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.
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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.
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.
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Preferences
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Would you accept a temporary appointment?
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Assessment 1
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Thank you for your interest in the Hydrologist, GS-1315-09, position with the National Park Service. Your responses to this questionnaire, in conjunction with other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated to determine your qualifications. Please carefully follow all instructions before submitting your responses. Your ratings are subject to change if discrepancies exist between your responses and supporting documents.
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From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how you meet the basic education requirement for a Hydrologist position. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. You must submit all transcripts with your application to document that you meet the basic education requirement. You will be disqualified from further consideration if you fail to submit your transcripts with your application. If your transcripts do not reflect the required degree or coursework, you will be disqualified from further consideration for this position.
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Select the most appropriate response to indicate how you fulfill the basic education requirement outlined in the job announcement:
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From the descriptions below, select the letter corresponding to the statement that most clearly and accurately describes your qualifying experience for the Hydrologist position at the GS-09 level. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. Your resume must fully support the specialized experience outlined in the job announcement to be qualified. No assumptions will be made based on job title or grade level alone.
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Select the most appropriate response to indicate how you fulfill the specialized experience requirement outlined in the job announcement:
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For the questions below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position. Your responses to the task statements below must be supported by your resume or other application materials. Each of your responses must be clearly supported by your education, training, and/or specific work experience and can be documented by your resume, transcripts, or other items you choose to submit. If your application does not support the responses you claim in this questionnaire, your score will be lowered or you will be found not qualified. The information you provide will be verified. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for disqualification, non-selection, or dismissal from the agency after you begin work.
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Hydrology - Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods related to the magnitude, distribution, and quality of water resources including watershed management, climatology, geomorphology, groundwater hydrology, water quality, water resource management, and groundwater/surface water interactions.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Develop and interpret spring and stream hydrographs, ratings curves, water budgets on natural water systems, and other hydrologic analysis.
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Assist in planning hydrology programs of work, including project design, coordination, and implementation.
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Service meteorological stations collecting data precipitation from rain and snowfall, and other meteorological parameters. Replace instruments as necessary.
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Measure snow-dominated hydrologic systems using pressure transducers and flow-measurement devices to assess impacts of climate change and ice loss on mountain riverine ecosystems.
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Install and maintain data loggers (Sondes or equivalent instruments) to monitor water quality, stage, temperature, depth, and additional parameters.
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Collect water quality data using field water quality probes and laboratory methods to ensure compliance with Clean Water Act regulatory requirements.
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Project Management - Applies principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing projects and resources, including technical performance.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Manage and lead fieldwork and personnel of a hydrologic studies project to inform management decisions.
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Independently develop and implement hydrology strategic plans, field projects, and condition assessments in moderately complex mountain river systems.
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Develop and maintain Hydrology protocols (SOPs) for field data collection and overall data management.
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Assist with training, onboarding, and mentoring staff, interns, volunteers, and other partners.
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Use oral and written skills to communicate effectively with people having a wide range of understanding of hydrology, including scientists and non-scientists, in order to participate in cooperative efforts and convey complex concepts to others.
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Data Management - Knowledge of the principles, procedures, and tools of data management, such as modeling techniques, data backup, data recovery, data dictionaries, data warehousing, data mining, data disposal, and data standardization processes. 18. Skilled in computer operating systems (Windows) and software application packages, including word processing, spreadsheet, email, and database management.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Use data programs and languages, such as Microsoft Excel, R, Phython, or similar to compile, store, plot, and report hydrologic, climatic, and cryosphere data and results.
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Use computer software, e.g. ArcGIS, R, and others to visualize patterns or trends, model and simulate conditions, and evaluate complex hydrologic and geomorphic scenarios.
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Summarize hydrology data for reports and presentations, and present information at scientific meetings (posters and/or oral).
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Physical Strength and Agility Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
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Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Apply backcountry travel skills, including off-trail route finding, in extreme topographic and weather environments.
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Use swiftwater or packrafting skills to access remote research locations in the field.
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Work independently and within small groups to collect scientific data in a remote, backcountry setting.
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