Training Technician (Fire Support)

Summary

This position is located in a Regional Office of the Forest Service within Region 5. The position serves as and Assistant Director to the Director of Fire and Aviation Management (FAM). The incombent has the responsibility for specific programs and tasks in the Corporate Fire Program. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Brian Grabowski at [email protected] or Deirdre Cherry at [email protected].

Duties

• Duties listed are at the full performance level GS-07
• Assist in preparing correspondence relating to grants, agreements, memorandums of understanding and/or contracts between the agency and outside sources.
• Assist in performing periodic review of records to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Perform non-routine functions such as preparation of reports using database and spreadsheet software, desktop publishing, and troubleshooting.
• Perform a variety of administrative functions utilizing standard office equipment.
• Assist in analyzing student needs, to provide recommendations in accordance with established criteria.
• Assist in conducting inventories to determine replenishment levels of training supplies and materials.
• Conduct fact-finding duties by searching files to find, organize and report on relevant information
• Utilize initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently without specific instructions, but refers deviations, problems and unfamiliar situations nor covered by instructions to the supervisor for decision or help.
• Plan and/or carry out successive steps and handle problems and deviations in the work assignment in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted practices in the occupation.
• Supervise students and volunteers in purchasing and stocking of course materials, classroom set-up, and course closeout activities for each course.

Qualifications

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. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-6 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: met established timelines and schedules to ensure courses are prepared in advance and delivered on time; assisted in purchasing and stocking of course materials, classroom set-up, and course closeout activities for each course; drafted written reports, statistics, and correspondence; and assisted in performing periodic review of student records to ensure accuracy and completeness. OR One full year (18 semester hours) of successfully completed graduate level education if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position (for example - Teaching, Education, Business Management, Public Administration). OR Combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. For the GS-7 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level. Specialized Experience is defined as two or more of the following: assisted in reviewing and analyzing student needs, based on review of records, and provided recommendations in accordance with established criteria; assisted in determining basic eligibility for students enrolling in training courses; assists in maintaining course and student records in the agency database; and assisted in conducting inventories and determined replenishment levels for training supplies and materials and ensured funding limitation is observed. OR One full year (18 semester hours) of successfully completed graduate level education if the coursework is directly related to the work of the position (for example - Teaching, Education, Business Management, Public Administration). OR Combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To receive consideration for this position, you must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Education

See Qualifications for Educational Requirements.

How to apply

Please view Tips for Applicants - a guide to the Forest Service application process. Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Mountain Time Zone, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resumes must not exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Encrypted documents will not be accepted. Failure to submit required, legible documents may result in loss of consideration. Please ensure your resume does not exceed two pages. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. Our office cannot be responsible for incompatible software, your system failure, etc.