancy being filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority, Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to positions filled under this announcement. Applicions received as a result of job fairs, recruitment events, and emergency hiring mechanisms in support of this hiring initiive will also be accepted during the durion of the announcement. All minimally qualified candides referred for considerion. Please note th the hiring office may conduct interviews their discretion. Interviews may be conducted on a pass/fail basis. The Job Elements below provide an overview of wh this position entails once encumbered: Element 1
  • Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision (Screen Out) Element 2
  • Work Practices (includes keeping things ne, clean, and in order) Element 3
  • Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) Element 4
  • Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificion, etc. (other than blueprints) Element 5
  • Knowledge of Merials Element 6
  • Dexterity and Safety 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 You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/08/2026. Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:
CTAP/ICTAP
Documention:
documention verifying your
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility
  • this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.
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. 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 Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select "yes" to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12990422 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/08/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. 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 Lyndsay Elles Phone (208) 387-5942 lyndsay_elles@ios.doi.gov Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the hiring official. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. 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 You must submit a complete applicion package. The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/08/2026. Resumes must show relevant experience and other informion. Your resume MUST list your educion and work experience including (1) the des (mm/yy) of each employment, along with (2) the number of hours worked per week, and (3) work experience duties listed under each job entry. In addition, Civil Service employees must provide their current OPM title, series, and grade. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly show how long you were working in each grade level. Your resume used to valide your responses to the assessment tool(s). Failure to provide required informion will result in loss of eligibility. No assumptions made about your experience and/or educion. You are welcome to submit a cover letter. Resumes must also include name and how to best contact you, including email address and phone number. Do not include the following types of informion in your resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. Visit the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion on Wh should I include in my federal resume and/or OPM Resume Writing Tips . In addition to the online applicion (resume and responses to the questionnaire), you are required to submit the following supplemental documention as applicable:
CTAP/ICTAP
Documention:
documention verifying your
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibility
  • this includes a copy of the agency notice and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty locion.
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. 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 Review the appointment eligibility criteria in the applicion preview linked below. The eligibility section of the applicion allows you to choose how you wish to be considered for this vacancy announcement. You will ONLY be considered for the eligibilities th you select "yes" to and submit the required supporting documention, as listed in the Required Documents section or the applicion text. You may qualify for more than one eligibility, so please choose carefully. If you respond th you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria, you will not be considered for this position under this announcement. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package . See required documents section. Click 'Apply' to cree an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12990422 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/08/2026, 11:59pm ET to receive considerion. Check applicion stus by logging into your USAJOBS account, in Applicions tab, click the position title you applied to for the stus. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternive applicion which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please refer to the contact informion listed the bottom of the announcement. 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 Lyndsay Elles Phone (208) 387-5942 lyndsay_elles@ios.doi.gov Next steps Once you submit all the required documents and the online applicion in USAJOBS, you will receive an acknowledgement email th your submission was successful. After the evaluion process is complete, you notified of your stus and/or referral to the hiring official. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted by the hiring official. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging in to your USAJOBS account as we will not be responding to inquiries about the stus of applicions as long as the system has been upded. If you were not referred and/or have questions or concerns regarding your ring determinion or referral stus, in the interest of time, please submit your inquiry in writing within seven (7) calendar days of receiving a Notice of Results and Referral notificion email. Inquiries may be submitted to contact listed on this announcement. Be sure to include the announcement number to assist our team in reviewing your inquiry. 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 Posted today
  • Apply by 07/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.
m. ET on July 8, 2026 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Boise, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or nural disaster. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $25.65
  • $29.93 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 6 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
  • Travel is required to tend training, conferences, workshops, and/or field s.
Frequent travel may be required during peak fire activity. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes 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
WFSDHA-26-12990422-LE-H
Control number 874007900