• Job Description

  Req#: 816266000
  This announcement is for multiple seasonal Biological Science Tech (Soils) positions for Montana Dakotas. Positions start in the 2025 season April through June.
  
  This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred monthly throughout the announcement period. Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement. See "Additional Information" for information.
  
  
  Duties
  
  
  • Completes soils portion of AIM (Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring).
  • Compiles, enters, and retrieves biological data from automated databases.
  • Collects ecological site information for plants as well as populations distributions, conditions, trends, associated species, land forms of occurrence, geology, and soil types.
  • Identifies, photographs, collects, and mounts plant specimens.
  • Assists in identifying alternatives to control erosion, improve forage and plant diversity, and to accomplish project objectives.
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Be sure to read the 'How to Apply' and 'Required Documents' Sections.
  • You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
  • Direct Deposit Required.
  • Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
  • Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
  • An applicant appointed to this position must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position.
  • You must be 18 years of age prior to entrance on duty in order to be authorized to operate a government vehicle as required for field work.
  • NO GOVERNMENT HOUSING IS AVAILABLE. Securing housing will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.
  
  GS-05: You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to theGS-04 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: ability to check extensive data relating to the survey/study area; observing and recording specific biological information (i.e., vegetative cover, water quality samples, flora, or fauna); taking root samples, or soil samples by layer; making observations and recording data prescribed by soil studies.
  -OR-
  Education: Successful completion of a full four-year course of study leading to a Bachelor's degree with major study or at least 24 semester hours in biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal husbandry, botany, soils, physics, agriculture, or mathematics. At least six semester hours of courses must have been directly related to the position to be filled.
  -OR-
  Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate undergraduate education.
  
  GS-06: You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: conducts field inventories for soil types, vegetative cover, flora, or fauna; compiles date into reports; photographs, collects and mounts samples; identifies plants; makes observations and records field data in database.
  -OR-
  Education: Successful completion of one full year of graduate education directly related to the position to be filled.
  -OR-
  Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate undergraduate education.
  
  GS-07: You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples: leads field inventories and develops intensive information; enters and retrieves data from automated databases; identifies and processes specimens; reviews proposals for surface disturbances; plans and conducts on-site inventories of subject lands for soil types, vegetive cover, flora, or fauna.
  -OR-
  Education: Successful completion of one full year of graduate education directly related to the position to be filled.
  -OR-
  Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate undergraduate education.
  
  You must meet all qualification requirements by the cut-off date of the applicant list to be reviewed.
  
  Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
  
  Physical Demand/Work Environment: Work performed in an office environment is adequately lighted and ventilated. Much of the time is spent in the field requiring a considerable amount of walking, riding, stooping, bending and lifting with exposure to extremes of heat and cold, rough terrain, insects, wildlife, and other hazards are common. Adherence to all safety procedures is required.

• About the company

  The United States Department of the Interior is a federal executive department of the U.S. government. It is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States, as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the United States Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service. The department was created on March 3, 1849.

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