Survey Technician

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for an Survey Technician position in the Department of Commerce, Field Division, Denver Regional Office located in Lakewood, CO. This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m.

Eastern Time on 03/25/2026 . To qualify for the position of Survey Technician, at GS-0303-6, you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-06, you must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 in the Federal service.

Experience for this position includes: checking, reviewing, and editing incoming questionnaires for completeness and accuracy and identifying questionable responses; conducting telephone interviews on problem cases and recording information in a clear, concise manner; developing and streamlining methods of operation for office automation support such as: installing programs, creating data fields to track data, editing and preparing reports including graphs and charts, and establishing procedures; and troubleshooting hardware problems with laptop or personal computers.

Education: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

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. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required.

You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement, 03/25/2026, to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application. Major Duties:

• Receives survey materials from the Bureau, checks to assure correctness and makes any necessary changes.
• Assist in determining field assignments considering workload and location of field representatives' residence.
• Answers a variety of inquiries from the field staff regarding survey procedures as well as trouble shooting for the laptop computer including how to obtain a replacement laptop and computer equipment.
• Prepares and mails field representative assignments, collates work maps, key maps, segment folders and other necessary forms.