Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Module Leader)

Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Module Leader) Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior US Wildland Fire Service Summary This is a Direct-Hire advertisement. Veterans preference is not applicable to this advertisement. Learn more about this authority : Direct Hire Authority This Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Module Leader) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-10 working in the following locion(s): Alturas, California Redding, California 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 Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Module Leader) position is with the US Wildland Fire Service, GW-0456-10 working in the following locion(s): Alturas, California Redding, California Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month

• Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion Alturas, CA 1 vacancy Redding, CA 1 vacancy 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 $78,166
• $101,609 per year Pay scale & grade GW 10 Promotion potential 10 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0456 Wildland Fire Management Supervisory stus Yes 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

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Control number 874379900 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.

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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 Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Fuels Module Leader) your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Participes in preparion, ignition, holding, mop-up, and rehabilition are completed to the standards specified and in accordance with regulions, policies, and guidelines. Participes in preparedness reviews, proficiency checks and drills, safety sessions, and after action reviews. Assigns and reviews work daily, weekly, or monthly; assuring th production and accuracy requirements are met; and approves leave. Plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordines, sets and adjusts short-term priorities. Evalues work performance of subordines, setting standards, monitoring, and final evaluing of subordine performance. 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. Selectees must pass a pre-employment medical examinion and may be subject to post-employment medical examinions to determine if they are maintaining the fitness standards for this position. You must also pass the work capacity test for arduous positions. 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. You may be required to opere a fire engine and various motor vehicles as part of your official duties; a valid Commercial Driver's License may be required. Official U.S. Wildland Fire Service uniform is required. A condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a [1-year probionary period OR 2-year trial period] during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued.

Supervisory Probionary Period:

Selectees who have not previously completed a supervisory probionary period, required to serve a one-year supervisory/managerial probionary period for this position. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. You must be 18 years of age or older to be assigned to a hazardous position. Must meet the maximum age requirement. See qualificions section for more informion. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work. Qualificions In order to qualify for this position you must possess the Minimum Qualificion requirements listed below. Selective Placement Factor(s): 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. Applicants must have documented prior primary firefighting experience, with substantial service defined as either: At least one full fire season working in a primary wildland firefighting role (e.g., Engine Crew, Fire Effects Crew, Prescribed Fire/Fuels Crew, Hand Crew, Helitack Crew, Hotshot Crew, Smokejumper, Wildland Fire Modules or Fire Suppression Crews, etc.) with a federal, ste, tribal, local, or prive-sector organizion; OR At least 14 days of on-the-ground fireline experience (cumulive or consecutive). Prior primary wildland fire experience must be clearly documented in your resume.

Note:

an IQCS Master Record or equivalent document will not be used to determine or calcule prior primary wildland fire experience eligibility for this requirement. This position has been identified as one of the key fire management positions under the Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Standard. This position has been cegorized as a Senior Firefighter

• HIGH Complexity and requires selectee to meet the minimum qualificion standards for IFPM prior to being placed into the position.

Detailed informion regarding IFPM positions can be found here: Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) . To meet IFPM requirements, you must have possessed all of the following Nional Wildfire Coordining Group (NWCG) incident management qualificions and training requirements to be considered eligible for this position (currency not required time of referral, but may be required to obtain and maintain currency if selected): Firefighter Type 1 (FFT), AND Intermedie Fire Behavior (S-290) In addition to the requirements described above, the following additional experience is required. Only experience and educion obtained by 07/09/2026 Credit given for all approprie qualifying experience. Please be sure to include this informion in your resume. No assumptions made about your experience. Minimum Qualificion For the GW-10 level: You have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level; Assisting in the supervision of a wildland fire module described above, assisting in the day to-day planning of work assignments and distribution of work, determining preparedness and suppression needs, faciliting procurement, formuling and preparing project plans for the module; managing inventory and assigning property; ensuring safe operion of tools and equipment; determining training needs; determining best tactical method of fire suppression, tools and methods to use; maintaining records and reports on crew hours and movements and history of action taken on fires; determining probable causes of fire and preserves evidence. 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. Secondary Firefighter Retirement Coverage
• Applicants for this secondary administrive fire fighter position under the provisions of 5 U.

S.C. 8336 (c) (CSRS) and 5 U.S.C. 8412 (d), must possess knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of wildland firefighting as demonstred by direct wildland firefighting experience. In order to receive credit, you must provide a written description of your experience in wildland firefighting. Educion without hands-on wildland firefighting experience does not meet this requirement. Periods of wildland firefighting experience, gained through militia and rural fire departments, can also be credited. Wildland fire is defined as any non-structure fire th occurs in the wildland. Two distinct types of wildland fire have been defined and include wildfire and prescribed fires as follows:

Wildfire:

Unplanned ignitions or prescribed fires th are declared wildfires.

Prescribed Fires:

Planned ignitions. This description includes only fire line experience on a Prescribed Fire; it does not include experience in the planning stages. Prescribed fire experience must be supplemented by fire suppression experience in order to be creditable as previous wildland firefighting experience.

Physical Demands:

Arduous exertion for protracted periods of time such as, but not limited to, extensive running, walking, climbing, kneeling, stooping, pulling hoses, jumping and twisting, prolonged standing, walking over uneven ground, and recurring bending, reaching, lifting and carrying of items weighing over 50 pounds and shared lifting and carrying of heavier items, and similar activities requiring least average agility and dexterity.

Working Conditions:

Forest, range, and desert environments in steep terrain where surfaces may be extremely uneven, rocky, covered with thick tangled vegetion, smoky conditions, etc. Temperures commonly exceed 100 degrees F and may fall below freezing. Risks include smoke inhalion, fire entrapment, snake or insect bites and stings, exposure to excessive machinery noise, and falling and rolling merial. Employee must adjust and cope with exposure to weher elements, dust and smoke, poor bivouac and eing situions under an unpredictable set of circumstances. Firefighters may be required to live in backcountry camps for extended periods of time. The hazardous nure of the work requires th personal protective equipment be worn (e.g., boots, hard h, gloves, flame resistant clothing). Work may require travel by fixed-wing or rotorwing aircraft. Educion There is no substitution of educion for experience for this grade level. Additional informion 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; educion, and experience requirements) for the position with a score of 85 or above on the assessment questionnaire, 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.

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http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp. 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. No PCS entitlements authorized. If eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocion incentive. The decision to offer an incentive made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. This position is suitable for telework only in an emergency or nural disaster. 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. The USWFS provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Visit USAJOBS Help Center | Reasonable accommodion policy if you need a reasonable accommodion. The probionary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct
• the needs and interests of the agency
• whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. 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. 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. 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 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:

IFPM Requirement:

You must provide a copy of your Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record or other equivalent documention which verifies you meet the required NWCG minimum qualificions for this IFPM position. Failure to provide this documention will result in you being red as not qualified.

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. 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/12994625 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/09/2026, 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. Agency contact informion

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@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US 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. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. 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 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:

IFPM Requirement:

You must provide a copy of your Incident Qualificion and Certificion System (IQCS) Master Record or other equivalent documention which verifies you meet the required NWCG minimum qualificions for this IFPM position. Failure to provide this documention will result in you being red as not qualified.

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. 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/12994625 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 07/09/2026, 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion

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@ios.doi.gov Address Office of the Secretary 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US 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. You notified if this job is filled or canceled. Timelines for this process vary widely. 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 this month

• Apply by 07/09/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2026 Locion Alturas, CA 1 vacancy Redding, CA 1 vacancy 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 $78,166
• $101,609 per year Pay scale & grade GW 10 Promotion potential 10 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 50% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes 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-26-12994625-KP-A

Control number 874379900