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Eligibilities
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Career Transition Assistance Plan:
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.
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.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in the agency posting this job announcement with CTAP eligibility?
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Competitive - Current Permanent Department of the Interior (or any of its Bureaus) Employee:
Please select YES to this eligibility if you meet the criteria below:
Are you an employee of the Department of Interior or any of its bureaus who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment (tenure 1 or 2 in block 24 of the SF-50) in the competitive service (position occupied is 1 in block 34 of the SF-50) and has never permanently held the full performance level of the position being announced?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your current, permanent, competitive status with the Department of Interior or any of its bureaus. Your latest SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• Career or Career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2 in block 24 of the SF-50); AND,
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1 in block 34 of the SF-50).
Do you wish to be considered as a Competitive, Current, Permanent DOI (or any of its Bureaus) Employee?
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Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA)
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency (U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management; National Park Service; Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Indian Affairs; or Bureau of Reclamation) and are serving or served under a time-limited competitive service appointment (Term, Temporary)? You may be eligible to compete under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act, P.L. 114-47.
Current land management agency appointees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service.
Former land management agency employees must have initially been hired under competitive procedures for a time-limited appointment; must have served under one or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period totaling more than 24 months without a break in service of two or more years; and must have performed at an acceptable level during each period of service; must have been separated (with respect to their most recent separation) for reasons other than misconduct or performance, and must apply for a position covered by these provisions within two years of their most recent date of separation.
You must provide documentation showing all required periods of service which includes ALL Appointment AND Termination SF-50s for EACH appointment as well as ALL performance evaluations or references from supervisors (if employed for periods of time too short to require an appraisal) for each qualifying period of temporary employment claimed.
Are you a current or former employee of a Land Management Agency with LMWFA eligibility?
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Non-Competitive - Current, Permanent Employee of the U.S. Department of the Interior (or any of its Bureaus):
Please select YES to this Eligibility if you meet the criteria below:
Are you an employee of the Department of the Interior or any of its bureaus who currently holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service who holds or has previously held a permanent (non-temporary) position at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
To verify your eligibility, you MUST submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form reflecting your permanent, competitive status with the U.S. Department of the Interior or any of its bureaus.
Your latest SF-50 (or equivalent personnel action form) must reflect:
• Career or Career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND
• your status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1)
Do you wish to be considered as a non-competitive current, permanent DOI (or any of its bureaus) employee?
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Assessment 1
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Minimum Qualifications
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For each question, choose the response that best describes your experience and training. Mark only one response for each question. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provided in your resume or application and information provided by your references.
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Do you have a finalized Employee Performance Appraisal Plan (EPAP) dated within the past 18 months, at the fully successfully level or higher?
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If you answered "No" to question No. 2, please provide an explanation:
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If you do not have a current rating of record available, you must certify that your performance is acceptable, and you have not been advised that your performance is currently at an unacceptable level.
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Skill in enforcing federal, state, and local laws, regulations, relevant court decisions that relate to public lands.
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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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Conduct investigations of applicable federal or state natural resource laws including poaching, illegal hunting of waterfowl, illegal use of aircraft for hunting, illegal collecting of wildlife or plants, or other illegal natural resource activities.
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Direct all aspects related to visitor or resource protection including preventative law enforcement, traffic control, crowd control, emergency medical services, or search and rescue on the lands and waters of the assigned area.
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Issue verbal warnings, issue violation notices, make arrests, or file criminal complaints concerning a wide spectrum of enforcement issues.
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Enforce the protection of wildlife and their habitats on lands and associated areas sufficient to plan and implement law enforcement programs.
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Knowledge of methods of investigation, obtaining and maintaining a chain of custody, interviewing and interrogation techniques.
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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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Complete investigation reports by compiling information from numerous sources such as informants, citizens, or government officials.
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Collect, store, preserve, or dispose of evidence in accordance with law enforcement policies and chain of custody procedures.
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Investigate the full range of criminal activity, arson, theft, breaking and entering, vandalism, air and water pollution, illegal drug operations or property destruction, against natural or cultural resources.
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Devise solutions to problems that interrelate with visitor use and safety to curtail illegal activity on public land.
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Skill in applying law enforcement patrol techniques and practices.
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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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Operate in a multi-faceted law enforcement program which may include back-country patrol, anti-poaching operations, accident investigations, and making arrests.
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Utilize interview and interrogation techniques and methods to gather information to investigate illegal activities.
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Analyze and interpret proposed changes in pertinent regulations and policy manuals by providing comments and suggestions.
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Gather information, establish information contacts, or demonstrate an awareness in the field while exercising sound judgment complicated law enforcement issues.
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Ability to detect, prevent, or curtail illegal and prohibited activities of a potentially destructive nature to public lands and their resources.
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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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Analyze and interpret proposed changes in pertinent regulations and policy manuals by providing comments and suggestions.
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Coordinate joint law enforcement activities with federal, local, tribal, and/or other investigators.
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Conduct and coordinate enforcement patrols and investigations with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement entities.
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Ability to interact with others in a professional manner to address a variety of client groups on law enforcement program objectives.
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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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Represent and/or maintain a liaison between federal, state, and local partners and special interest groups, such as the U.S. Attorney's Office, law enforcement agencies, and natural resource organizations.
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Interact with the public and government officials to support and enhance National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) law enforcement.
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Lead educational, outreach or specialized programs on assigned area and surrounding community regarding resource protection.
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Develop and maintain effective working relationships within the organization and other federal, state, local, tribal, and/or special interest agencies pertaining to law enforcement activities.
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As a condition of employment, the incumbent must successfully meet or pass the requirements stated below. Failure to do so may result in removal from the position. Prior law enforcement experience carrying out duties involving investigation, apprehension, and/or detention of persons suspected of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States is a basic qualification for this position.
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Do you possess prior law enforcement experience carrying out duties involving investigation, apprehension, and/or detention of persons suspected of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States?
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Incumbent must maintain a favorable background investigation. This position has been identified as Non-Critical Sensitive.
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you able to acquire and maintain a favorable Non-Critical Sensitive background investigation?
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The incumbent must undergo the following screening and testing measures:
• Pre-Placement Medical Clearance (242 FW 4)
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB)
• Lautenberg Certification (18 U.S.C. 922(g) (9))
• Drug testing
• Psychological Screening
• Medical Exams
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you willing to undergo and successfully complete the following screening and testing measures? Pre-Placement Medical Clearance (242 FW 4); Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Physical Efficiency Battery (PEB); Lautenberg Certification (18 U.S.C. 922(g) (9)); Drug testing; Psychological Screening; and medical Exams.
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Incumbent must have successfully completed basic law enforcement training as well as an additional 40 hours of in-service training annually. Specific coursework required includes:
• Land Management Police Training Program (FLETC) (or equivalent)
• Federal Wildlife Officer Basic Training (FWOBT)
• Field Training and Evaluation Program (FWS - FTEP)
• Annual/semiannual firearms qualification
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you willing to attend and successfully complete the following training and qualifications? Land Management Police Training Program (FLETC) (ore equivalent), Federal Wildlife Officer Basic Training (FWOBT), Field Training and Evaluation Program (FWS - FTEP) and Annual/semiannual firearms qualification?
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The incumbent must maintain the following Licenses and Certifications:
• A Federal commission of law enforcement authority
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you able to obtain and maintain a federal commission of law enforcement authority and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid?
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Incumbent must also:
• Wear the FWS uniform according to policy
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Will you obtain and wear the FWS uniform according to policy?
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Incumbent must also:
• Safely utilize firearms, non-lethal weapons, and defensive tactics in the conduct of daily activities
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you able to safely utilize firearms, non-lethal weapons, and defensive tactics in the conduct of daily activities?
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Driver's License
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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The duties of this position require the incumbent to hold and maintain a valid state driver's license throughout their employment. If selected, prior to entering on duty you will need to provide a copy of your valid driver's license before your appointment. Do you currently have a valid state driver's license?
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A valid State-issued motor vehicle operator's license.
• Special purpose endorsements (as required by the specific position) for additional vehicle types including four-wheel drives, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, aircraft and/or watercraft
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Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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Are you able to obtain and maintain a valid state-issued motor vehicle operator's license and appropriate special purpose endorsements (as required by the specific position) for additional vehicle types including four-wheel drives, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, aircraft and/or watercraft?
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Certification Statement
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I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of 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 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 me not being considered for this position.
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