Range Technician Bureau of Land Management

Locations

• Monte Vista, CO
• Canon City, CO
• Grand Junction, CO
• Montrose, CO

We expect to fill 7 vacancies at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.

This is a temporary appointment. Appointment to this position will not convey permanent status and will be for a period not-to-exceed 1039 hours in a service year.

All U.S. Citizens – No previous Federal Service is required. CTAP and ICTAP candidates in the local commuting area.

• Collects information from records or in the field to be used in the development and revision of a variety of planning and other documents.
• Performs on the ground monitoring of allotments to determine compliance, range condition, and required maintenance.
• Collects data in the field such as available forage, stubble height, status/condition of range improvement projects, type and location of weeds, livestock trespass, and unauthorized use.
• Performs administrative work associated with range administration such as grazing transfers, permit and lease renewals, and applications. Utilizes automated programs to prepare grazing bills. Maintains electronic case files.
• Collects and records data in range studies such as condition and trend reasons for use, utilization, actual use, and climatological data.
• May be required to ride a horse to carry out various duties of the position including working with wild horses and cattle.
• Safely operates 2- and 4-wheel drive vehicles (up to 1 ton) off-road and utility-terrain vehicles (UTVs) to perform job duties.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Be sure to read the ‘
  
  How to Apply
  
  ’ and ‘Required Documents’ sections.
• You cannot hold an active real estate license: nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
• Direct deposit required.
• Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
• Your resume must contain enough information to show that you meet the qualification requirements as defined in the announcement. In addition, your responses to the questions must adequately reflect in your resume.
• Some locations may require that you possess (or obtain within 30 days of entrance on duty) and maintain a valid state driver’s license while employed in this position.

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements – please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.

To qualify at the GS‑04 level you must meet the following:

• General and Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  Applicants must possess six (6) months of general AND six (6) months of specialized work experience at or equivalent to the GS‑03 level comparable in difficulty and complexity to perform the duties of a Range Technician. Qualifying general experience includes: (1) Any type of work that demonstrates the ability to perform the work of a Range Aid, or (2) experience that provided a familiarity with Range or processes of the broad subject area of Range Management.
  
  Qualifying specialized experience includes: monitoring inventories of livestock within a grazing area; assisting in roundup of trespass livestock; using instruments to make rough measurements; and counting vegetation from small plots to determine observations.
• Training:
  Completion of appropriate training such as in-service training programs, training acquired while serving in the Armed Forces, and government-sponsored developmental training programs applicable to Range will be allowed credit on a month-for-month basis. Completion of an intensive, specialized course of study of less than one year may meet in full the experience requirements. Courses of this type normally require completion of up to 40 hours per week of instruction rather than the usual 20 hours per week, and are usually of at least 3 months duration.
  
  Such courses may have been obtained through a variety of programs such as those offered by technical schools and military training programs. To be creditable, such a course must have been designed specifically as career…