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The typical seasonal entry-on-duty period is April through October but can be variable during these months due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: April - May 2025.
Open to the first 425 applicants or until 12/24/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
12/10/2024 to 12/24/2024
$20.53 - $37.72 per hour
WG 5 - 7
No
No
Not required
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Temporary - Not to Exceed 1039 Hours
Multiple Schedules - Full or Part time depending on duty location.
Competitive
None
No
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PW-1548-SR-25-12587710-CB
822132800
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
The Pacific West Region is recruiting for TEMPORARY seasonal positions not to exceed 1039 hours work in a service year. Dates of employment will vary between park sites depending on funding, weather conditions and visitation. Within regulatory limitations, the length of initial appointment may be shortened or extended depending on work availability and funding.
The duty stations for the parks are:
Pinnacle National Park : Paicines, CA
North Cascades National Park: Marblemount, WA and Stehekin, WA
Crater Lake National Park: Klamath County, OR
Lassen Volcanic National Park: Tehama County, CA
Golden Gate National Recreation Area :San Francisco, CA
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Tulare County CA
Haleakala National Park: Maui County, HI
Mount Rainier National Park: Longmire, WA, Packwood, WA, Enumclaw, WA, Carbonado, WA
Devils Postpile National Monument: Mono County CA
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve: Josephine County OR.
Point Reyes National Seashore: Marin County CA
Olympic National Park: Port Angeles WA
Yosemite National Park: Mariposa County CA
WG-05 Maintenance Worker (Trails) - performs trail maintenance, construction, and repair. Tasks include clearing trails of wind falls, limbs, rocks, landslides, and other debris; digging or cleaning culverts and ditches for drainage purposes; clearing brush; tread work on native soil, gravel and asphalt trails. Assist or lead trail crews on bridge building, tread, brushing, drainage and trail clearing projects. Construct or repair bridges, food boxes, ramps, corrals, outbuildings and pit toilets. Assist in or perform masonry work. Paint or stains boxes, corrals, pit toilets and bridges. May assist in maintenance of historic structures. May assist Packer with preparing loads, as well as saddling and transporting stock. Service and repair chain saws, brushing saws, gas rock drills and breakers, and generators. Repair tents, hand tools, lanterns, stoves; sharpens axes, pulaski's, shovels and clippers. Responsible for inventory updates and issuance of trails equipment, parts and materials.
WG-07 Maintenance Worker (Trails) - provides daily guidance and direction to field crews completing trail maintenance/construction. Repairs trail tread and drainage structures, constructing rock walls, turnpiking, cribbing, and foot bridges, removing windfalls, felling trees, and utilizing block, tackle, and winches for moving and placing heavy objects. Construction and maintenance of rock and wood water bars, retaining walls and cribbing, and other trail structures. Laying out and constructing new trail in rocky, mountainous terrain, and in performing landscape restoration of abandoned trails.
Work involves living and working in remote backcountry regions of the parks. Work involves long distance hiking, often with heavy backpacks, and long hours of hard physical labor to perform trail maintenance and construction tasks. Trail workers often carry loads weighing up to 50 pounds and may be required to hike up to 20 miles per day over steep and/or rough terrain.
Physical Effort: Heavy physical effort is required in bending, lifting, and using hand and power tools in trail work. Examples of typical strenuous activity include: Frequently lifts and carries objects weighing over 100 pounds, must carry and roll rocks and logs, move rocks of several tons with rock bars, use hammers to crush or shape rock, and use shovel extensively. Frequently hikes up to 20 miles daily and must be able to do so while carrying a backpack, power and/or hand tools.
Working Conditions: Incumbent must have the ability to live and work effectively in backcountry areas in close contact with small numbers of people for extended periods of time. Incumbent must live and work out-of-doors on projects in various terrain up to 13,000 feet elevation in all extremes of adverse weather conditions. Trail work is dusty, and hazardous conditions may exist when moving rocks and logs, working in and around rockslide areas, working around stock, working around explosives, falling and bucking trees, and working around machinery.
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Government housing IS available for positions at the following parks:
For additional information about these positions, please contact:
Pinnacles National Park: Gavin Youngstrum, gavin_youngstrum@nps.gov
Crater Lake National Park: Andrew Hoeg andrew_hoeg@nps.gov
Mount Rainier National Park: James Montgomery James_Montgomery@nps.gov
Government housing MAY be available for positions at:
North Cascades National Park: Scott Swenson scott_swenson@nps.gov
Lassen Volcanic National Park: Daniel Lamkins daniel_lamkins@nps.gov
Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Kyle Mackiewicz, kylemackiewicz@nps.gov
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: Tony fiorino, antonio_c_fiorino
Haleakala National Park: Aaron Jernigan, aaron_jernigan@nps.gov
Devils Postpile National Monument: Rebecca Carr Wong, rebecca_carr_wong@nps.gov
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve: Jason Walz, jason_walz@nps.gov Joshua Haggett, joshua_haggett@nps.gov
Point Reyes National Seashore: Shawn Maloney, shawn-maloney@nps.gov
Olympic National Park: Kelly Sutton, kelly_sutton@nps.gov Nathan Forrest, nathan_forrest@nps.gov
Yosemite National Park: Jessica Crow, jessica_crow@nps.gov
A Recruitment Incentive May Be Authorized for a newly selected employee when appointed to a permanent, temporary, or term position. A Federal employee who is transferring to the National Park Service from another component, bureau or Federal agency and who does not meet the conditions under 5 CFR 575.102 is not eligible for a recruitment incentive.
Non-Competitive Rehire Eligibility: Temporary seasonal employees can only maintain their non-competitive rehire eligibility if they work no more than a combined total of Temporary NTE less than 1040 hours anywhere in the National Park Service (NPS) within their established service year. Accordingly, non-competitive rehire eligibility allows for re-appointment to the same position or another position appropriate for temporary appointment with the same qualification requirements (5 CFR 316.402[b][7]), based on series and grade, anywhere in the major subdivision (NPS).
If you have held a temporary seasonal appointment in the past 12 months and have already worked the maximum temporary appointment less than 1040 hours during that period, you are still welcome to apply. However, please be aware that exceeding the limit of 1040 hours in your established service year will result in the loss of your non-competitive rehire eligibility.
The limit can be exceeded by working multiple temporary seasonal positions that result in a combined total greater than 1040 hours. The limit also can be exceeded by working a single temporary seasonal appointment that exceeds 1040 hours, unless granted an exception by OPM.
Employment may be terminated at any time due to fluctuations in funding levels, project needs, employee performance, or other considerations.
The National Park Service has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.
Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of two categories:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/24/2024:
To apply for this position: You must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To receive consideration, the complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 12/24/2024.You must provide documentation to support your claim for each eligibility selected. Please review the required documentation listed in the eligibilities language to ensure you submit the appropriate information. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities that you selected and provided the appropriate supporting documentation.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT HARD-COPY OR E-MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGES.
Once the Occupational Questionnaire is received you will receive acknowledgement that your submission was successful. If you are among the most qualified candidates and your name is referred to the hiring official, you may be contacted directly for a possible interview. You will be notified of the status of your Application Package at the time candidates are referred for consideration, and when the selection process is complete.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/822132800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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