Job Summary

This position is part of the BLM Alaska, Bureau of Land Management in Anchorage, Alaska. Information about locations within Alaska can be found at: https://dcra-cdo-dcced.opendata.arcgis.com/This is a Career/Indefinite Internship position.

Major Duties

Qualifications

To be eligible, an applicant must: Be a student who has been accepted for enrollment or is currently enrolled at least half-time in a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) seeking program in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, 2-year or 4-year college or university, graduate or professional school.Possess a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 or higher.Be at least 18 years of age or older for an arduous or hazardous duty position.In order to assess you meet a qualified status for this position and to refer you to the hiring manager, the agency must be able to determine that you meet the qualifications based on completed education, specialized experience, and/or both - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Basic Requirements: This position requires applicants to meet a Basic Education Requirement for the 1373 series in addition to at least one year of specialized experience or substitution of education for experience in order to be found minimally qualified. You must mest one of the following basic education requirements: - have a Bachelor's Degree in land surveying or civil engineering with a surveying option/emphasis. The civil engineering major must have included at least 6 semester hours of surveying, 3 semester hours of land law, and 21 additional semester hours in any combination of the following: surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic surveying, geodesy, route surveying, remote sensing, cartography, survey astronomy, land information systems, computer-aided mapping, aerial photo interpretation, and survey analysis and adjustments. OR - have an equivalent combination of education and experience - courses equivalent to a major in land surveying or civil engineering as described in paragraph A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.OR - have a current registration as a Land Surveyor in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia obtained by written examination. Such registration must have been obtained under conditions outlined in the National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE) Unified Model Law of Registration of Surveyors. Applicants wishing to be considered under this provision must show evidence of registration based on successful completion of the written examinations. Registrations granted prior to adoption of a registration law with qualification requirements equivalent to the NCEE Model Law by the State, territory, or District of Columbia are not acceptable under this option. To be considered equivalent to the NCEE Unified Model Law, registration laws must include the four options listed within the NCEE Unified Model Law in the section specifying "General Requirements for Registration" as a Professional Land Surveyor. You may qualify at the GS-07 level, if you fulfill one of the following qualification requirements:

- Specialized experience: have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Examples include serve as the head of small party on routine surveying assignments utilizing a variety of survey equipment including total stations, data collectors, hand held calculators, and GPS receivers. OR - Education: have one year of graduate-level education in Land Surveying or Civil Engineering with surveying option/emphasis. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. OR - Eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) and completion of a bachelor degree. SAA is defined as: (1) class standing - upper third of the graduating class based on completed courses in the college, university or major subdivision; OR (2) grade point average - 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on my official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B " or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; OR (3) election to membership in a national scholastic honor society (note: membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision). Must submit a copy of your transcript and proof of GPA computation, Class standing, or Honor Society membership. OR - A combination of education and experience as listed above.

Pay Range

$46,859.00 - $90,160.00

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