Seasonal - Biological Science Technician (Fish)

Seasonal - Biological Science Technician (Fish) Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Summary This position is a Biological Science Technician (Fish) , GS- 0404-5 working in Mora, New Mexico for the R2-Mora Nional Fish Hchery. This is a temporary position expected to last 1039 hours from the de of appointment. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is a Biological Science Technician (Fish) , GS- 0404-5 working in Mora, New Mexico for the R2-Mora Nional Fish Hchery. This is a temporary position expected to last 1039 hours from the de of appointment. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday • Apply by 06/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Mora, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. 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 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - 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 Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

TS-26-12979092-LP-CTAP

Control number 871938400 This job is open to Help Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Clarificion from the agency This position is only open to those who are eligible for ICTAP/CTAP and Veterans eligible for Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). Duties Help This is a temporary appointment intended for seasonal work th is less than 6 months or 1040 hours from the de of appointment/service year. It is expected this position termined upon completion of the seasons work. The agency may non-competitively rehire an eligible temporary seasonal worker in subsequent years who works less than 6 months or 1040 hours in their service year. As a Seasonal - Biological Science Technician (Fish) your duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: 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. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Suitability for employment, as determined by background investigion.

Driver's License:

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.

Uniform:

Official U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uniform is required. Individuals assigned male birth after 12-31-59 must be registered for the Selective Service. To verify registrion SSS.gov. Qualificions Only experience and educion obtained by 06/10/2026 In order to qualify for this position, you must possess the 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 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

PROOF OF EDUCATION

All applicants who are using educion or a combinion of educion and experience to qualify must submit copies of official or unofficial transcripts which include grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, institution name, and student name. If any required coursework is not easily recognizable on transcripts, or if you believe a portion of a particular course can be credited toward meeting an educional requirement, you must also provide a memorandum on letterhead from the institution's registrar, dean, or other approprie official sting the percentage of the course th should be considered to meet the requirement and the equivalent number of units. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, if you are selected for the position, you required to produce the original official transcripts.

PASS/FAIL COURSES

If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) . Additional informion

PCS INFORMATION

: No PCS entitlements authorized

Telework :

This position is suitable for telework and may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.

Additional Vacancies :

One or more positions may be filled from applicions received under this announcement in the advertised office or other U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offices in the local commuting area. 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; educion, and experience requirements) for the position with a score of 85 or above on the ring criteria for this 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 : OPM's Employee Guide to

Career Transition Reasonable Accommodion :

The USFWS 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. 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 qualificion requirements of this position. Once the applicion process is complete, we will review your applicion to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are minimally qualified for this job, HR will complete a review of your resume and supporting documention. Your qualificions evalued on 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. Candides who apply under Competitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are highly qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Best qualified candides referred if all required supporting documention has been provided. Candides who apply under Noncompetitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are minimally qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Qualified candides referred if all required supporting documention has been provided. 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. We will not make assumptions about your experience and/or educion.

Required Documents:

1.

Resume:

You may only submit one resume. Only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" used to determine your qualificions and for ring purposes. Your resume must describe your job-reled qualificions (paid and non-paid work experience) th includes job title, beginning and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and description of job duties. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included. If you use your own resume, curriculum vitae, or any other written form, you must ensure this informion is provided. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. Failure to provide ALL required informion on your resume will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly distinguish the job duties for each grade level and how long you were working in each grade level. 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. 2.

Proof of Eligibility:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

Certificion of Expected Separion or Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice or Notice of Proposed Removal AND Most recent Performance Ring AND Most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion or SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action.

OR Veterans' Preference Documention:

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must tach a copy of your DD-214 Member Copy 2 or 4 showing you were honorably discharged. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by th form. (i.e. VA letter). You may not be awarded preference if you do not tach the correct Veteran Documention as specified above.

Additional Documention if applicable:

1. Cover Letter 2.

College Transcripts:

A copy of your transcripts must be submitted. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. A copy of your official transcripts required if you are selected. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may 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 questions presented in the applicion and upload required documents. To preview the questions presented in the applicion, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12979092 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 06/10/2026, 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 contact the Human Resources Office via email fwshiring@fws.gov. Agency contact informion Human Resources Staffing Division fwshiring@fws.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. 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. We will not make assumptions about your experience and/or educion.

Required Documents:

1.

Resume:

You may only submit one resume. Only the resume submitted under the "Resume" "Document Type" used to determine your qualificions and for ring purposes. Your resume must describe your job-reled qualificions (paid and non-paid work experience) th includes job title, beginning and ending des (month and year), hours worked per week, and description of job duties. You are highly encouraged to use USAJOBS Resume Builder to ensure all required informion is included. If you use your own resume, curriculum vitae, or any other written form, you must ensure this informion is provided. Your resume must show complete informion for each job entry to support minimum qualificions. Failure to provide ALL required informion on your resume will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package.

Note:

Current and former Federal employees should include pay plan, series, and grade level for relevant federal experience. If experience is for a career ladder position, please ensure to clearly distinguish the job duties for each grade level and how long you were working in each grade level. 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. 2.

Proof of Eligibility:

CTAP/ICTAP

Documention:

Certificion of Expected Separion or Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice or Notice of Proposed Removal AND Most recent Performance Ring AND Most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty locion or SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action.

OR Veterans' Preference Documention:

If you are a veteran with preference eligibility and you are claiming 5-point veterans' preference, you must tach a copy of your DD-214 Member Copy 2 or 4 showing you were honorably discharged. If you are claiming 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by th form. (i.e. VA letter). You may not be awarded preference if you do not tach the correct Veteran Documention as specified above.

Additional Documention if applicable:

1. Cover Letter 2.

College Transcripts:

A copy of your transcripts must be submitted. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. A copy of your official transcripts required if you are selected. Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may 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 questions presented in the applicion and upload required documents. To preview the questions presented in the applicion, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12979092 . Please ensure you check the acknowledgement checkbox then click the Submit Applicion button to submit your applicion. Applicions must be received by 06/10/2026, 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 contact the Human Resources Office via email fwshiring@fws.gov. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Human Resources Staffing Division fwshiring@fws.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. 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 yesterday • Apply by 06/10/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Mora, NM No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. 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 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Temporary - 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

TS-26-12979092-LP-CTAP

Control number 871938400