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Biological Science Technician-FUL
National Park Service · Posted 36 days ago
On-site Harpers Ferry, IA $50K – $66K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Biological Science Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Region, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, Iowa. This position will perform a wide variety of complex biological science technical support functions.
What You'll Do
- →Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Organizes, Schedules and executes a wide variety of established natural resource management projects.
- →Plans field projects, independently choosing from among several possible courses of action at different stages of each project.
- →Collects and organizes field data using standardized data collection procedures and equipment; uses judgment to apply precedents and established techniques to new situations.
- →Ensures adequate quality control of data collected.
- →Performs field and laboratory analysis of collected samples.
- →Records all data collected and provides preliminary analysis and classification of the information.
- →Makes field observations of natural resource conditions.
- →Evaluates observed conditions and problems, and interprets variables, trends, correlations, and interrelationships among data and conditions.
- →Recommends management actions based on prescribed guidelines in existing park plans.
- →Prepares draft project reports which include literature research, descriptions of methods, preliminary data analysis, graphs and charts, results, and recommendations for planning, protection, and mitigation activities.
- →Provides written comments on environmental assessments, resource management plan reviews, and park planning documents.
- →Provides logistical support and area orientation for contract or cooperating scientists, provides technical information, ensures quality control, and solves logistical or operational problems within the scope of the incumbent's authority.
- →Installs, operates and maintains resource management equipment.
- →Inventories equipment, evaluates quality assurance compliance and calibrates equipment as necessary.
Requirements
- ✓Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Direct Deposit participation required.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/.
- ✓Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
- ✓You are required to wear a uniform and comply with the uniform standards.
- ✓A uniform allowance will be provided.
- ✓You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- ✓You must be at least 18 years of age or older to operate government vehicles.
- ✓Ability to lift 50 pounds. *Additional Requirements located under qualifications* You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience.
- ✓Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable.
- ✓A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 79cc3ee6-5f70-4e31-bd80-8c97346737ae
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