- Position Title
- Fish Biologist
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-DEN-23-11848463-DE-MDB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, February 24, 2023 to Monday, March 13, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements.
2.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You have not yet been separated.
3.
Are you a current or former employee of a Federal agency (other than the Department of the Interior) who meets the definition of displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you were separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you were separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you were separated; and
- Your last performance rating of record was at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You were separated from your position of record less than one year ago.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a term appointment?
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
1.
Basic Requirements for GS-0482: Choose the one answer that best describes your education and experience as it pertains to the mandatory basic requirements for Fish Biologists.
2.
GS-11: In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, you must have professional experience, graduate education, or a combination of professional experience and graduate education. Select the one response below that best describes your education and/or experience.
3.
Substantial research experience in fisheries, fish behavior, fish physiology, aquatic habitats, aquatic ecotoxicology, or aquatic ecology.
4.
Develop and conduct scientific investigations to include project proposals, development of experimental design, and conduct of field studies related to fisheries ecology.
5.
Utilize knowledge of experimental design and techniques used in fisheries and wildlife studies.
6.
Actively participate within an interdisciplinary team in fisheries research.
7.
Design and conduct laboratory studies that assess the tolerance of aquatic species to fisheries controls.
8.
Ability to work in multiple leadership, training and oversight positions supervising the safe, accurate, and efficient collection of fisheries field data, including surveys using electrofishing, snorkeling, gill-netting, PIT tagging, acoustic and radio tag technologies.
9.
Choose the one answer that best describes your familiarity and experience with field fisheries and ecological techniques (for example, electrofishing, motorboat operations, gill netting, seining, scuba diving, snorkeling, aquatic habitat measurements, etc.).
10.
Organize and lead team activities in fisheries monitoring and research.
11.
Develop and conduct scientific investigations to include project proposals, development of experimental design, and conduct of field studies related to fisheries ecology.
12.
Utilize Windows (Win95, Win98, Win2000, or WinNT) environment in performing computer operations and software execution.
13.
Which statement best describes your experience and/or knowledge of analyzing radio-telemetry data?
14.
Choose the one answer that best describes your familiarity and experience with field fisheries and ecological techniques (for example, electrofishing, motorboat operations, gill netting, seining, scuba diving, snorkeling, aquatic habitat measurements, etc.).
15.
Develop policies, standards and procedures for improving management techniques and decisions through research and development, methods and technology development, and other studies.
16.
Perform complex quantitative and statistical procedures to analyze aquatic faunal survey or monitoring results, length-weight frequency data, population assessments, laboratory experiments, and long-term fisheries data.
17.
Write scientific summary reports that have resulted in guidance for fisheries biologists.
18.
Perform complex statistical analysis and experimental design of fishery data, including multivariate analyses and analyses of long-term monitoring data.
19.
Train or assign appropriate training to less experienced employees, technical staff, or volunteers in methods and techniques of fisheries research and data recording.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
20.
I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.