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Forestry Technician (Lookout)
Forest Service · Location Negotiable After Selection and 28 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 or U.S. national can apply. Veterans' preference does not apply to this job.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at least equal to GS-4 level. Examples include keeping records and log books, maintaining a lookout station, relaying fire data to dispatchers, and explaining fire prevention laws to visitors. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.

Education: A bachelor's degree, or 4 years (120 semester hours) of education past high school with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a directly related field, can qualify you. Education can also qualify with at least 24 semester hours in listed subjects such as forestry, wildlife management, or wildland fire science. Education can be combined with experience, and it must come from an accredited college or university.

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 with name, address and contact information Resume showing education, work experience, dates of employment, and hours worked per week Resume must not exceed 2 pages Unofficial college transcripts if you qualify through education, with course information and English translations if needed Evidence of accreditation if education was completed at a foreign school Proof of eligibility, SF-50 and performance appraisal 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: No numeric rating is used. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are referred to the selecting official after their documents are checked. Inflated or inaccurate qualifications may make you ineligible.

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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:

Your resume must be 2 pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
List hours worked per week and exact dates for each job on your resume.
If you use education to qualify, upload your transcripts and make sure the school is accredited.

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