Range Aid

Full Job Description

Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource. This position is located in Belle Fouche, South Dakota.

Information about Belle Fouche and the surrounding area can be found at South Dakota Field Office | Bureau of Land Management We expect to fill many vacancies. This is a temporary appointment.

Appointment to this position will not convey permanent status and will be for a period not-to-exceed 1039 hours in a service year.

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume.

No assumptions will be made about your experience.

GS-2: Three (3) months of general work experience; Examples of general experience may include working in any professional, technical or other responsible field that provided you with a familiarity of range management programs or techniques of collecting scientific data; OR Successful completion of high school graduation.

OR A combination of experience and education to meet the total experience.

GS-3: Six (6) months of general work experience; Examples of general experience may include working in any professional, technical or other responsible field that provided you with a familiarity of range management programs or techniques of collecting scientific data; OR Successful completion of one year (45 quarter or 30 semester hours) of study above high school that included at least 6 semester hours in a combination of courses such as range management, or conservation, agriculture, forestry, wildlife management engineering, biology, mathematics, or other natural or physical sciences; OR A combination of experience and education to meet the total 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. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

Physical Demands / Work Environment: The work ranges from sedentary when completing duties in the office to frequent field work requiring a considerable amount of walking, riding, stooping, bending, and lifting.

Office work is performed in adequately lighted, heated, and air-conditioned offices.

Much of the time is spent in the field where exposure to extremes of heat and cold, rough terrain, insects, snakes, and other hazards are common.

The incumbent carefully adheres to all safety procedures to mitigate hazards encountered. Major Duties:

• Range Technicians work under the supervision and guidance of professional range and natural resource specialists performing a variety of duties related to monitoring range land conditions, managing herds of wild horses and burros.
• Other duties may include weed management and monument inventory. Completing range or vegetation condition and trend studies, utilization, actual use, climatological and other allotment evaluation studies.
• Occasionally participate in wild horse utilization checks, water hole or herd checks, inspecting livestock developments, fences, or doing cattle compliance checks (ID livestock brands and complete utilization of livestock use on vegetation).
• Provides technical support and assistance to the rangeland management program through day-to-day coordination with rangeland management specialists as well as other programs such as fuels, wildlife, and riparian staff specialists.
• Conducts monitoring, under close supervision of professional resource staff, of upland and riparian conditions.
• Regular field inspections and maintenance of range improvements as well as use of GPS and GIS to document location of such projects, as well as condition.