Biological Science Technician

Requirements Continued... NPS Divers must successfully complete and remain current in Adult CPR/AED, First Aid, and Oxygen Administration. You must obtain and maintain a NPS Blue Card (diving certification) within six (6) months of entry on duty. In order to obtain and maintain a NPS Blue Card you must complete the following: Swim 25 yards underwater without swim aids. Swim 400 yards without swim aids within 15-minute time limit. Kick on the surface 330 yards while wearing scuba gear, but not breathing from scuba unit. Swim 900 yards within 18 minutes, using mask, fins and snorkel and any stroke. Surface dive without swim aids to least 10 feet and recover an object. Without swim aids, perform an in-water swimming rescue of a swimmer and transport a distance of 25 yards. Tread water for 10 minutes, or 2 minutes without the use of hands/arms, without swim aids. Complete a simulated emergency swimming ascent and other in-water annual certification requirements. Qualifications All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/19/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-05/19/2024-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST clearly indicate the nature of the duties and responsibilities for each position, starting and ending dates of employment (month/year), and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rather than indicating full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annotated to be able to pro-rate the amount of qualified specialized experience. SELECTIVE FACTOR: This position requires advanced open water SCUBA certification and also requires that you have completed at least 50 scientific and/or commercial dives. You must submit copies of certification cards and dive logs displaying complete information for each dive to demonstrate that you meet this requirement. -AND- To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level, you must possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement: EXPERIENCE: At least one full year of specialized experience equivalent in the level of difficulty and responsibility to that of at least the GS-06 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Research activity or control program work. Nursery work that required the growing and maintenance of plants in a controlled environment. Work comparable to that with a large dairy farm where production records, animal environment, and sanitary conditions were kept in accordance with modern dairy practice. Farming experience that was not performed in a controlled environment, or experience as a laborer who was not responsible for planning and scheduling his/her own work, but only performed assigned tasks, would not qualify as specialized experience. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Substantial and practical technical knowledge of the methods, procedures, and technology of basic fisheries and natural marine resources management; performing SCUBA dives to collect and record data and evaluate natural marine resource conditions; performing underwater photography/videography; assisting with recording, entry, quality assurance/quality control and providing preliminary analysis on marine resource data; preparing reports and utilizing computer programs to process field data (e.g. Access, Excel, Word, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere, ArcMap etc.). Skill and ability to apply knowledge with only general guidance and/or supervision. Ability to solve practical problems in a wide range of functions in field or office setting. Ability to recognize, record, and adapt to unusual conditions or data encountered in the normal course of work. Works independently at discretion of the project lead. You must include hours per week worked. -OR- EDUCATION: At least one full year of graduate education that is directly related to the work of the position. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. With major study in any combination of scientific or technical courses. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. You must include transcripts. -OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. For example, I have six months of specialized experience (50% of the experience requirement), and 9 semester hours of graduate work in a field of study that is directly-related to the work of this position (50% of the education requirement). You must include transcripts. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.