This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: 75 miles of Kihei, Hawaii. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.). See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence.
This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if identical vacancies.
Physical Demands: The employee uses considerable physical effort is required in the operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and
attachments. The employee frequently is required to perform heavy lifting and exerts considerable physical effort while
using hand and power tools. Work requires extensive leg, arm, and hand movement, standing, stooping, walking,
bending, climbing, and kneeling, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The employee frequently lifts, carries,
and sets up parts and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, and over 50 pounds with assistance. The
employee uses jacks, pulleys, dollies, or other lifting and carrying devices. Work may be from ladders, scaffolding,
platforms, or high places, and in hard-to-reach places. Frequent arm and leg movements are required to operate
controls, make repairs, and build items.
Working Conditions: Work is accomplished both in an office setting (5%) and outdoors (95%). Works outside in all kinds of weather and frequently exposed to running water, fumes, dust, grease, dirt, and moving parts of equipment and machinery. Work performed outside is in a variety of settings where steep terrain, extremely uneven, rocky and slippery footing is normal. Temperature extremes are common.
All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here,
https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions.