Biological Science Technician (Plants) – 5 vacancies
Posted 3 weeks ago
Employer: National Park Service
Locations with this vacancy:
- Bar Harbor, ME
- Concord, MA
- Bushkill, PA
- Gettysburg, PA
- Luray, VA
Application deadline: January 13, 2023 at 11:59pm ET
Full position description and application instructions
Summary:
Duties at the GS-05 grade level:
- Implement established natural resource management projects. Following instructions and standardized procedures, collects and organizes field data.
- Ensure adequate quality control of data collected. Performs routine and recurring testing of collected samples.
- Record all data collected and provides preliminary assessment and classification of the information.
- Seeks assistance for situations not covered.
- Works with crews managing invasive plants and restoring native vegetation.
Duties at the GS-06 grade level:
- Make field observations of natural resource conditions.
- Evaluate observed conditions and problems and makes preliminary determinations on the cause of problems noted.
- Provide results to higher-level specialists for analysis. Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines.
- Draft project reports may include literature research, descriptions of methods, preparation of graphs and charts, and summary of findings.
- Leads crews managing invasive plants and restoring native vegetation.
Duties at the full performance level GS-07 grade level:
- Record data relating to plant studies.
- Document occurrence and distribution of identified species.
- Participate in environmental studies documenting factors affecting plant species and habitat.
- Lead or conduct field searches for populations of sensitive, threatened or endangered plant species.
- Photograph, collect and mount plant specimens encountered at different stages of development.
- Collect ecological site information for population distribution, condition, trend, associated species, geology, soil type and prepare reports.
- Leads crews managing invasive plants and restoring native vegetation.