Fire Manageent Specialist; Prescribed Fire & Fuels

This position is located on a USDA Forest Service Unit within the Pacific Northwest Region, Region 6.

The incumbent serves in a key fire management position in a field fire management organization as a Fire Management Specialist responsible for prescribed fire, fire planning, fuels management, air quality (and smoke management), and current and out year budgeting.

For additional information regarding this position, please contact Jason Heinz nz. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Basic Requirement 0401 Series

• Degree: Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resources management, chemistry, or related discipline appropriate to the position being filled.
• -OR- Combination of education and experience:
  Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below.

Specialized Experience Requirement:
For the GW-11 Level

• You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GW-09 in the Federal service.
• Examples of specialized experience include:
• Assisted in reviewing and evaluating fire management plans for ecological soundness and technical adequacy.
• Assisted in conducting field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or to evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken.
• Assisted in developing analyses on the ecological role of fire and its use and/or exclusion, and smoke management.
• -OR- 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree (coursework directly related to position being filled such as biological sciences, botany, ecology, horticulture, climate sciences, natural resource management).
• -OR
  - An appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate level education (beyond what is required for a master's degree, i.e., more than 36 semester hours leading to a Ph.D.).

For the GW-12 Level

• You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GW-11 in the Federal service.
• Examples of specialized experience include:
• Reviewed and evaluated fire management plans for ecological soundness and technical adequacy.
• Conducted field inspections before and after prescribed or wildland fires to determine if resource objectives were achieved and/or to evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken.
• Developed analyses on the ecological role of fire and its use and/or exclusion, and smoke management.

In addition to fire program management, appropriate experience must have included either prescribed fire/fuels management - or - fire management operations as described:

• Prescribed Fire/Fuels Management - professional forest or range inventory methods and procedures (e.g., Brown's planar intercept for dead and down fuels or live loading assessments); analysis of fuel loadings and determination of appropriate fuel treatment methods and programming;
  Land use planning and environmental coordination; and evaluating prescribed fire plans or fire management plans to ensure fire containment is possible and identify appropriate suppression contingencies if containment is not obtained.
• -OR
  - Fire Management Operations - analyzing and applying fire management strategies, plus experience in at least five of the following activities:
  Mobilization and dispatch coordination, Fire prevention and education, Training, Logistics, Equipment development and deployment, Fire communication systems, Suppression and preparedness, and Aviation.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) 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.

Selective Placement Factors:

• Successfully completed the Primary IFPM Core Requirement of NWCG Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2) - AND Successfully completed the Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Incident Commander Type 3 (ICT3) or Task Force Leader (TFLD).
• OR Primary NWCG Core Requirements of Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Type 2 (RXB2) - AND Secondary NWCG Core Requirement of Helibase Manager (HEBM).

Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) and Forest Service - Fire Program Management (FS-FPM) qualifications must be met by the time of selection. Most recent IQCS master record and/or signed Agency Certified task book must be attached to your…