- Position Title
- Park Ranger (Mountaineering)
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Announcement Number
- AK-1537-DENA-23-12039047-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, August 7, 2023 to Monday, August 21, 2023
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a United States Citizen?
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3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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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.
- 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.
4.
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:
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.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a temporary appointment?
Assessment 1
Specialized Experience and/or Education Requirements
1.
From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your background meets the experience and/or education requirements for a Park Ranger (Mountaineering), GS-0025-07 position. Read all responses before making your selection. If you select more than one response or leave this question blank, you will be rated ineligible.
THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWERS YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
THE RESUME OR APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWERS YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
2.
Do you have experience in high altitude mountaineering and technical climbing that includes having led or guided a minimum of two (2) mountaineering expeditions that reached 17,200 ft, or higher, one of which must have been on Denali (Mt. McKinley)? This experience must have been gained as a guide, assistant guide, trip leader, or search and rescue member and cannot have been obtained by being a trip participant or client on a guided expedition. You must list previous climbs that you have led, and your climbing/mountaineering experience and altitudes reached in your resume, or you will be rated ineligible. (Screen out)
3.
Will you have a Wilderness First Responder (WFR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic (EMTP), or higher-level, medical certification and training by entrance on duty? (If EMT/EMTP level, must be national registry.) Include a copy of your certificate showing the level and expiration date or list your medical certification AND expiration date in your resume, or the level AND date you anticipate completing your course for certification. Proof of certification will be required before entrance on duty. If you do not include this information, you will be rated ineligible. (Screen out)
4.
Will you have an Avalanche Professional Level 1, or higher-level, Avalanche certification and training by entrance on duty? Include a copy of your certificate showing the level and completion date or list your Avalanche certification level AND completion date in your resume, or the level AND date you anticipate completing your course for certification. Proof of certification will be required before entrance on duty. If you do not include this information, you will be rated ineligible. (Screen out)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
5.
Lead a glaciated mountaineering expedition to 19,500ft or higher within the last three years (36 months).
6.
Climb at the Alaska Grade 3 level (include this experience in your resume).
7.
Lead multipitch technical rock climbing at the 5.9 (traditional, not sport) level (include this experience in your resume).
8.
Lead multipitch technical rock climbing at the 5.11 (traditional, not sport) level (include this experience in your resume).
9.
Lead multipitch technical ice climbing at the WI3 level (include this experience in your resume).
10.
Lead multipitch technical ice climbing at the WI5 level (include this experience in your resume).
11.
Backcountry ski in avalanche terrain outside of any established avalanche forecasting area (include this experience in your resume).
12.
Use avalanche skills in a professional setting.
13.
Perform Search and Rescue in high-altitude (above 14,000ft) glaciated mountainous environments (include this experience in your resume).
14.
Perform high-angle, technical rope rescue in an alpine environment.
15.
Extract one unconscious victim, without any assistance, from an unprepared crevasse in less than 45 minutes.
16.
Provide emergency medical services as a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) or higher.
17.
Package and transport injured patients over difficult terrain.
18.
Provide emergency medical services in remote backcountry settings.
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Your ratings in this Occupational Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification based on the documents and references you submit. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your ratings. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you or for dismissing you from the position/agency.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning, 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to this statement will disqualify you from further consideration for the position.
Please take this opportunity to review your ratings to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you: 1) understand this warning, 2) have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and 3) verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability.
Failure to agree to this statement will disqualify you from further consideration for the position.