Animal Packer

Forest Service (DOA); Salt Lake City (UT); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 41.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

USDA Forest Service is seeking a temporary full-time Stock/Pack Animal Assistant in locations across the region. The role involves packing horses or mules, loading gear for trail crews, and assisting with stock facilities and equipment in a rugged mountain environment.

Responsibilities include building balanced loads, providing wilderness first aid, and supporting fire and resource crews. A valid state driver’s license is required and the position may require occasional travel.

Formación

• Must have a valid state driver’s license.

Responsabilidades

• Pack horses or mules for trail crews and their equipment (food, tents, tools).
• Assist with packing construction materials (poles, cables, lumber, sand, gravel, bridge materials).
• Provide Wilderness First Aid for animals and humans during emergencies.
• Build and pack loads using pack bags, slings, boxes and slings; tie various hitches as needed.
• Operate ranch equipment and perform basic maintenance; assist with stock facilities and fences.

Descripción del empleo

Summary

This position is located within a National Forest. The incumbent is responsible for providing assistance with the complete care of the stock, including training, feeding, shoeing, and first aid needs.

Overview

Accepting applications
Location
Many vacancies in the following locations:
Location Negotiable After Selection
Joseph, OR
No matching locations found.
Work site options

Job Details

Telework eligible: No

Remote job: No

Relocation expenses reimbursed: No

Salary: $25.05 – $25.05 per hour

Pay scale & grade: WG 6

Promotion potential: None

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule: Full-time

Travel Required: Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type: Temporary

• 5001 Miscellaneous Plant And Animal Work

Supervisory status: No

Federal service type: This job is in the Competitive Service

Represented by a union: No

Drug test: No

Security clearance: Other

Financial disclosure required: Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number: 27-TEMP3-R6-FS4651-6DT-EW

Control number: 890784900

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

• Works as a member of a crew that is responsible for packing horses or mules for trail crews and their equipment.
• Such as food, tents, and various tools such as crosscut saws, chainsaws, rock drills, rock bars, explosives, grip hoists, wheelbarrows and sleds.
• Assists with packing construction materials such as poles, cables, lumber, sand, gravel and bridge materials. May provide pack support for fire crews including food, water, saws, fuel, hoses and portable pumps.
• May supports a variety of resource crews by packing netting, plant presses, screens and fragile survey equipment. Under supervision selects the proper type of pack equipment for the loads to be packed.
• With minimal supervision incumbent builds and packs loads and strings of animals together. Builds balanced loads using pack bags, slings, boxes, manty loads with sling ropes, pack racks, etc.
• Ties multiple hitches (e.g. box, diamond, sling, etc.) as appropriate to the load. Properly fits all types of riding saddles and pack saddles to mules and horses.
• Responds to medical conditions and emergency situations safely for animals and humans. Acts as “Wilderness First Responder” for the animals, providing first aid as needed including administering shots and wound care.
• Assists with the safe use of restraints for doctoring, shoeing, training, or containment purposes. Recognizes the shoeing needs of horses and mules for working in a mountain environment.
• Responsible for providing assistance with the ranch and pasture management including the design, building, maintenance, and safety inspections of stock facilities. Maintaining fences (including board, pipe, wire, and electric fencing).
• Flood irrigation of native pastures and forage utilization monitoring of annual grassland pastures. Operates ranch equipment such as a tractor with an auger to make post holes.
• Pulls a gooseneck stock trailer and bumper-pull stock trailers to safely haul stock on rugged mountain roads. Hauls gear, equipment, supplies, and hay on flatbed trucks and trailers. Hauls tractors and equipment for other functions.
• Reports mechanical or equipment performance problems to the supervisor.
• May spend up to 10 days camping in the wilderness utilizing Leave-No-Trace skills. Responsible for all animal care in wilderness settings.
• Provides assistance in training firefighters, trail crews, wilderness rangers and volunteer groups how to work safely around pack stock.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Direct Deposit – Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of your choosing.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License.

Qualifications

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. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.

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 ranked and rated based on their knowledge of the job elements identified in this announcement.

• Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision
• Technical Practices (theoretical, precise, artistic)
• Use of Measuring Instruments
• Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specification, etc. (includes than blueprints)
• Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Knowledge of Materials
• Dexterity and Safety

There is no substitution of education for this position.

Selective placement Factors

• A valid state driver’s license is required.

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.

To receive consideration for this position, you must provide updated required documents and meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Additional information

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy is being used to fill positions for FY2027 Temporary Employment Hiring season. The expected start date for this position will be between April 18, 2027 to June 13, 2027.

By selecting the “Location Negotiable” option during the application process, implies your willingness to be considered for any official duty location listed on this announcement and/or those duty locations not listed for this Regional announcement. Pay rates vary depending on location. The salary shown is for the Rest of the U.S. See OPM.gov for additional information on pay rates.

This position is temporary, has a Not-to-Exceed date and will be filled for up to 6 months or as a not to exceed (NTE) 1 year, however an extension of the appointment may be possible without further competition. The appointment may also end early due to lack of work or lack of funds.

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other groups within the Region who have vacancies within the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in any of the geographic location(s) listed on the announcement. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration.

The duty station for this position will be at one of the duty locations listed in this announcement. Please visit the Office of Personnel Management’s website for additional information on pay rates in your duty location State.

The USDA Forest Service has legislative authority to recruit and fill Permanent (Career/Career-Conditional), Temporary, and Term Appointments under the USDA Demonstration Project. Under this authority, any U.S. citizen may apply.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP eligible must meet the agency’s definition for a quality candidate as provided in the How You Will Be Evaluated section of this announcement to be considered.

If you are retired from the Federal Government and are selected for this vacancy, your retirement annuity may be offset from your pay.

This position is not eligible for telework. Availability of government housing and federal day care facilities will vary by location.

Positions filled from this announcement may be a bargaining or a non-bargaining unit position represented by either NFFE, AFGE or NAGE.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

• Resume that includes: Personal Information: name, address, contact information; Education ; Work Experience related to this position as described in the major duties including work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment; title, series, grade (if applicable); other qualifications . Resume cannot exceed 2 pages.
• If education is required or you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application if it includes your name and the necessary course information; however, if you are selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university. If any education was completed at a foreign institute, you must submit with your application evidence that the institute was appropriately accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to U.S. education standards. There are private organizations that specialize in this evaluation and a fee is normally associated with this service. For a list of private organizations that evaluate education, visit the NACES website. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.
• Surplus or displaced employees eligible for CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP priority must provide: proof of eligibility (RIF separation notice, notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area, notice of disability annuity termination), SF-50 documenting separation (as applicable), current performance appraisal with rating of at least “Fully Successful” or equivalent, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with your application per 5 CFR 330.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Agency contact information

HRM Contact Center

1-877-372-7248 X2

[e-mail]

USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center

DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Albuquerque, NM 87109

US

Next steps

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Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

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