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Position Title
Tractor Operator
Agency
National Park Service
Announcement Number
NE-1612-COLO-24-12485910-DE Opens in new window
Open Period
Thursday, August 1, 2024 to Thursday, August 15, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a United States Citizen?

For more information, review Employment of U.S Citizens.
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3. 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.
 
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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.
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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:
  • 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.
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Assessment 1
We will evaluate your resume and responses to this questionnaire to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification and must be fully supported by your resume and supporting documentation. (limit characters)
1. Select the one that best describes how your experience meets the ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision for the Tractor Operator position. You must show that you meet the experience described below. Make sure your resume supports your response. (SCREEN OUT) MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible. If you do not meet these minimum qualifications, you will be considered ineligible and will not receive consideration for this position.

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 TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
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2. This position requires that the incumbent possess a Driver's License. From the descriptions below, select the one response that best describes how you meet this requirement. Read all of the 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. If you do not meet these minimum qualifications, you will be considered ineligible and will not receive consideration for this position.
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For each of the task statements below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The task statements were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position. Be sure to describe your experience that supports your responses to the task statements below, in your resume or application materials. It is important that your application package submitted, including a resume or application form, clearly shows how you possess the experience and skills levels you claim in this questionnaire. Each of your responses must be clearly supported by your education, training, and/or specific work experience you describe in your application packet submitted for this position (application form or resume, transcripts, list and description of training completed and/or other items you submit). If not, 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 rating you ineligible, not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
3. Operating farm type tractors and towed or attached equipment from the seat of the tractor through hydraulic or mechanical controls. (limit characters)
4. Operating mowers, aerators, plows, harrows, chippers, sprayers, disks, post hole diggers, front-end loading devices, movable dozer blades, and backhoes.
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5. Performs daily preventative maintenance and makes repairs and adjustments to tractors and equipment.
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6. Operate vehicles in difficult situations to include inclement weather and congested environments, with uneven terrain or over dirt or unimproved roads. This includes situations involving backing and maneuvering.
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7. Ability to maintain vehicle cabs in a clean, neat, and safe working order.
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8. Ability to maintain tractor cabs, exteriors, and attachments in a clean, neat, and safe working order.
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9. Operate equipment and vehicles in a manner consistent with a manuals and safety principles.
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10. Ability to maintains workspaces and hand/power tools in a clean, neat, and safe working order.
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11. Use written (including electronic) and oral methods to execute maintenance tasks assigned by supervisor.
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12. Use reference materials and manuals to support the safe use of tractors, mowers, accessories, and attachments in support of operations.
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13. Use technical manuals and instructions in order to perform daily inspections and periodic, preventative maintenance.
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14. Modify and recommend changes in motor vehicle operating habits based upon environmental conditions, work demands, public and employee safety to ensure minimal risk to health and wellbeing.
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15. Ability to hook up and operate various tractor attachments and auxiliary equipment such as backhoes, brush hogs, chippers, cutter bars, movable dozer blades, front-end loaders, harrows, mowers, post-hole diggers, plows, street blower, trailers, wagons, etc.
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16. Ability to check, fuel, and service tractors before operation. Perform preventive maintenance, minor repairs, and adjustments to farm tractors and auxiliary equipment. Troubleshoot problems relating to equipment operation.
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17. Ability to operate levers in the hydraulic system to control up, down, and angling motion of attached equipment, while watching to avoid landscaping/cultural historical features, to yield to moderate speed (45 mph) traffic, and while in developed areas.
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18. Ability to maneuver 60 to 100 horsepower agricultural-type tractors and equipment along fences, trees, historic cultural landscape features, and ditches while avoiding numerous headwalls, culverts, signs, and other landscaping features, and while watching to avoid and yield to moderate speed (45 mph) traffic.
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19. Ability to adjust attachments and equipment such as setting depth of plow blades, setting height of mower, blades. (limit characters)
20. Communicate effectively with supervisor and other officials such that informed decisions can be made in support of staff and public safety
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21. Support operations to ensure public and operational areas are as safe as possible for the public, staff and employees to access following inclement weather events, during all hours of the day and on holidays and weekends.
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22. 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.
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