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What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: $96,856 (Step 01) to $125,910 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired atthe Step 01.
Major Duties
As a Research Geophysicist within the Geologic Hazards Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
- Leading statistical seismology research for the National Seismic Hazard Model.
- Planning, organizing and conducting seismological research requiring the knowledge, application and integration of the principles, techniques, and data of several specialized aspects of seismology aimed at the development and advancement of fundamental concepts in the behavior of faults and earthquakes.
- Leading the development and maintenance of earthquake catalogs and historical-seismicity elements of hazard models; efforts include determining moment magnitude from various magnitude scales; critically assessing historic catalogs, applying declustering methods, and assessing regional differences in catalogs.
- Providing expertise in the scientific community by reviewing scientific journal articles and making invited presentations at professional meetings.
Qualifications
For information on basic qualifications, please click on the following:https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/ge... *To be basically qualified for the GS-13, applicants must meet the following:
BASICEDUCATIONREQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Geophysicist, all grade levels. A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.). **OR
B. A combination of education and experience -- at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.), plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above.
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience in geophysics that is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service.
Examples of such experience include planning, executing and reporting on original or ongoing geophysical studies requiring a fresh approach to resolve new problems. The complexity of this work typically required extensive modification and adaptation of standard procedures, methods, and techniques, and the development of totally new methods and techniques to address novel or obscure problems for which guidelines or precedents were not substantially applicable. At this level, scientists have extensive knowledge of the principles of geophysics, exhibit a highly developed ability in their application, and have wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment to perform scientific work of marked difficulty and responsibility.
Pay Range
$96,856.00 - $125,910.00