**Duties**:
The major duties of the Museum Technician position include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Accessions and catalogs museum collections according to NPS Museum Collection guidelines.
- Maintains museum records, including accession, catalog, loan records, and digital images in accordance with NPS standards.
- Implements housekeeping program and monitors the environment of collection storage areas by observing and analyzing data on temperature, relative humidity, and IPM.
- Handles, labels, and stores objects in the museum collection demonstrating techniques to ensure object safety.
- Serves as team member, and at times a team leader, on curatorial projects such as digital imaging of collections, reorganization of storage areas and the creation of SOPs.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
- **Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.**:

- You will be required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
- If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
- You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to **2** nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes.
- You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
- Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

**Qualifications**:

- All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-07/08/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.
- Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume **MUST** clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience.
- To qualify for this position of Musuem Technician at the GS-07 grade level, you must meet the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement:

- **EXPERIENCE**: At least one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). This experience includes activities such as: (1) performing preventive conservation tasks per established museum standards; (2) completing registration duties; (3) labeling and preparing objects for storage or display; (4) accessioning and cataloging objects into a museum database; (5) and preparing, maintaining, and organizing museum records. _You must include your resume with hours worked per week annotated._
- OR

Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. _You must include your resume with hours worked per week annotated, as well as transcripts_

You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Experience listed as full-time will be credited at 40 hours per week.
- **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 di