Notice
of Intent to Fill
Presale
Forestry Technician Position(s)
USDA
SOUTHERN
REGION, R8
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share as appropriate. If you are
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is an equal employment opportunity
employer
GS-462- 3, 4,
5 and/ or 5, 6, 7 Forestry Technician (Presale)
The Francis
Marion National Forest will soon be filling
one or more positions as Forestry Technician(s) (Presale), GS-0462- 3,
4, 5
and/ or GS-0462 5, 6, 7. This job is a
permanent full-time position with a current duty station in
The vacancy announcement
for the 462-
3, 4, 5 position is posted on the U.S. Government's official website
for
employment opportunities at https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/ under
vacancy announcement ADS07-R5-SALEPREP- 345 DP (for the general
public)
and/ or ADS07-R5-. SALEPREP- 345 G (for federal
government
employees). You can search under USDA FS, in series 0462-
Forestry
Technician and location
The vacancy announcement
for the 0462-
5, 6, 7 position is posted on the U.S. Government's official website
for
employment opportunities at https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/ under vacancy announcement
ADS07-R5-SALEPREP- 567 DP (for the general public) or
ADS07-R5-.
SALEPREP- 345 G (for federal government employees). You
can begin
your search in USDA FS, series 0462- Forestry Technician and location
Submit your application in
AVUE on or
before April 3, 2009.
The Referral
List for this position will be issued to the selecting official on April
6,
2009.
All
applicants who have applied to the announcement on or before the listed
dates
and are found to be qualified and in the quality group will be referred
for
consideration.
The
U.S.D.A. prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race,
color,
national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
marital
or familial status. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons
with disabilities who require alternative means of communication of
program
information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
USDA's
The
USDA Forest Service provides reasonable accommodations to applicants
with
disabilities. If you need a reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process,
please notify
the Human Resources office for assistance.
The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made
on a
case-by-case basis.
THE
POSITION(s):
The Forestry
Technician position(s) that may be filled under these
advertisements are all essentially field going, crew member positions.
The
position(s) filled may range from an entry level position (GS 3) with
very
little experience required and up to, at full performance level, the
“lead
marker” (GS 7) who will have day to day responsibilities of crew
prioritization
and direction, cruising quality control, using the National Cruise
Processing
Program, and creating work maps in GIS. All positions will be
supervised by the
Timber Management Assistant and assist in the management of the timber
program
on over 259,000 acres in the SC lowcountry. The district’s timber
presale
program includes the laying out, GPSing, and cruising timber sales on
uneven
terrain, through thick vegetation, and at all times of the year. We
have a very
active timber program that prepares, contracts, and administers the
harvesting of
an average of nearly 2500 acres per year.
ABOUT THE
AREA:
The
259,000+-acre Francis Marion National Forest (FMNF) is located in the
Coastal
Plain of South Carolina and is bounded to the north by Santee River,
the intra-coastal
waterway and the
McClellanville is the duty station for
all timber
positions at this time. It is located on the coast 50 minutes north of
Huger is the probable site of
the future office
of the consolidated Francis Marion District- Forest Office. It is
further from
There
is a demand for forest products for the production of biomass
(renewable
energy), pulp (paper) and dimension lumber from the trees of the
Francis Marion.
The FM has a very active prescribed burning program and a large
population of
the endangered Red Cockaded Woodpeckers.
Public
primary and secondary educational opportunities are somewhat limited in
McClellanville
and other rural areas. There are good schools however, within commuting
distance in
Post-secondary
education is available at the following locations:
1)
2)
3)
Horry Georgetown Tech in
4)
The Citadel in
5)
Air
transportation is available using the
Housing
prices are highly variable at this time, depending mainly on location,
but are generally
higher in
For
more information contact: Harry J
Scott
Tel: 843-887-3257