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Posted: December 29, 2025 (17 days ago)

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Seasonal Laborer (Motor Vehicle Operating)

National Park Service

Department of the Interior

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$22.10 - $26.42

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Job Description

Summary

This seasonal job with the National Park Service involves hands-on labor to maintain park buildings, grounds, roads, and trails, including driving light trucks to transport supplies and using tools for tasks like mowing and clearing snow.

It's a good fit for someone who is physically fit, enjoys outdoor work, and has basic experience with manual labor and vehicle operation under supervision.

No advanced education is needed, but reliability and a valid driver's license are essential.

Key Requirements

  • Valid driver's license required at time of employment
  • Ability to operate light-duty motor vehicles up to 10,000 pounds in all traffic and weather conditions
  • Experience performing common laborer tasks using hand tools (e.g., shovels, rakes, hammers) and power equipment (e.g., lawnmowers, snow blowers)
  • Knowledge of vehicle and equipment maintenance, such as checking fluids, tire pressure, and blade sharpening
  • Ability to load, unload, and transport supplies, materials, and equipment safely
  • Dexterity and safety in work practices, including keeping tools and areas clean and organized
  • Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision after initial training, with tasks assigned orally or via work orders

Full Job Description

This position performs laboring duties that require moderately heavy physical effort requiring the use of common hand tools and power equipment involving any or all of the following duties.

The incumbent must operate light duty motor vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds (such as pick-up trucks, panel trucks, flatbed trucks, etc.) to transport personnel, material, or equipment to work sites over Federal, state, and county roads and city streets in all traffic conditions.

To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT) Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc.

(other than blueprints) Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety Vehicle Operation Work Practices (including keeping things neat, clean, and in order) SCREEN OUT: Minimum Qualification: Performed common laborer tasks.

Utilize most hand and power tools associated with these tasks. Performed these tasks as a skilled helper under close supervision and my work was checked during and after completion.

These tasks included the ability to operate trucks weighing up to 10,000 pounds and trailers weighing up to one ton; properly loading and unloading various supplies and equipment; to perform work providing laboring assistance to others in the maintenance of buildings, grounds, roads, and trails; operate power equipment such as lawnmowers, snow blowers, and string trimmers; and safely use a variety of hand tools such as shovels, rakes, hammers, saws, pulaskis, rock bars, etc.

Able to safely operate these vehicles/equipment in all types of traffic and weather conditions.

Utilize most hand, power tools, and heavy power equipment associated with these tasks including but not limited to cleaning custodial tools, lawn mowers, snow blowers, and leaf blowers.

Have experience performing operator maintenance on all vehicles/equipment operated (e.g. monitoring fluid levels, checking tire pressure and blade replacement/sharpening).

Perform these duties as an expert with a high degree of independence. The supervisor assigned work orally, through work orders, or with written specifications.

The work was checked to see that it met compliance with work and safety standards and policies.

DRIVER'S LICENSE: Due to the nature of this position, a Driver's License is also required at time of employment.

If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration.

In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job.

Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone.

Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.

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. Major Duties:

MAJOR DUTIES: Provides laboring assistance to maintain buildings, grounds, roads, trails, etc. Drives vehicles up to 10,000 lbs.

such as pickup truck, small UTV, operates equipment such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand tools such as shovel, rake, lawn edging equipment, etc.

Loads and unloads supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc.

Moves furniture, removes and sets signs, paints picnic tables and signs, rakes and waters lawns, trims trees and shrubbery, picks up litter, cleans fire pits, flags traffic, and assists with fire suppression and search and rescue operations with duties assigned accordingly.

Digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel where soil is hard and compact and must grade or slope; occasionally breaks up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; fills and level holes in damaged roads.

Moves heavily loaded wheelbarrows and hand trucks; uses heavy type power mowers including adjusting blades, cleaning and oiling.

Cuts heavy trees with axe or chainsaw; stacks heavy logs, lumber, and sacks of cement, provides janitorial duties for buildings, etc., or performs other duties requiring similar judgment and comparable physical effort.

A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected The display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.

Area Information: Badlands National Park (U.S. National Park Service). Government housing may be available. Missouri National Recreational River (U.S.

National Park Service) Government housing is NOT available. This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period.

Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement.

The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm (est), Monday, January 12, 2026. Initial consideration will be given to candidates whose applications have been received before the first cut-off date.

Qualification requirements must be met for those applications submitted by the first cut-off date.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 12/29/2025 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 12/29/2025

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MW-1542-MNRR-26-12846083-OC