Your steps to apply

Forestry Technician (Lookout)
Forest Service · Council, Idaho and 10 more · Closes in 9 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

Any U.S. citizen can apply, and U.S. nationals can too. Veterans' preference does not apply to this vacancy.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-4 for the GS-5 level. Examples include keeping records and log books, maintaining lookout equipment, relaying fire data, and explaining fire prevention laws to visitors.

Education: A bachelor's degree, or four years of school above high school (120 semester hours), with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a closely related field. You can also qualify with at least 24 semester hours in courses such as forestry, wildlife management, or wildland fire science, with no more than 6 semester hours of math counting. Schools must be accredited. You can combine education with experience.

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume up to 2 pages with name, contact information, education, and work experience Work experience dates, hours worked per week, and work schedule on your resume Unofficial college transcripts with course information if you use education to qualify English translation or proof of accreditation for any foreign school Proof of eligibility and SF-50 if you claim CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: You take an online Assessment Questionnaire when you apply. Applicants are not rated or ranked; those who meet the minimum qualifications are referred to the selecting official after documents are checked. Inflated or inaccurate information can make you ineligible or lead to discipline.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Keep your resume to 2 pages or less, or you will be removed from consideration.
List exact dates, title, and hours per week for each job, since the resume must show them.
If you use education to qualify, upload unofficial transcripts that show course names and hours.

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