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Forestry Technician (Recreation)
Forest Service · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
These positions are located on the Tongass National Forest / Ketchikan Misty Fjord Ranger District in Hyder, Alaska. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Denise Wolvin at Denise.Wolvin@usda.gov or at 907-228-4134. The salary of the position will be adjusted to include a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). See the Additional Information section for more information.
What You'll Do
- →Assures recreation sites and areas with one or two major uses are operated and maintained in accordance with operation and maintenance plans.
- →Schedules daily activities, establishes maintenance schedules, and inspects cleanup operations based on recreation operation and maintenance plans.
- →Maintains and cleans developed sites, roadsides, and backcountry dispersed sites.
- →Makes repairs to damaged facilities or closes areas of facilities when hazards cannot be promptly eliminated.
- →Maintains recreation facilities such as toilets, road closure gates, hand pumps, water systems, picnic tables, fire rings, barriers, dumpsters, and other miscellaneous structures.
- →Reports on conditions and use of sites and areas.
- →Serves as inspector for recreation area cleanup and maintenance contracts.
- →Maintains contact with and provides support to Campground Host(s).
- →Serves as a unit fee collection officer.
- →Collects fees, counts, reconciles money collected, and ensures deposits are made appropriately.
- →Inspects recreation areas, areas of concentrated public use, and special use permits for compliance with the permit and the management plans, public health, and safety. +Performs safety hazard analyses of public recreation use areas and takes or recommends corrective action.
- →Patrols wilderness to ensure areas are operated, used, and maintained in accordance with Wilderness Management Plan.
- →Installs and maintains information boards, travel signs, regulatory signs, and other signs associated with recreation sites, travel management, and safety.
- →Provides detailed information about recreation opportunities to Forest visitors and explains the Forest Service rules and regulations.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
- ✓Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- ✓Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.gov.
- ✓Willing to live/work in remote locations (volatile/unpredictable) Education is not considered for eligibility requirements.
Personality Fit
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