- Position Title
- Park Ranger
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- AKTEMP-25-12717397-FK Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, March 28, 2025 to Friday, April 4, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced or surplused from the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which I have been or will be separated; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am currently in a position at the same grade level or higher than the position being announced; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
Preferences
1.
Would you accept a temporary appointment?
2.
My resume contains the beginning and ending dates (month/year to month/year), hours per week, and grade level (if federal service) for each period of work experience/employment. I understand failure to adequately include this information may affect my qualification determination for this announcement.
Assessment 1
Minimum qualifications
1.
From the descriptions below, select the ONE response that best describes how you meet the basic requirement for Park Ranger, GS-0025-05
Flexibility - Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Maintain workload while assisting others.
3.
Adapt to changing priorities with a short suspense.
4.
Collect, package, and submit information as requested.
5.
Prepare for and adapt to weather extremes.
6.
Assist in identifying work for and supporting volunteers.
Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Provide regulatory, safety, recreation, and orientation information to the public.
8.
Handle stressful interactions with the public with tact and diplomacy while multi-tasking in a busy, high-performance environment.
9.
Perform oral communications including but not limited to delivering the information to the appropriate staff upon completion of field work.
10.
Develop and provide educational and interpretive programs to the public.
11.
Interact with a diverse group of visitors, recreational users, and/or volunteers.
Physical Strength and Agility - Ability to bend, lift, climb, stand, and walk for long periods of time; ability to perform moderately heavy laboring work.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
12.
I have monitored and maintained remote hiking trails in extremely difficult terrain sometimes traveling more than 15 miles in one day on foot.
13.
I have carried camping gear and tools for multiple miles and lived in the field for multiple days.
14.
I have conducted construction/maintenance tasks for remote cabins, trails, and other facilities.
15.
I have independently patrolled campgrounds via vehicle and foot to provide visitors with regulatory, safety, recreation, and orientation information.
16.
I have conducted maintenance and repairs on Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV) trails.
17.
I have utilized brush cutters, chainsaws, and/or other hand tools to brush and maintain remote trails.
18.
I have navigated in remote areas using GPS, maps, and compass.
Self-Management - Sets well defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Perform housekeeping including, but not limited to picking up trash, cleaning toilets and replacing supplies.
20.
Perform minor grounds keeping such as pruning brush and repairing small structures.
21.
Complete work orders, field reports, and incident reports.
22.
Provide updates and deliver the information to appropriate staff upon completion of field work.
23.
Inventory supplies.
Vehicle Operation - Knowledge of procedures for operating motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, or watercraft.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
24.
Operate pick-up truck on remote routes that are both maintained and unmaintained.
25.
Operate off road vehicles on unmaintained trails and technical terrain.
26.
Conduct non-motorized river patrols as part of a team.
27.
Conduct monthly utilization reports on assigned vehicles.
28.
Assist in preventative maintenance for program assigned vehicles.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
29.
I am willing to work long days, which may include working on holidays, weekends, and evenings.
30.
I am willing to lift and carry equipment and supplies weighing 50 pounds or more for extended distances over rough terrain.
31.
I am willing and able to drive long distances over rough gravel roads, operate all-terrain vehicles,utility task vehicles, and snow machines, fly in various aircraft, and travel over water by raft, canoe, andriverboat.
32.
I am willing to wear a BLM uniform.
33.
I am willing to work indoors and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
34.
I understand that I may be required to carry bear repellent spray for protection from bears and otherdangerous animals.
35.
I am willing and able to camp and/or live in remote and primitive conditions, to include sleeping in a tentand preparing my own food, while doing fieldwork for up to 14 days per month?
36.
Do you possess and will continue to maintain a valid state driver's license while employed in this position?
37.
The official worksite for this position is the duty station identified in this vacancy announcement. Iunderstand that this position is not considered "remote work" and I will be expected to report to the dutylocation on a regular and recurring weekly basis.
38.
More than one position may be filled from this announcement, at the discretion of Federal hiring officials.Department of the Interior may share the list of eligible candidates with other Federal agencies/departments,authorized to appoint new employees under the same hiring procedures if the position is in the same: jobseries, grade level, promotion potential, and in the same geographic locations (including the samemetro/commuting area).
39.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position. Please choose the appropriate response below: