USA Staffing

Assessment 1

Thank you for your interest in this position with the USDA Forest Service. Your resume and the responses you provide to this assessment questionnaire will be used to determine if you are eligible for this position.

This announcement is to fill Park Ranger positions in the excepted service under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) hiring authority, Public Law 96-487 and 16 U.S.C. 3198. Eligibility for the position under this hiring authority is determined by your knowledge of natural and cultural resources in the local area. You must have lived or worked in or near the geographic boundaries of the Tongass National Forest and have special knowledge or expertise concerning the cultural and/or natural resources of this area to apply.

1. From the statements below, select the response that best describes your ability to meet the Eligibility Requirements for Park Ranger positions filled through this announcement.

A. I have lived or worked in or near the near the geographic boundaries of the Tongass National Forest and have special knowledge or expertise concerning the cultural and/or natural resources of the Southeast, Alaska area.

B. I do not meet the requirement(s) described above.

You must possess knowledge or expertise of the Tongass National Forest area to participate in local information, education and interpretive activities. Your responses to the following questions will be used to determine your eligibility for all positions filled through this announcement. Please provide full details when responding to the questions to include the location in the local area where gained the expertise or knowledge and specifics about that expertise or knowledge.

2. Have you lived or worked in the geographic boundaries of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast, Alaska?

3. If you answered yes to the question above, you must provide the name of the city along with month and year of start and end dates of each period you lived in that city. If you lived in multiple cities, list start and date periods separately and indicate which city you lived in for each period listed.

4. Tell us about your experience hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, or participating in other activities on public lands in Southeast Alaska. Provide details about the activities you participated in and where they occurred.

5. Tell us about your experience participating in subsistence gathering, hunting, and/or fishing or other customary and traditional uses/cultural resource activities you have participated in on public lands of Southeast Alaska. Provide details about the activities you participated in and general area where they occurred.

6. What knowledge do you have of bear habitat/behavior in the area and how you recreate or work safely in bear populated areas of Southeast Alaska.

7. Tell us about your knowledge of the cultural history of Southeast Alaska. The knowledge may be general to a region and/or specific to a place. Provide details about how you gained this knowledge, such as through cultural stories, learning from elders or other local community members, etc.

8. Tell us about your knowledge of trails and/or recreation sites in the area(s) of Southeast Alaska that you have lived in. Include information such as where the trailhead or site is, what you like about the trail or site, and any improvements you have seen that need to be made.

9. Tell us what you know about the fish and/or wildlife species in Southeast Alaska. How did you gain this knowledge? Include the name of the species, their typical habitat, and any other information that help explains your knowledge.

10. What information you would share with visitors to Southeast Alaska regarding the climate and how they can prepare when planning a trip, such as typical weather conditions for different seasons and appropriate clothing or items to bring for the activities planned in their trip.

11. Your responses to the Announcement and Assessment Questionnaires, along with your resume and all supporting documentation are subject to evaluation and verification to ensure accuracy. Submitting false information or attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for terminating you after you have been hired. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy.

A. Yes, I certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by me with my application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, certifications, accomplishments, etc.). I understand that the information provided is subject to investigation. I understand that misrepresenting my experience or education, or providing false, fraudulent or inaccurate information in or with my application may be grounds for not hiring me or for terminating me after I begin work. I also understand that false or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).

B. No, I do not certify and I understand that by responding “no” to this certification that I will not receive consideration for this position.

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