Summary
Help preserve and improve America's national parks! Join the National Park Service as a Maintenance Worker (Trails) repairing and maintaining trails, bridges, boardwalks, and stone structures while working in scenic backcountry settings.
This vacancy uses the Field Unit Local Hiring (FUL) Authority. Applicants must reside in one of the following Washington state counties; Mason, Jefferson, Clallam, Grays Harbor.
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This position is located within the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, Washington. The major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
- Build, repair, and maintain park trails, bridges, boardwalks, retaining walls, and other trail structures.
- Use hand and power tools to complete masonry, carpentry, and trail maintenance projects in remote outdoor settings.
- Restore trails by repairing erosion, improving drainage, removing hazards, and protecting natural and cultural resources.
- Operate and maintain vehicles, equipment, and tools used to transport materials and complete trail construction and repair projects.
- Work safely in backcountry environments while hiking long distances and carrying tools, equipment, and materials to project sites.
- Assist with planning and completing trail projects by following drawings, work orders, and supervisor instructions.
- Lead or assist volunteer crews during trail maintenance and construction projects while promoting safe work practices.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
- 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 have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a one year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.
This probation period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:
- your performance and conduct;
- the needs and interests of the agency;
- whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
- whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications
Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid state-issued driver's license. This requirement is a selective placement factor and will be used as a screen-out. Applicants must possess this requirement by the closing date of the announcement. The selectee will be required to provide proof prior to appointment. Applicants who do not possess this requirement will be found ineligible for further consideration.
OPM's Job Qualifications System for Trades and Labor Occupations will be used to determine qualifications. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, applicants must demonstrate through experience shown in their resume that they possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
To qualify for this position, your resume must demonstrate you possess sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job elements:
- Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision 73 [screen out element]
- Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) 25-E
- Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc (includes blueprint reading) 75-A
- Measurement and Layout 80-A
- Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment 81
- Knowledge of materials 82-A
- Dexterity and safety 86
If your knowledge and ability in the screen out factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
All qualification requirements must be met by the announcement close date.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions.
Additional information
This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is within the following Washington state counties: Mason, Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.). See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence.
Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service. The agency retains sole discretion and without further competition, the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the term appointment regulation(s). No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies.
Physical Demands: The work is physically demanding and requires frequent hiking over steep, uneven, and rugged terrain while carrying tools, equipment, and materials. Duties may require prolonged standing, walking, climbing, bending, kneeling, lifting, digging, and using hand and power tools. The position requires lifting and carrying heavy objects, often weighing up to 50 pounds or more with assistance or mechanical devices, and frequent overnight travel in remote backcountry locations.
Working Conditions: Work is performed primarily outdoors in remote backcountry settings and in all types of weather, including heat, cold, rain, snow, and high winds. Employees are regularly exposed to rough terrain, wildlife, insects, falling trees or rocks, heavy equipment, and other natural hazards. The work requires following established safety procedures and wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions.
Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) if well qualified for the position. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; local area, special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated at least at the well qualified level.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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