All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/02/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.

To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include: Makes field observations of natural resource conditions and implements established natural resource management projects concerning fishes, fishery resources and other aquatic animals, such as, but not limited to crustaceans and mollusks; follows instructions and standardized procedures, collects and organizes field data and ensures adequate quality control of data collected when performing research of fishes and other aquatic animals; performs routine and recurring testing of collected samples and records all data collected and provides preliminary assessment and classification of the information for fisheries and fishery resources or other aquatic animals; inventories, evaluates quality assurance compliance, calibrates equipment, and installs, operates, and maintains resource management equipment used in fisheries and fishery resources such as tools, traps, and sampling, monitoring, photographic, and laboratory equipment; prepares draft project reports which include literature research, descriptions of methods, preliminary data analysis, graphs, charts, results and recommendations for planning, protecting, and mitigating activities necessary for conservation and management of fishes and other aquatic animals. You must include the number of hours worked per week within your resume.

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EDUCATION: Successfully completed one full year of graduate level course work, from an accredited college or university, leading to a Master's degree with a major study directly related to the position to be filled. Graduate study must have been in a field of study that is directly related to the work of this position, i.e., scientific or technical study, such as ichthyology, fishery biology, aquatic botany, aquatic fauna, oceanography, fish culture, or related courses in the field of fishery biology. You must include a copy of your transcripts.

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Successful completion of a combination of experience and graduate level education. To combine education and experience, first take the number of semester hours or equivalent earned towards a graduate degree and divide by 18 semester hours or equivalent. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must include the number of hours worked per week within your resume and a copy of your transcripts.

Volunteer Experience: 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.