jperkins on "California-wide USFS Botany Seasonal Jobs"

jperkins — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:36:50 +0000

The US Forest Service is looking for qualified field botanists and weed crews to work throughout California in summer 2010. Seasonal Botanists and Biological Science Technicians are needed for 3-6 months, with pay ranges from $11.95 to $22.74 per hour (GS-3 – GS-9, depending on experience). Government housing may be available.

For optimal consideration apply as soon as possible.

Job Descriptions and Qualifications:

Botanists: Conduct field surveys for Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive, and Watch List plants and map locations.
Weed Crew: Locate, map, and manually remove invasive plants.

Exact duties will vary among duty stations. Desired skills include: plant identification using taxonomic keys, familiarity with California flora, non-vascular plant ID; use of GPS, topographic maps, and compass; ARCGIS skill; operating vehicles on rough roads, good physical fitness; and willingness to work under difficult field conditions.

Qualifications:
• Minimum 1 year college for GS-3 Biological Science Technician. Minimum 2 years of college or 6 months general experience plus 1 year as a GS-3 required for GS-4 position. Bachelor’s degree, or 1 year at GS-4 level required for GS-5 position. Minimum 1 year graduate level education or 1 year at GS-6 level for GS-7 position. Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years graduate work in biology, botany, natural resources, range science, biology, or related area, or 1 year experience at GS-7 level, with 24 semester hours in botany required for GS-9 Botanist.
• Over 18 years of age, and a U.S. Citizen

For information at different locations, please contact:

Angeles National Forest – Arcadia, CA (2 Botany/Weeds; GS-7-9) – Janet Nickerman: 626-574-5264, jnickerman@fs.fed.us

Eldorado National Forest – Placerville, CA (4 Total: Botany, GS-4-7; Weeds, GS-3-4) – Susan Durham: 530-642-5173, sdurham@fs.fed.us

Inyo National Forest – Bishop, CA (1 Gotany/Weeds; GS-7) – Kathleen Nelson: 760-873-2498, kgnelson01@fs.fed.us; Sue Weiss; 760-873-2496, sweis@fs.fed.us

Klamath National Forest – Fort Jones, CA (1 Weeds, GS-5) – Marla Knight: 530-468-1238, mknight @ fs.fed.us

Lake Tahoe Basin Unit – South Lake Tahoe, CA (2 Weeds, GS-5-7; 3 Botany, GS-5-9) – Cheryl Beyer (Weeds): 530-543-2842, cbeyer@fs.fed.us; Shana Gross (Botany): 530-543-2752, segross@fs.fed.us

Lassen National Forest – Susanville, CA (2 Weeds, GS-3-5; 3 Botany, GS-9) – Allison Sanger (Botany): 530-252-6662, asanger@fs.fed.us; Jessica Pijoan (Weeds); 530-252-6475, jpijoan@fs.fed.us

Mendocino National Forest – Willows, CA (2 Botany/Weeds; GS-4-5) – Lauren
Johnson: 530-934-1153, laurenjohnson@fs.fed.us

Modoc National Forest – Alturas, CA (4 Botany, GS-5-7; 2 Weeds, GS-4) – Judy Perkins: 530-233-8827, jperkins@fs.fed.us

Plumas National Forest – Blairsden CA (1 Botany, GS-5-7) – Mike Friend: 530-836-7167, mjfriend@fs.fed.us; Oroville, CA (6-10 Botany/Weeds; GS-4-7) – Chris Christofferson: 530-532-7473, cchristofferson@fs.fed.us

Shasta-Trinity National Forest – Weaverville, CA (4 Botany/Weeds; GS-4-7) – Susan Erwin: 530-623-1753, serwin@fs.fed.us

Sierra National Forest – North Fork, CA (2 Botany/Weeds-tentative based on funding; GS-5) – Joanna Clines: 559-877-2218 x 3150, jclines@fs.fed.us

Sierra Cascade Province – Quincy, CA (includes extensive travel), (4 Botany/Ecology, GS-5-7) – Kyle Merriam: 530-283-7777, kmerriam@fs.fed.us

Six Rivers National Forest – Eureka, CA (3 Botany/Weeds; GS-5-7) – Lisa Hoover: 707-441-3612, lhoover@fs.fed.us

Stanislaus National Forest – Groveland, CA (2-3 Botany, 2-3 Weeds, GS-4-7) – Jennie Haas: 209-962-7825 ext. 540, jhaas@fs.fed.us; Hathaway Pines, CA (2 Botany, GS-4-7) – Quinn Young: 209-795-1381 ext. 326, qyoung@fs.fed.us; Mi Wuk Village, CA (2-3 Botany, GS-4-5) – Margaret Willits: 209-586-3234, ext. 624, mwillits@fs.fed.us

Tahoe National Forest – Nevada City, CA (3-4 Botany, GS-4-5) – Kathy Van Zuuk: 530-478-6243, kvanzuuk@fs.fed.us

Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team– Contact Wendy Boes for
information: 530-478-6886; wboes@fs.fed.us (Botany, GS-7-9)

How to Apply:

1. Go to the AVUE Digital Services website:
https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/usfs/applicant.html

If you are not registered in AVUE, you will need to register. Click the logo to go to the login page. Then click NEW USER REGISTRATION to register. Fill in the requested information to set up your AVUE account, and click SAVE THIS INFORMATION. Once you have your account, you can login in anytime to look for open positions, update your profile, or apply for jobs. You can also set up search criteria to hunt for jobs you might be interested in.

2. Click on APPLY FOR JOBS to see the Vacancy List. The following are the specific announcement numbers to apply to for Summer Temporary Biological Science Technician (Plants) and Botany positions:

TEMP-OCR-404-3-GEN (for GS-3)
TEMP-OCR-404-4-PLANT (for GS-4)
TEMP-OCR-404-5-PLANT (for GS-5)
TEMP-OCR-404-6-PLANT (for GS-6)
TEMP-OCR-404-7-PLANT (for GS-7)
TEMP-OCR-430-9-BOT (for GS-9)

NOTE #1: The same Biological Science Technician announcements will be used to fill both Botany Surveying and Weed Crew positions.

NOTE #2: The job duties for these Biological Science Technician positions will read:
Performs work concerned with the breeding, selecting, and testing of field crops, fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, etc.; improvement of management practices to attain increased yield, improved quality, adaptation to mechanization, and resistance to diseases, insects, heat, drought, cold, or other hazards; and similar work usually concerned with higher plant life.
Uses a variety of specialized tools, equipment, and materials to carry out procedures, methods and practices in support of one or more of the biological sciences. Analyzes data and test conditions.
THIS IS NOT THE REAL POSITION DESCRIPTION!! Go ahead and apply – the job REALLY is botany surveying and/or weed crew and/or greenhouse propagation of native plants for restoration

NOTE #3: It is recommended that you apply for all grade levels for which you may be qualified, and at which you would be interested in working.

3. Click on the vacancy announcement you wish to apply for. If you click on FULL JOB DESCRIPTION, you may see a position description that more accurately fits the real job. However, the GS-7 job will sound like a weed crew job while the others sound like botany surveying jobs. Again, BOTH botany surveying and weed crew positions will be filled from each of these announcements. Contact individual forests for more specific job duty information.

4. Click on APPLY NOW to fill out the application. Make sure you provide all of the MANDATORY INFORMATION, and attach all REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. Providing OPTIONAL INFORMATION is strongly encouraged. NOTE: 1) You MUST provide TRANSCRIPTS, to verify qualifications. 2) For full work experience credit, include start and end dates with month, year and DAY. 3) Unrelated work experience counts towards qualifying experience, so include it!

5. In the APPLICANT INFORMATION section, you MUST put down the correct location to be considered for a position. Below are the specific locations within California that are currently planning to fill temporary botany/weed crew positions:

Alturas, CA (Modoc National Forest)
Arcadia, CA (Angeles National Forest)
Bishop, CA (Inyo National Forest)
Eureka, CA (Six Rivers National Forest)
Fort Jones, CA (Klamath National Forest)
Groveland, CA (Stanislaus National Forest)
Happy Camp, CA (Klamath National Forest)
Hathaway Pines, CA (Stanislaus National Forest)
Mi Wuk Village, CA (Stanislaus National Forest)
Mount Shasta, CA (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
Nevada City, CA (AMSET)
North Fork, CA (Sierra National Forest)
Oroville, CA (Plumas National Forest)
Placerville, CA (Eldorado National Forest)
Quincy, CA (Sierra Cascade Province)
South Lake Tahoe, CA (Lake Tahoe Basin Unit)
Susanville, CA (Lassen National Forest)
Weaverville, CA (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
Willows, CA (Mendocino National Forest)
Yreka, CA (Klamath National Forest)

6. Submit your application as soon as possible! While these are open continuous announcements, selecting officials can request a hiring list from these announcements at any time. Submitting your application early insures that your application will be among those considered by the selecting official.

Thank you for you interest in USDA Forest Service Botany jobs!!!

Students: Continuing students are eligible for direct hiring under the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP), and should submit a resume and transcripts directly to the Forest of interest. Contacts for hiring Forests are listed above.

jperkins on "Seasonal Botany Survey and Weed Treatment Jobs"

jperkins — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:10:54 +0000

National Forests in California, including the Modoc National Forest, are hiring botany seasonal temporary employees for botanical surveys as well as noxious weed treatments. If you are interested, please contact Judy Perkins at jperkins@fs.fed.us or (530) 233-8827. If you provide us your e-mail, we can send you more specifics on where positions in California will be filled and how to apply thru AVUE. We look forward to hearing from you!

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