- Position Title
- Fire Management Specialist (Prescribed Fire and Fuels)
- Agency
- Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Announcement Number
- MR-20-10813948-TL-DHA Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, May 11, 2020 to Friday, May 22, 2020
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position?
If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
• you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
• you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
• your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
4.
Are you a U.S. citizen or national.
For example, you can apply to these jobs if you're a U.S. citizen or national or non-citizen and you:
Have never worked for the Federal Government.
Currently work for the Federal Government, but are in the excepted service.
Currently work for the Federal Government, but you're not eligible for merit promotion.
Are not sure if you're eligible for any other hiring path.
Even if you're eligible under one of the other hiring paths, you can still apply to jobs that are 'open to the public'.
For example, you can apply to these jobs if you're a U.S. citizen or national or non-citizen and you:
Have never worked for the Federal Government.
Currently work for the Federal Government, but are in the excepted service.
Currently work for the Federal Government, but you're not eligible for merit promotion.
Are not sure if you're eligible for any other hiring path.
Even if you're eligible under one of the other hiring paths, you can still apply to jobs that are 'open to the public'.
Preferences
1.
Select the locations you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
Assessment 1
Basic Education for the 0401 occupational series
For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
1.
Choose the response that best describes how your education and/or experience meets the requirements for the 0401 Occupational Series.
Minimum Qualifications for the GS-7 grade level
2.
Choose the response that best describes your qualifications for the GS-7 grade level.
Minimum Qualifications for the GS-9 grade level.
3.
Choose the response that best describes your qualifications for the GS-9 grade level.
IFPM Qualifications
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
4.
IFPM Qualifications (Screen Out) Are you fully qualified in:
Primary Core Requirement: Prescribed Fire Burn Boss, Type 2 (RXB2)
and
Secondary Core Requirement(s) Engine Boss, Single Resource (ENGB) or Crew Boss, Single Resource (CRWB) or Helicopter Manager, Single Resource (HMGB)?
Primary Core Requirement: Prescribed Fire Burn Boss, Type 2 (RXB2)
and
Secondary Core Requirement(s) Engine Boss, Single Resource (ENGB) or Crew Boss, Single Resource (CRWB) or Helicopter Manager, Single Resource (HMGB)?
Professional knowledge of natural resource management, fire ecology, fire behavior, and fire management theories, concepts, principles, and standards in a wildfire response environment sufficient to maintain and enhance an established fuels management program.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
5.
Provide technical assistance regarding prescribed fire for solutions of specific local problems.
6.
Participate in the formulation and establishment of resource management goals and objectives and monitor fire management activities for results
7.
Perform pre-and post-monitoring relative to first and second order fire effects to evaluate if treatment objectives were met
Skill in oral and written communication sufficient to prepare reports, present training, and coordinate work efforts.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
8.
Use general computer software applications, such as (Powerpoint, Word, Excel) for prescribed and wildland fire program management
9.
Operate computer programs, models, and databases such as weather information management system (WIMS), firebase, behave, fire family plus, financial management information system (FMIS), and national fire plan, operations, and reporting system (NFPORS) to compile historical reports, develop burn prescriptions, and prepare annuals budgets
10.
Write all or portions of fire management plans, fire prevention plans, fire dispatch plans and prescribed fire plans
Knowledge of wildfire response safety policies, practices and procedures.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Assist with or prepare cooperative fire agreements and contracts relating to fire management issues and various state and local fire control agencies.
12.
Assist in directing field training exercises for firefighters in safety and fire suppression tactics.
Skill in oral and written communication sufficient to prepare reports, present training, and coordinate work efforts.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
13.
Use general computer software applications, such as (Powerpoint, Word, Excel) for prescribed and wildland fire program management
14.
Operate computer programs, models, and databases such as weather information management system (WIMS), firebase, behave, fire family plus, financial management information system (FMIS), and national fire plan, operations, and reporting system (NFPORS) to compile historical reports, develop burn prescriptions, and prepare annuals budgets
15.
Write all or portions of fire management plans, fire prevention plans, fire dispatch plans and prescribed fire plans
Knowledge of wildfire response safety policies, practices and procedures.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
16.
Assist with or prepare cooperative fire agreements and contracts relating to fire management issues and various state and local fire control agencies.
17.
Assist in directing field training exercises for firefighters in safety and fire suppression tactics.
Professional knowledge of natural resource management, fire ecology, fire behavior, and fire
management theories, concepts, principles, and standards in a wildfire response environment sufficient to maintain and enhance an established fuels management program.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
18.
General knowledge of the effects of fire on natural resources and fire ecology principles as they apply to local fuels
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Utilizes wildland fire behavior knowledge and firefighting experience and assigns missions to ground and aviation wildland fire suppression resources
20.
Monitors fire behavior, evaluates fire effects, identifies potential problems and makes recommendations.
21.
Can adapt firing pattern to obtain desired fire effects.