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Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch) – Direct Hire Authority

Office of the Secretary of the Interior · Department of the Interior

This job in plain English

This is a direct-hire job for a Forestry Technician (Fire Dispatch) with the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, part of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. The one vacancy is in Hines, Oregon, and the job is full-time and permanent. Veterans' preference and normal rating and ranking do not apply, and the job needs occasional travel, on-call duty and overtime during fire season.

1 vacancy; additional positions may be filled from this announcement in the same office or nearby U.S. Wildland Fire Service offices

Can you apply?

Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.

  • Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
  • Displaced federal employeesFederal employees who lost or are losing their job through a reduction in force (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).

Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.

Open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Prior primary wildland firefighting experience is a mandatory prerequisite, and eligible federal employees under CTAP or ICTAP get selection priority.

What you would do

  • Decide the right response to fire incidents and field requests.
  • Run dispatch phone, radio and computer systems and enter fire data.
  • Review procedures and suggest improvements to plans and mobilization guides.
  • Receive fire reports and find locations, land status and current fire information.
  • Predict fire suppression needs and decide how to assign resources.

Do you qualify for GW-6 to GW-7?

With experience: For GW-06, you need 1 year of wildland fire dispatch experience at the GW-05 level or higher, such as receiving fire reports and using dispatch computer programs. For GW-07, you need 1 year at the GW-06 level doing lead dispatch work, such as directing other dispatchers and choosing resource responses to incidents.

With education: For GW-06, one full year (18 semester hours) of graduate education directly related to the work can qualify, or a mix of experience and education with transcripts attached. The announcement does not list an education option for GW-07.

Licenses and certifications you need:

  • Valid state driver's license, held and maintained throughout employment

How to apply well

What to send:

  • Resume listing month and year of each job, hours per week, and duties
  • Resume showing time spent at each grade level for career ladder positions
  • Name, email address and phone number on the resume
  • Official or unofficial transcripts if you qualify with education, showing grades, credit hours, major, GPA or class rank, school and student name
  • Registrar or dean memo if a course credit must be approved
  • DD-214 or Statement of Service if you claim military service time
  • CTAP or ICTAP documents, including latest performance appraisal and SF-50, if claiming eligibility
  • Optional cover letter

How you will be rated: HR reviews resumes and documents to check minimum qualifications, and the USAJOBS questionnaire is also used. Interviews may be held at the hiring office's discretion and may be pass/fail; missing information or an incomplete resume can lead to an ineligible or not qualified rating.

Tips for this job:

  • Show months, days and hours per week for every firefighting and dispatch job, or that time may not count.
  • Keep the resume to two single-sided pages, 10-point minimum font and 0.5-inch margins; extra attachments will not be reviewed.
  • If you qualify with education, send transcripts by the closing date and be ready to show official copies if selected.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time. May include on-call duty, evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime during fire season.

Conditions of employment:

  • U.S. citizen or national
  • Suitability determined by background investigation
  • Drug test with negative result before appointment
  • Random drug testing during employment
  • 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period
  • Direct deposit required
  • Must wear official U.S. Wildland Fire Service uniform
  • On-call, evenings, weekends, holidays and fire season overtime may be required
  • Overnight travel may be required, with a government charge card
  • Must stay calm under urgent, changing conditions
  • Ineligible if convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or felony, unless expunged, set aside or pardoned

We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.

Job details

Salary
$57,670 – $81,343 per year
Pay scale and grade
GW-6 to GW-7 · GW
Location
Hines, Oregon
Appointment
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Openings
1
Security clearance
Other
Travel
Occasional travel
Drug test
Not required
Supervisory
No
Occupation
Forestry Technician (0462)
Announcement
WFSDHA-27-13099472-ML-A

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