Forest Ranger

Location: Delaware

Job Posting Title

Forest Ranger

Agency

040 DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD & FORESTRY

Supervisory Organization

Agriculture, Food & Forestry - NE Area-Oklahoma Forestry Service

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

The hourly pay for this position is up to $19.41 based on education and experience.

This position is considered a hazardous duty position that will include an additional hazard pay of $4,000.00 per year for a total annual pay up to $44,327.80.

Job Description

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) is seeking a full time Forest Ranger I in the Forestry Division. This position (PIN #) is in state government, located in Colcord, OK. The State of Oklahoma offers a comprehensive Benefits Package, including a generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.

The hourly pay for this position is up to $19.41 based on education and experience.

This position is considered a hazardous duty position that will include an additional hazard pay of $4,000.00 per year for a total annual pay of $44,327.80.

Position

Description:

This position is assigned responsibilities in the suppression and mitigation of wildfires and in the operation and maintenance of firefighting equipment to support work related to the delivery of the Division's cooperative forestry programs. This is an arduous-duty position fighting wildfires statewide in adverse terrain under conditions that can be hazardous to personal safety and may require extended periods away from the assigned home unit.

Selected candidate must reside with a 15-mile radius of designated hiring points:

Junctions of Hwy 10 and 116, west of Colcord, OK

Typical Functions:

* Engages in initial attack and extended attack wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning operations and fuels mitigation activities; provides fire suppression, prescribed burning and mitigation assistance to employees, partner agencies, volunteers, and other assisting fire crews.

* Utilizes basic Geographic Information System (GIS) skills and equipment to gather wildland fire and prescribed fire data, including but not limited to acres involved, fire area latitude/longitude, and/or GIS files of fire perimeters.

* Prepares and submits Forestry Division wildland fire and prescribed fire activity reports for state and national fire reporting systems; collects wildland fire information from partner agencies as needed for state and national fire reporting systems.

* Provides wildland fire and prescribed fire training to employees and partner agencies. Supervises or participates in the construction and maintenance of Forestry Services Division facilities and projects, such as roads, bridges, towers, buildings, and grounds.

* Operates and maintains assigned equipment, including pickup trucks, fire engines, bulldozers, and other related equipment; supervises and performs preventive maintenance; performs or schedules repairs to assigned equipment after consultation with supervisor.

* Apply basic investigative skills to determine fire causes, preserves evidence and assists law enforcement agents in law enforcement activities related to wildland fire.

* Presents fire prevention information and education programs for schools, groups, and the public; participates in organizing and training rural fire departments.

* Presents and demonstrates wildfire preparedness information and education, including defensible space planning, to schools, civic groups, and the public.

* Inventories state and private forest lands by measuring and recording forest data, such as tree species, stem diameters and heights; maps forest stand boundaries and calculates acres; determines volume of merchantable timber within given timber stands; assists foresters in the development of forest management plans for landowners; distributes forest management information to landowners.

* Marks trees for harvesting purposes; designates boundary lines for cutting operations, timber stand improvement work, and timber sales; computes timber volume for use in bid requests.

* Distributes forest management and fire prevention information to landowners.

* Uses GPS and GIS technology to record property location and boundaries, identify stands, and develop forest type and ownership maps.

* Uses various plot-sampling techniques to collect data on forest conditions and timber volumes; develops forest stand and stock tables.

* Analyzes aerial photographs, satellite images, topographic maps, soils maps and other resources and collects appropriate data for use in forest management planning and technical assistance programs; may use GIS technology to display data in electronic form for use by professional foresters.

* Performs related work…