Forestry Technician

This is an open and continuous announcement. See Additional Information section for more information. Applications will expire every 90 days. To remain active for consideration, applicants must resubmit their application. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement.

Final determination of the duty location will be made at the time of the job offer.

For more information, contact the Human Resources staff at

• Positions will perform work in one or more of the following programs. Duties described are at the minimum full performance grade level.
• Timber Program Support:
• Independently applies silvicultural prescriptions and marking guides to designate harvest timber.
• Performs preparatory work for timber cruises, such as traversing and mapping, estimating volumes and quality of timber, measuring and identifying defects of timber, summarizing and reporting data collected, and preparing maps.
• Marks timber using well-defined marking rules, established marking guides, and specific instructions.
• Recreation/Wilderness/Trails Program Support:
• Assists in the implementation of recreation operation and maintenance plans for developed and dispersed recreation sites.
• Inspects recreation areas, and special use permits for compliance with the permit and management plans, public health regulations, and safety plans.
• Assists with performing compliance checks and inspections on existing permits under Special-Use authorization.
• Assists with the maintenance of district recreation facilities such as toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, barriers, dumpsters, and other miscellaneous structures.
• Wildland Fire Management Support:
• Performs wildland fire suppression/management/control, as a firefighter on an engine, hotshot, helitack or hand crew.
• Other wildland fire related duties might involve fire prevention, patrol, detection, or prescribed burning.
• The incumbent will also be involved with the maintenance and repair of firefighting tools equipment and facilities, and will receive firefighting training.
• May be assigned for varying periods of time into one or more types of positions within the fire management organization where individual's specialized skills are needed.
• Fire Dispatch Program Support:
• Serves as a dispatcher, receiving, filling, and tracking resource requests for fire and other emergency incidents.
• Collects, processes, collates and submits incident information to support fire operations (e.g., fire reports, smoke permits, spot weather forecasts, prescribed fire burn requests).
• Inputs data into a number of fire-related computer applications (e.g., incident qualification records, fire reporting systems, and automated dispatch systems) and makes the initial assessment of outputs.
• Positions may perform other duties as assigned.