- Position Title
- Fish Biologist
- Agency
- Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Announcement Number
- R2-19-10591406-CL-FWS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, August 28, 2019 to Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current, permanent U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee?
To verify your eligibility as a current U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
To verify your eligibility as a current U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status. Your SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND,
• status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1).
Assessment 1
Minimum Qualification
Choose the response that best describes your education and experience. Mark only one response. Please note that your answer will be verified against the information provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
1.
You must meet A or B to qualify.
Additional Qualification
Choose the response that best describes your experience and education. Mark only one response. Please note that your answer will be verified against the information provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
2.
You must meet A, B, C, or D to qualify for the 7-level position.
As an advanced trainee, professional knowledge of the theory, principles, and methods of fish/aquatic biology, with emphasis on imperiled aquatic species production and distribution programs.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Assist with fish population assessments of native fish.
4.
Collaborate with other agencies, partners and special interest groups on threatened, endangered and candidate species of fish issues
5.
Coordinate programs, projects, or operational activities related to the restoration and recovery of freshwater aquatic resources
6.
Develop and foster partnerships with federal, state, and other entities which address station goals
General knowledge of professional concepts, principles, practices and methodologies utilized in the field of fishery biology and fishery management programs in order to analyze fish health and ensure that proper rearing practices are followed
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Use sampling equipment and approaches that may include electrofishing, seining, snorkeling, screw-trapping installation and operation
8.
Perform tagging and marking activities using a variety of internal and external techniques (pit tags, microwire tags, floy tags, radio tracking,etc.) to juvenile and adult fish
9.
Collect, weigh, sort, sample, measure, and mark fish using proper methods and techniques
10.
Develop and evaluate long-range work plans to achieve larger/programmatic goals
Ability to perform duties involving several phases of hatchery management, e.g., disinfection, water quality monitoring, collecting data for management evaluation, computing and recording conversion dates and other dietary/growth information, applying chemicals, observing and reporting results of treatment, preparing animals for shipment or distribution, etc.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Clean and sterilize aquariums, tanks, raceways and other fish holding or rearing units
12.
Test water quality and manipulate water chemistry for optimal performance
13.
Apply fish health and disease principles and concepts to the handling and management of at-risk, threatened, or endangered native fish
14.
Observe for, monitor and identify infectious and non-infectious diseases and parasites infestations or stress and administer therapeutic treatments to native fish species
Working knowledge of fish production techniques and methodologies utilized in the production of a variety of game and imperiled non-game species; fish physiology; fish health management; fish pathology; fish behavior; fisheries biology; and fisheries and wildlife management to provide technical assistance and coordination within the Service and to outside entities, including states, and non-government organizations.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
15.
Coordinate and conduct day-to-day fish culture duties including the feeding, cleaning, and monitoring of various fish rearing units
16.
Operate and maintain captive fish rearing facilities, including intensive recirculation systems and naturalistic rearing conditions
17.
Implement management actions to assist in the recovery of endangered species listed and/or other declining native fish species
18.
Develop, write, and update standard operating procedures, manuals, and/or plans
Knowledge of diverse production requirements of a hatchery involved in fish production that requires significant flexibility in adapting culture practices to replicate natural habitat and life history conditions.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Apply culture techniques and procedures for the production of threatened and endangered fish species
20.
Participate in the capture, spawning, and propagation of endangered species
21.
Design and construct captive fish rearing facilities emphasizing naturalistic rearing conditions
22.
Develop new culture practices, systems and procedures for aquatic species.
Knowledge in implementing and managing cold-, cool-, and/or warmwater fish production and distribution programs utilizing intensive as well as extensive culture methods to produce various species of fish and other aquatic species.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
23.
Apply fish health and disease principles and concepts to the handling and management of all life stages, including broodstock, eggs, fry, and fingerlings
24.
Prepare endangered fish for shipment or distribution and assist with stocking activities
25.
Conduct spawning operations involving hatchery fish
26.
Implement sound genetics management practices into captive aquatic species brood stock programs
Skill in oral and written communication to convey information about the federal fisheries program; ability to present clear and concise data on hatchery operations, and communicate accurate information to interested groups, and state and local partners.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
27.
Prepare and give presentations at meetings regarding fishery programs projects to explain technical work, proposed and accomplished, to a variety of audiences
28.
Conduct outreach activities regarding hatchery programs and activities to other agencies, organizations and individuals
29.
Communicate complex issues dealing with native species conservation to the general public
30.
Write monthly, quarterly or annual reports summarizing activities and accomplishments related to work effort.