- Position Title
- Supervisory Hydrologic Technician (Moab Field Office Chief)
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-DEN-25-12610143-IMP-DA Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, December 16, 2024 to Tuesday, December 24, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
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.
1.
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.
2.
Are you a current USGS employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service?
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your most recent career or career-conditional SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade and competitive service status (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should be a "1" or "2").
If applying for a higher grade, it is recommended to also provide a copy of an SF-50, or equivalent, which clearly demonstrates you meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirements (e.g., Promotion with an effective date more than one (1) year old, Within Grade Increase at the highest grade held, SF-50, or equivalent, at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one (1) year old).
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your most recent career or career-conditional SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade and competitive service status (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should be a "1" or "2").
If applying for a higher grade, it is recommended to also provide a copy of an SF-50, or equivalent, which clearly demonstrates you meet the 52-week time-in-grade requirements (e.g., Promotion with an effective date more than one (1) year old, Within Grade Increase at the highest grade held, SF-50, or equivalent, at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one (1) year old).
3.
Are you a current USGS employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service AND has held a permanent (non-temporary) position in the competitive service at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your most recent career or career-conditional SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade and competitive service status (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should be a "1" or "2").
If you indicate "Yes" for this question, you MUST submit a copy of your most recent career or career-conditional SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent personnel action form which shows your current grade and competitive service status (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should be a "1" or "2").
4.
What is the highest grade you have held on a permanent basis in the federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
5.
What is the highest full performance level of a position you've held on a permanent basis in the Federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
6.
What was the date of the promotion/appointment for the highest grade held above? Your response will assist in verifying the time-in-grade requirement. If not applicable, enter N/A.
7.
Are you a current USGS employee, regardless of status, who is eligible for consideration under a noncompetitive authority such as those specific to veterans, individuals with disabilities, Pathways Interns, Recent Graduates, and Presidential Management Fellows who are eligible for noncompetitive conversion, etc.; or current or former employees of a land management agency who is serving or previously served on a temporary or term appointment?
8.
If your response to the preceding question is yes, please identify the authority for which you claim eligibility below. If your response is no, enter N/A.
(limit 250 characters)
9.
My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
10.
Are you including a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years?
11.
If you did not include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and a list of any awards, please provide a reason why they were not included.
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
1.
GS-12: Select the response below that best describes your experience.
2.
Prepare work plans and schedules to coordinate data-collection activities with ongoing project activities.
3.
Work effectively and cooperatively with others to develop and implement operational changes and carry out responsibilities.
4.
Complete assignments requiring accurate, timely, and technically sound data analyses and writing.
5.
Experience in coordinating field work with a group of hydrologic technicians or hydrologists.
6.
Please indicate where in your resume you gained experience to previous question. Include the name of the employer and dates of employment.
7.
Plan, assign, and review work to subordinates, peers, or lower graded technicians.
8.
Teach or train others on scientific tasks.
9.
Communicate effectively in answering questions and giving directions.
10.
Train others in safety-related activities.
11.
Please indicate where in your resume you gained experience to previous question. Include the name of the employer and dates of employment.
12.
Effectively deal with people who are difficult, hostile, or distressed.
13.
Schedule hydrologic data collection activities and applying accepted standards for the collection and compilation of data.
14.
Experience making discharge measurements with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).
15.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair continuous water-quality monitoring equipment in the field.
16.
Measure field water quality parameters (such as pH, water temperature, specific conductance, and dissolved oxygen concentration) in lakes, streams, and/or wells.
17.
Experience in quality assuring and reviewing standard and complex surface water records.
18.
Communicate scientific methodologies to others.
19.
Meet with officials of cooperating agencies to ascertain needs for program adjustments of additional data and to presentations that document results of project activities.
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.