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Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Type 1 WFM Supervisor)
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What they do
A Firefighter responds to fire alarms and other emergency calls. Puts out fires and rescues people from buildings. Responds to medical emergencies and assists with search and rescue efforts and industrial or hazardous waste accidents. Provides fire prevention programs or inspections in the community. May be specially trained to fight forest fires.
$72,164 / year median in California
+11% projected growth
Job Description
Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Type 1 WFM Supervisor) Department of Agriculture Forest Service Summary This position is loced a USDA Forest Service Unit.. The primary responsibility is for leadership of a highly effective wildland fire module associed with the planning and implemention of planned and unplanned wildland fire and hazardous fuels operions. See
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
for Regional contacts. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced a USDA Forest Service Unit.. The primary responsibility is for leadership of a highly effective wildland fire module associed with the planning and implemention of planned and unplanned wildland fire and hazardous fuels operions. SeeADDITIONAL INFORMATION
for Regional contacts. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion MANY vacancies in the following locions: Camp Connell, CA Macdoel, CA Pinecrest, CA Bayfield, CO Steambo Springs, CO Cascade, ID Council, ID Kooskia, ID McCall, ID Wellston, MI Grants Pass, OR Joseph, OR Spearfish, SD Beaver, UT Duchesne, UT Ephraim, UT Vernal, UT Buffalo, WY Cody, WY Moran, WY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $67,617- $94,687 per year Salary wage as shown is for Rest of the U.S. For more informion, refer to the Office of Personnel Management, Salary and Wages web page. Pay scale & grade GW 8
- 9 Promotion potential 9 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel overnight on fire suppression, fire reled assignments, meetings, and/or training for this position.
Specialized Experience Requirement:
For the GW-08 : You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GW-07 in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include : Served on a specialty crew (hotshot, helitack, engines, etc.) or assigned to lead fire suppression under the most adverse conditions of clime, fuels, and terrain; Performed interdisciplinary tactical methods and techniques for use of wer and other additives in controlling and mopping-up fires in order to efficiently and effectively to accomplish objectives; Makes initial evaluion of fire situions, determines re of spread, potential hazards to property and other improvements, suppression method to use, hose lays, deployment of crew, point of initial tack and type of tools to use. For the GW-09 : You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GW-08 in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience may include : Independently practiced methods and procedures associed with wildfire suppression to resolve a full range of irregular or problem situions when suppressing wildland fires; Coordined and assisted in the development of fire/aviion training and instructional programs; Independently implemented many technical specialized objectives such as coordining resources, vehicle, supplies & equipment and other tactics used in fire suppression and prescribed fire. Selective Placement Factors Successful completion of the Primary NWCG Core Requirements of Task Force Leader (TFLD), and Primary NWCG Core Requirement of Prescribed Burn Boss 2 (RXB2), and Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4). Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) and Forest Service- Fire Program Management (FS-FPM) qualificions must be met by the time of selection.
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. 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.
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) forWildland 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 There is no substitution of educion for specialized experience. 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 Regional Offices | US Forest Service (usda.gov) Region 1: Northern Region- Tiffany Counts tiffany.counts@usda.gov Region 2: Rocky Mountain Region
- Timothy Griffin timothy.e.griffin@usda.gov Region 3: Southwestern Region
- Tobe Haught tobe.haught@usda.gov Region 4: Intermountain Region
- Bradley Bugger bradley.bugger@usda.gov Region 5: Pacific Southwest Region
- Brian Grabowski
- brian.grabowski@usda.gov Region 6: Pacific Northwest Region
- Shalyn Whitson shalyn.whitson@usda.gov Region 8: Southern Region
- Russ Marchion russell.marchion@usda.gov Region 9: Eastern Region
- Brian Hicks brian.
Job Corps Center:
All Region- Dirk Huber dirk.
- 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act, Public Law 115-97.
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. 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 . 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. 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, : https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13028340 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 . 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 for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.Resume th includes:
Personal Informion:
name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages . 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 informionFEDSHIREVETS
. 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. 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), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants- a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Please 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 (7:00 a.m.
- 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday
- Friday).
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 USAJOBS to check your applicion stus. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Under the Fair Chance Act , 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 sm.fs.hrm_elr@usda.gov , 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. 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 for your applicant package to be complete. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of considerion.Resume th includes:
Personal Informion:
name, address, contact informion; Educion ; Work Experience reled to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualificions . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages . 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 informionFEDSHIREVETS
. 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. 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), current performance appraisal with ring of least "Fully Successful" or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty locion with your applicion per 5 CFR 330. How to Apply Help Please view Tips for Applicants- a guide to the Forest Service applicion process. Please 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 (7:00 a.m.
- 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday
- Friday).
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 USAJOBS to check your applicion stus. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Under the Fair Chance Act , 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 sm.fs.hrm_elr@usda.gov , subject line: Fair Chance Act. 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 Additional locions Steambo Springs, CO Cascade, ID Council, ID Kooskia, ID McCall, ID Wellston, MI Grants Pass, OR Joseph, OR Spearfish, SD Beaver, UT Duchesne, UT Ephraim, UT Vernal, UT Buffalo, WY Cody, WY Moran, WY Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion MANY vacancies in the following locions: Camp Connell, CA Macdoel, CA Pinecrest, CA Bayfield, CO Steambo Springs, CO Cascade, ID Council, ID Kooskia, ID McCall, ID Wellston, MI Grants Pass, OR Joseph, OR Spearfish, SD Beaver, UT Duchesne, UT Ephraim, UT Vernal, UT Buffalo, WY Cody, WY Moran, WY No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $67,617- $94,687 per year Salary wage as shown is for Rest of the U.S. For more informion, refer to the Office of Personnel Management, Salary and Wages web page. Pay scale & grade GW 8
- 9 Promotion potential 9 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
- You may be expected to travel overnight on fire suppression, fire reled assignments, meetings, and/or training for this position.