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Supervisory Wildland Firefighter (Handcrew Supervisor)
Forest Service · Posted 120 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at a USDA Forest Service Unit. The primary responsibility is for leadership of highly effective wildland fire suppression and wildland urban interface/intermix situations. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section for regional contacts.
What You'll Do
- →Duties listed are at full performance grade GW-08 level.
- →Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit.
- →Ensures that personnel management within the organizational entity under supervision is accomplished without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap, or national origin.
- →Responsible for directing a module of a 10 to 20 person Handcrew.
- →Responsible for technical decisions involving defining and implementing appropriate strategy and tactics.
- →Performs in other assignments on incidents involving wildland urban interface/intermix situations, or other incidents which may require other specialized training and qualifications; i.e., Incident Commander, etc.
- →Works with other resource managers in the development and implementation of prescribed burn plans.
- →Executes prescribed burns commensurate with qualifications such as burn boss, firing boss or holding boss.
- →Independently or jointly develops training programs (mandatory, formal and informal) to comply with policy and regulations.
- →Manages assigned property by procuring and maintaining an inventory of tools and equipment to meet individual crew needs.
Requirements
- ✓There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 928202a4-c484-48b8-bf3f-73efc44b473e
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