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MajorDuties
This position involves the performance of the following duties:
Conducts research to determine existing levels of information on water rights by reviewing water supply papers, water resource plans, Job Documentation Records, Unit Resource .Analyses, Federal and local Office records on water rights and other inventory record. Prepares summaries of all known information. Prepares for field work by gathering necessary maps and equipment, reviews aerial photographs, consults with supervisor to identify springs and water developments for inventory and select representative reaches of streams for inventory, and arranges access to isolated arces. In field, determines location, type of development, uses, channel stability and flow or volume for each water source selected for inventory. Determines whether a water right exists or can be claimed. -Drafts Notices of Existing Use for Public Water Reserves' and applications for appropriative rights on other sources as needed.
The incumbent's time is spent in the field and in office. Field work involves irregular hours in a wide variety of remote and rugged terrain.
Qualifications
You must meet the qualification requirements to be found qualified.GS-5 Hydrologic Technician one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level. Examples of specialized experience may include macroinvertebrate sampling, soil sampling, and conducting vegetation inventories, and inventorying riparian plant species; OR successful completion of a full four year (180 quarter or 120 semester hours) course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with major study in an appropriate field ofscience, engineering, construction, or industrial technologythat included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses; OR a combination of experience and education to meet the total experience. GS-6 Hydrologic Technician- one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level. Examples of specialized experience may includemacro invertebrate sampling, soil sampling, conducting vegetation inventories, collecting monitoring well data, and inventorying riparian plant species; OR successful completion of one-half year (13.5 quarter or 9 semester hours) of graduate education directly related to the work of the position; OR a combination of experience and education to meet the total experience. GS-7 Hydrologic Technician- one year of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-6 level. Examples of specializedexperience may includemacro invertebrate sampling, soil sampling, conducting vegetation inventories, collecting monitoring well data, and inventorying riparian plant species; OR successful completion of one year (27 quarter or 18 semester hours) of graduate education directly related to the work of the position; OR a combination of experience and education to meet the total experience.
Pay Range
$34,916.00 - $43,251.00