Forestry Technician (Timber/Silviculture)
Announcement number
OR-22-MP-11540478-FLF
Job is open to Status Candidates (Merit Promotion, Land Management, and VEOA Eligibles) and Non-Competitive Authority Eligibles
Telework Eligible
Duties
Salary Ranges:
GS-05: $35,265 to $45,847
GS-06: $39,311 to $51,103
GS-07: $43,683 to $56,790
The incumbent serves as a Forestry Technician in a Bureau of Land Management office. The work of this position may serve both to train the incumbent in higher level technical forest management work and to support the work of higher graded technicians and/or foresters.
As directed by the supervisor, the incumbent may plan and conduct segments of forest inventories, administer timber sale contracts, prepare forest road layouts, execute plans for slash disposal, forest plantings, thinning, and forest disease and insect control. Performs timber sale reconnaissance and unit design and marks timber for proposed timber sale tracts. Conducts timber cruises or sample surveys to estimate volumes of timber for timber sales or for forest stand inventory, preparing and entering data into automated systems. Performs emergency fire suppression and other duties as qualified and assigned. May be assigned to oversee the work of lower graded employees.
Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and will be based solely on your ability to satisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work at the higher grade level, and recommendation by the position's supervisor.