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• Provide Emergency Medical Services in both front country and remote backcountry settings. Utilize the Incident Command System (ICS) during emergency response efforts. Conduct climbing patrols, searches, and rescues in a high alpine environment. Climb un-roped in 4th and easy 5th class alpine terrain.
• Lead technical ice climbing routes at WI3/AI3 or harder and technical alpine climbing routes at 5.9 or harder. Lead others during helicopter rescues and during high-angle, technical rope rescue in an alpine environment. Lead others during lost-person incidents in backcountry settings.
• Respond to emergency incidents carrying equipment loads of up to 50 pounds at elevations up to 14,000 feet and perform ground searches that require hiking long distances (up to 20 miles in a day) in mountainous terrain. Perform technical and non-technical carry-outs of patients in backcountry settings. Work with helicopters in mountain search and rescue operations including short-haul operations.
• Provide climbing route and conditions information to visitors and issue backcountry permits and educate visitors on permit regulations, wilderness ethics and leave no trace practices.
• Manage backcountry impacts by monitoring, evaluating and mitigating potential resource degradation issues.

Physical Demands: On a regular and recurring basis, the position requires considerable and strenuous physical exertion when climbing, hiking, and lifting heavy objects. Work will be performed in and around helicopters, and the employee may be short-hauled to backcountry locations to perform search and rescue duties. Work is performed on uneven, steep, rough, slippery, and rugged terrain. Work is performed outdoors, often under adverse weather conditions.

Work Environment: Most work is outdoors and is performed in temperatures from 90 degrees to below zero degrees. Work is often performed at night and/or under severe mountain weather conditions. The incumbent must frequently work on vertical rock faces at elevations up to 13,700 feet.

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Selectee will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Electronics Funds Transfer Program.
• You may be required to wear a uniform and comply with the National Park Service uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided.
• You may be required to complete training and obtain/maintain a government charge card with travel and/or purchase authority.
• If selected for a position/location that requires search and rescue, emergency response, use of firearms, or watercraft operation, you will be required to submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test result prior to appointment. In addition, this position is subject to random testing for illegal drug use.
• If selected for a position/location required to operate a government (or private) motor vehicle as part of your official duties; a valid driver's license is required. You will be required to submit a Motor Vehicle Operator's License and Driving Record. You must also submit (within a State sealed envelope or submitted directly by the State authorities), and at your own expense, all certified driving records from all States that disclose all valid driver's licenses, whether current or past, possessed by you.
• Applicants must be at least (1)18 years old or (2) at least 16 years old and: (a) Have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or (b) Have completed a formal vocational training program; or (c) Have received a statement from school authorities agreeing with their preference for employment rather than continuing their education; or (d) Be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work only during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-12/05/2023-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 FACTORS:
Mandatory Climbing Skills: Applicants must have led or shared leads on at least five Grade IV 5.9 (or higher) traditional rock climbs. Applicants must also have led or shared leads on ice climbs rated, at minimum, Water Ice 3 (WI3) or Alpine Ice 3 (AI3), and aid climbs rated Aid 2 (A2) or Clean Aid 2 (C2). To be considered for this position, you must list in your resume or other application materials the names of the climbs and the corresponding grades and ratings that satisfy the above requirements. Please list any additional technical rock, ice, and/or alpine climbing experience and your most difficult technical rock, alpine ice, or mixed climbs completed.
(MUST SUPPORT IN RESUME OR SEPARATE ATTACHMENT WITH APPLICATION OR WILL BE RATED INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION).

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Mandatory Emergency Response Certification: Applicants must possess an Emergency Medical Technician or Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician Certification or higher.
(MUST INCLUDE TYPE OF CERTIFICATION AND EXPIRATION DATE ON YOUR RESUME OR ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR CERTIFICATION WITH YOUR APPLICATION OR WILL BE RATED INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION).

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
In addition to the mandatory selective placement factors/requirements listed above, to qualify for this position, you must demonstrate that you possess either the specialized experience or the education as described below. Equivalent combinations of experience and education may also be used to qualify:
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include but are not limited to the following: independently monitoring backcountry wilderness areas for damage of natural and/or cultural resources due to violations of rules and regulations by visitors; conducting wilderness patrols and making visitor contacts to ensure visitor safety and protection of resources in a park or similar recreation area; preparing reports concerning resource damage or medical emergencies; working as a mountain guide, working as a ski patroller; or performing technical search and rescue operations including rope rescue or helicopter rescue in a mountainous environment.
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B. You must possess one full academic year of graduate education related to the occupation. Examples of related graduate education include: natural resource management, natural sciences, earth sciences, history, archeology, anthropology, park and recreation management, law enforcement/police science, social sciences, museum sciences, business administration, public administration, behavioral sciences, sociology, or other closely related subjects pertinent to the management and protection of natural and cultural resources. Course work in fields other than those specified may be accepted if it clearly provides applicant with the background of knowledge and skills necessary for successful job performance in the position to be filled. One year of full time graduate education is defined as 18 semester hours.
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C. Meet at least one of the three requirements listed below for Superior Academic Achievement - Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree (must be in a course of study that directly reflects the job-related knowledge, skills, abilities competencies necessary to satisfy the minimum qualifications and perform the duties of the position) with Superior Academic Achievement: 1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR, 2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR, 3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies: https://www.achshonor.org/. You must include transcripts.
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D. Equivalent combinations of education and experience.

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.

ICTAP/CTAP Statement: Current surplus and current or former displaced Federal individuals who have special prior­ity selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for special priority selection. Well qualified means that the applicant meets the following: OPM qualification standards for the position; all selective placement factors, where applicable; special qualifying conditions that OPM has approved for the position, where applicable; is physically qualified with reasonable accommodation, where appropriate to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry; and is rated by the organization at least at the well qualified level on all competencies.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement.

A review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation, you will be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score will be adjusted accordingly. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you can lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully; errors or omissions can affect your rating.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

• Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position
• Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.

You will be evaluated on the following competencies:

• First Response
• Forest Management
• Technical Competence

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.