Soil Conservation Technician

Location

Georgetown, TX | United States

Job description

at Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgetown, Delaware, United States

Summary This position is located in a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service state, area, or field office. Provide assistance to the Soil and Water Conservation District ( SWCD ) assigned to the field office (FO) to work with landowners to apply and maintain conservation practices and review financial assistance requests under the provision of federal, state, and possibly local agriculture programs. A recruitment incentive is approved for $5,000 which will be paid out over a period of 3 years. Responsibilities Assists in conducting field investigations, surveys, and assembly of data needed in the development of conservation practices for structural solutions to problems with water quality, erosion, drainage, and irrigation. Provides assistance with planning, design, layout, implementation, certification of conservation practices and oversees construction practices for which NRCS has technical responsibility. Gathers and compiles planning data on rural and/or urban sites, including physical features such as soil limitations, erosion, surface drainage, and sedimentation for evaluation and development of natural resources conservation plans. Prepares basic natural resources conservation plans where soil survey information is available and precedent planning information is applicable to physical conditions such as topography and specific type of land unit. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications TIME -IN- GRADE REQUIREMENTS : Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-4 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-5 level. One year at the GS-5 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-6 level. One year at the GS-6 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-7 level. One year at the GS-7 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-8 level. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No Award or General Adjustment SF-50’s will be accepted). Time-in-grade requirements also apply to VEOA applicants having held a GS position in the past year. See addition information. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level(s) in which you are applying: GS-5: Must have one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Assisting with preliminary engineering surveys by gathering design data for structures that require engineering applications; Providing information about conservation programs with rural landowners to inform them about the nature of the program; AND Meeting with landowners to review complete conservation plans. OR Must have successfully completed a full four-year course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree with major study in forestry, range management, agriculture, or a subject-matter field directly related to the position, or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as such as forestry, agriculture, crop or plant science, range management or conservation, wildlife management, watershed management, soil science, natural resources (except marine fisheries and oceanography), outdoor recreation management, civil or forest engineering, or wildland fire science. No more than 6 semester hours in mathematics is creditable. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) (You must submit transcripts.) OR Must have a combination of specialized experience and education as described in A and B above. You must have a percentage of the education and experience which when combined totals 100% of the necessary education and experience to qualify for this position. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. Two full academic years of study, or 60 semester hours, beyond the second year is equivalent to l year of specialized experience. Determine total qualifying experience as a percentage of the year of specialized experience required. Then determine education as a percentage of the education required. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for GS-5. (You must submit transcripts.) GS-6: Must have one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Assisting with preliminary engineering surveys by gathering design data for structures that require engineering applications; Providing information about conservation programs with rural landowners to inform them about the nature of the program; Meeting with landowners to review complete conservation plans; and Compiling data for conservation plans such as soil erosion, surface drainage, and sedimentation. OR Must have at least a one year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as soil and water conservation. (You must submit transcripts.) OR Must have a combination of specialized experience and education as described in A and B above. You must have a percentage of the education and experience which when combined totals 100% of the necessary education and experience to qualify for this position. When combining education with experience, first determine total qualifying education as a percentage of the education required; then determine experience as a percentage of the experience required; finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (You must submit transcripts.) GS-7: Must have one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Assisting with tentative design plans by recording field notes and using standard designs for first drafts; Making presentations to external stakeholders on practice application to promote conservation plans; Meeting with landowners to review complete conservation plans; and Assisting staff to develop natural resource conservation plans by compiling data for physical features such as soil erosion, surface drainage, and sedimentation. OR Must have at least a one year of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as soil and water conservation. (You must submit transcripts.) OR Must have a combination of specialized experience and education as described in A and B above. You must have a percentage of the education and experience which when combined totals 100% of the necessary education and experience to qualify for this position. When combining education with experience, first determine total qualifying education as a percentage of the education required; then determine experience as a percentage of the experience required; finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (You must submit transcripts.) GS-8: Must have one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Assisting in conducting field investigations, surveys, and assembly of data needed in the development of conservation practices for structural solutions to problems with water quality, erosion, drainage, and irrigation; Inspecting proposed sites, determines need and feasibility of conservation practices applicable to t

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