Wildland Firefighter (Fire Dozer Operator)

Agency: Forest Service

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location: Multiple Locations

Apply: View on USAJOBS

Requirements: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's Federal Wage System Qualifications Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Basic Requirement: You must possess the Basic Requirements identified below to be considered eligible for this position. Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate experience requirements to successfully perform the duties of Engineering Equipment Operator. Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. Applicants will be assessed based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement. Screen-out Job Element: Applicants who do not meet the screen-out job elements will not be further evaluated. Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. In addition to the above requirements, applicants will be assessed based on their knowledge of the job elements identified below: Experience operating engineering and construction equipment, such as graders, tractors with bulldozer or angle-dozer blades, front-end loaders, backhoes, trench diggers, and large industrial tractors with pan or scraper attachments to push, pull, fill, pile or load gravel or earth. Operation of Motor Vehicles to perform engineering/construction work (such as maintaining ditches, road shoulders, road beds, and/or firelines and clearing terrain of brush, tree stumps and rocks on flat or rolling terrain with simple terrain problems). Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order). Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specifi