Chippewa NF - seasonal -full-time - good pay!

[Sherry Sandretto <slsandre@xxxxxxx>]

 SUMMER SEASONAL - BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN (PLANTS)

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*LOCATION:* Chippewa National Forest, Deer River, Minnesota**

*SALARY*: estimated: $14.74/hour

*HOUSING*: Government housing within 25 miles may be available at modest 
cost.

*TOUR OF DUTY*: Seasonal, full-time.

*Expected Term*: May 11, 2009 through August 29, 2009

*ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: _TEMP-OCR-404-5-PLANT_*

*APPLICATION PERIOD: *Apply by April 3, 2009

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*QUALIFICATIONS*: GS-0404-5: Completed 4 year course of study above high 
school leading to a bachelor’s degree with courses related to the 
position, *OR* 1 year of specialized experience at least equivalent to 
the GS-04 grade level. Excellent plant identification skills are valuable.

*DUTIES:* Rare plants field surveys; verify identification and locations 
of rare plants; inspect contractor completion of surveys; surveys for 
other rare species (we’ll train), such as goshawks, red-shouldered 
hawks, and songbirds; inventory noxious weed sites, and other duties. 
Typical plant species sought in our surveys includes orchids (e.g. fairy 
slipper; ram’s-head lady’s slipper; white adder’s mouth; bog adder’s 
mouth; club-spur orchid), grapeferns/moonworts (e.g. lanceleaf 
grapefern; goblin fern; blunt-lobed grapefern; pale moonwort; least 
moonwort), and many others.

*HOW TO APPLY: *Login and follow application procedures as described 
through the centralized temporary jobs option at the following website:

*http://www.avuedigitalservices.com/usfs/applicant.html*

Click the logo;

Login;

Click centralized temporary jobs;

Click Refine Search (left side of screen);

Scroll down to the “Announcement Number” window; enter the announcement 
number (*_TEMP-OCR-404-5-PLANT_*); click submit;

Click on the position (*Biological Sciences Technician [plants]);*

Click on Apply Now (left side of screen);

Follow menus for entering information;

At the mandatory Applicant Information screen you *_must_* select Deer 
River, Minnesota as a preferred location to insure your application is 
referred for this job (Click “select locations” at the preferred 
locations window; select Minnesota from map; scroll to Deer River and 
select; click “add”; and then click “save”).

Applicants are strongly encouraged to electronically attach 
transcripts/course listings to their AVUE applications.

*ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS*: If you have any questions about the position you 
may contact Jeremy Cable at (218)246-3459; jcable@xxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:jcable@xxxxxxxxx>. Please do not send application materials 
directly, as they can not be accepted.

CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY NONMERIT REASON SUCH 
AS RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, AGE, DISABILITY, 
POLITICAL BELIEFS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, MARITAL STATUS OR FAMILY STATUS, 
RECEIPT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, OR PROTECTED GENETIC INFORMATION.